All John MacArthur Quotes
- The results of ignoring church discipline are catastrophic. Gross public sin is overlooked, ignored, and tolerated. The fellowship of believers deteriorates to the point where… Believers
- Christlikeness is the substance of spiritual dedication. Christlikeness
- The Christian life is not adding Jesus to one's own way of life but renouncing that personal way of life for His and being willing… Adding
- The conscience either indicts you, accuses you, or it exonerates you and defends you. Accuses
- Both the mind and the conscience can become so defiled that they cease making distinctions between what is pure and what is impure. Both
- Both tradition and truth inform the conscience, so the standards it holds you to are not necessarily biblical ones. The conscience can be needlessly condemning… Areas
- Conscience is to the soul what pain is to the body. We would like to avoid pain as much as possible, but at the same… Avoid
- Everybody who is created comes into the world with a sense of right and wrong. That is the law written in the hearts. In addition… Addition
- It's essential to understand...that the conscience doesn't act independently. It can only act upon a belief system. It is not a belief system. The conscience… Act
- Our sensitivity to personal guilt is a fundamental trait of our humanness that distinguishes us from animals. To try to suppress the conscience is in… Animals
- The conscience is a built-in warning system that signals us when something we have done is wrong. The conscience is to our souls what pain… Bodies
- The conscience...is not infallible. Nor is it a source of revelation about right and wrong. Its role is not to teach you moral and ethical… Accountable
- Your conscience is like the nerve endings in your fingertips. Its sensitivity to external stimuli can be damaged by the buildup of calluses or even… Any
- Everything Scripture teaches about sin and redemption assumes the literal truth of the first three chapters of Genesis. If we wobble to any degree on… Any
- God made all of His creation to give. He made the sun, the moon, the stars, the clouds, the earth, the plants to give. He… All
- If the biblical creation account is in any degree unreliable, the rest of Scripture stands on a shaky foundation. Account
- The amazing excellence revealed in the creative work of God is forfeited to a very large degree if we abandon the days of creation in… Abandon
- The truth that humanity was made in the likeness of God is the starting point for a biblical understanding of the nature of man. It… Accountability
- All death can do to the believer is deliver him to Jesus. It brings us into the eternal presence of our Savior. All
- Where sin has been removed death can only interrupt the earthly life and usher in the heavenly. Been
- The first characteristic of sexual sin is deceit. It never delivers what it promises. It offers great satisfaction but gives great disappointment. It claims to… Characteristic
- Discipline is difficult, painful, and often heartrending. It is not that we should not love the offenders, but that we should love Christ, His church,… Christ
- Discipline is not inconsistent with love. It is lack of discipline, in fact, that is inconsistent with love. The Lord disciplines His children because He… Brothers
- Discipline sometimes must be severe because the consequences of not disciplining are much worse. Sin is a spiritual malignancy and it will not long stay… Believers
- The present benefit of spiritual discipline is a fulfilled, God-blessed, fruitful, and useful life. If you get involved in spiritual gymnastics, the blessings of godliness… Benefit