See our playlist "Dealing with
Roman Catholicism, Idolatry & the
Virgin Mary" at
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFA8D69D1B914715.
Larry Wessels, director of
Christian Answers of
Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater (
YouTube channel CANSWERSTV at http://www.youtube.com/user/CAnswersTV); websites: http://www.BibleQuery.org, http://www.HistoryCart.com & http://www.MuslimHope.com) presents
Pastor John MacArthur in this exclusive interview given to our camera crew during a conference held in
Dallas, Texas during
1999. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of
Grace Community Church in
Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of
The Master's College and Seminary, and featured teacher with the
Grace to You media ministry http://www.gty.org). Since completing his first best-selling book
The Gospel According to
Jesus in
1988,
John has written nearly 400 books and study guides, including Our
Sufficiency in Christ,
Strange Fire,
Ashamed of the
Gospel,
Charismatic Chaos,
The Murder of Jesus, A
Tale of Two
Sons,
Twelve Ordinary Men,
The Truth War, The Jesus
You Can't Ignore,
Slave, One
Perfect Life, and The MacArthur
New Testament Commentary series. John's titles have been translated into more than two dozen languages. The
MacArthur Study Bible, the cornerstone resource of his ministry, is available in
English (
NKJ,
NAS, and
ESV),
Spanish,
Russian, German,
French,
Portuguese,
Italian, and
Arabic with a
Chinese translation underway.
Pastor MacArthur answers the following questions about Roman Catholicism:
1.
Does church history support Romanism?
2. What about late forming Romanist doctrines?
3. Is there such as thing as apostolic succession? Does this prove Romanism true?
4. Is there circular reasoning in saying that
Catholicism is infallible?
5.
What is the definition of the church?
6. Does the lack of authority in diverse protestant churches prove the need for a monolithic
Roman Church?
7. What about scripture alone?
8. When tradition contradicts scripture which has the authority?
9. Does the
Bible teach that traditions are inspired & authoritative?
10. 2 Corinthians 5:21 - What is the true gospel?
11. Why did Jesus live a full life here on earth for 33 years?
12. How is
Rome's gospel different than the gospel of the Bible?
13. How does mass, purgatory, good works, etc take away from the true gospel?
14. What about works &
James 2:24?
15. What is the
difference between justification & santification?
16. Does Rome preach a false gospel & is it damnable heresy?
17. What about Romanist baptismal regeneration?
18. Can a person be saved without water baptism?
19. What about spirit baptism?
20. Has Romanism changed since
Vatican II?
21. Are
Roman Catholics our brothers & sisters in Christ?
22. What is wrong with the "
Evangelicals and Catholics Together" document?
23.
What if you are an ecumenical evangelical?
Pastor MacArthur has criticized popular mega-church pastor
Joel Osteen, whom he has spoken of as a quasi-pantheist. He has also been critical of
Billy Graham, whom he says teaches an unbiblical view of salvation: a type of
Catholic Universalism where people outside of
Christianity can go to heaven.
In May
2002, in the midst of significant media and public attention focused on
Catholic sex abuse cases, MacArthur gave a message highly critical of the entire system of the
Roman Catholic priesthood. MacArthur has referred to Catholicism in as the "
Kingdom of
Satan," and holds to the confession that the pope is anti-christ, but which he said "applies to anyone who positions himself against or in place of
Christ."
In a newer
Sermon Pastor MacArthur unequivocally states that a person who truly believes what Roman Catholicism teaches is not saved. In addition he stated that the "theology of
Islam is false."
Pastor John MacArthur is one of the most critical in the Christian community against the
Charismatic Movement and Pentecostalism in general. In further evaluation, MacArthur charged that "the Charismatic Movement has stolen the
Holy Spirit and created a golden calf and they're dancing around the golden calf as if it were the Holy Spirit." He broadly stated that within the Charismatic Movement, claimed manifestations of the
Spirit such as "visions, revelations, voices from heaven
...speaking in tongues, prophecies
.. anointings, miracles," are "all false, all lies, all deceptions attributed falsely to the Holy Spirit." The books, "The
Charismatics," "Charismatic Chaos" and "Strange Fire: The
Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with
Counterfeit Worship," are three books against the Charismatic & Pentecostal
Movements. The last book, "Strange Fire," was presented at his "Strange Fire
Conference,"
October 2013.
Pastor MacArthur has allowed that some within the
Charismatic movement believed in the authority of
Scripture. However, he saw its interdenominational presence as being "a testimony to the absence of any theology."
- published: 29 Jan 2014
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