“Usted no puede ir al cielo a menos que sepa cómo, y no puede saber cómo excepto al leer la Biblia. Es el único lugar en donde el hombre escribió las palabras que el Espíritu Santo inspiró. Toda la Escritura es dada por inspiración de Dios. Pedro describió el proceso: «los santos hombres de Dios hablaron siendo inspirados por el Espíritu Santo» (2 Pedro 1.21). Uno no puede entender por sí mismo las cosas de Dios más de lo que pudieron Adán y Eva, porque solo por el poder y revelación del Espíritu Santo se puede evaluar la esencia del Señor y Creador del universo. Sin el Espíritu no hay conocimiento. Pero para los que hemos recibido la enseñanza del Espíritu Santo por las Escrituras, tenemos lo que 1 Corintios llama «la mente de Cristo». Podemos saber lo que Cristo piensa porque la Biblia lo revela.”
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John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a fifth-generation preacher who serves as a pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He is also a prolific author, conference speaker, and is president of The Master's College and Seminary. MacArthur received a B.A. from Los Angeles Pacific College, his M.Div. from Talbot Theological Seminary, Litt.D. at Grace Graduate School, and D.D. from Talbot Theological Seminary. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he regularly teaches Expository Preaching at the seminary and frequently speaks in chapel.
MacArthur's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in Australia, Canada, Europe, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and South Africa. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly 2,000 English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, audiotapes, and CDs by John MacArthur. In thirty-six years of ministry, Grace to You has distributed more than thirteen million CDs and audiotapes.
John Fullerton MacArthur, Jr. is a United States evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as the President of The Master's College (and the related The Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California.
Theologically, MacArthur is a conservative far-right Baptist, a strong proponent of expository preaching, a dispensationalist and a self-described Calvinist. He has been acknowledged by Christianity Today as one of the most influential preachers of his time, and is a frequent guest on Larry King Live as representative of an evangelical Christian perspective.
MacArthur has authored or edited more than 150 books, most notably the MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 1 million copies and received a Gold Medallion Book Award. Other best-selling books include his MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series (more than 1 million copies), Twelve Ordinary Men, (more than 500,000 copies), and the children's book A Faith to Grow On, which garnered an ECPA Christian Book Award.