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The MacArthur STUDY BIBLE
John MacArthur, editor
Word, 1997
New King James Version
Book available at:
Grace Books International
The MacArthur TOPICAL BIBLE
John MacArthur, editor
Word, 1999
Book available at:
Grace Books International
NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY series
John MacArthur,
Moody 1983 - present
Books available at:
Grace Books International
ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
John MacArthur,
Crossway 1993
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HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM GOD'S WORD
John MacArthur,
Word 1997
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- BOSTON, THOMAS 1676-1732
"Useful Directions For Reading And Searching The Scriptures"
"Labour to be disciplined toward godliness, and to observe your spiritual circumstances. For a
disciplined attitude helps mightily to understand the scriptures."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The
Importance And Advantage Of A Thorough Knowledge Of Divine Truth"
"What the defect complained of is, viz., a want of such a proficiency in the knowledge of the
doctrines and mysteries of religion, as might have been expected of them. The apostle complains
of them, that they had not made that progress in their acquaintance with the things of divinity or
things taught in the oracles of God, which they ought to have made."
- GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
"The Biblical
Position On The KJV Controversy"(King James Version Only Controversy}
"Just a final word, keep in mind that the supporters of "God wrote only one
Bible" theology have mistakenly equated the 1611 King James Bible with the original
manuscripts written in the first century. It is true that God wrote only one Bible, but it is also true
that it was not the King James translation."
- HODGE, A.A. 1823-1886
"The Inspiration Of The Bible"
"That the sacred writers were so influenced by the Holy spirit that their writings are, as a whole
and in every part, God's word to us--an authoritative revelation to us from God, endorsed by him,
and sent to us as a rule of faith and practice, the original autographs of which are absolutely
infallible when interpreted in the sense intended, and hence are clothed with absolute divine
authority."
- HODGE, A.A. 1823-1886
Sola Scriptura "The Rule Of Faith And Practice"
"The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, having been given by inspiration of God, are the
all-sufficient and only rule of faith and practice, and judge of controversies."
- MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"Doctrine Of Scripture"
"Now let me give you a basic definition of the doctrine of biblical authority or inspiration. Just
listen to it and then if you want to jot it down I'll repeat it again. Here is how we can sum up the
basic doctrine. God superintending human authors so that using their own individual
personalities, experiences, thought processes and vocabulary they composed and recorded
without error His revelation in the original copies of Scripture."
- MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"Our God-Breathed Bible" - 2 Timothy 3:16-17 & selected
Scriptures
"I hope you have an appreciation for the Scripture. I hope you have an appreciation for it not as a
fettish but because it is the greatest treasure apart from God Himself that we have. It is His very
word, His very self revelation. When people ask me why it is that I systematically teach through
book after book, why it is that I pay so much attention to detail and to every verse and every
phrase and touch all the words, it's because I understand them to be the words of God revealed to
us from Him. And I would not second guess the necessity of those words being then presented,
taught and understood by all of us."
- MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"Proper Biblical Interpretation" - Charismatic Chaos Series - Sermon 4 of
13
"But I want to carry on our special study of "Charismatic Chaos," looking
and evaluating the Charismatic movement from the Word of God, by focusing on the issue of
interpreting the Bible. One of the things that allows for the Charismatic movement to continue, to
move ahead, is that it is engaged in misinterpretation of Scripture. I know that is a strong thing to
say, but it is true. The movement continues at really an amazing pace, not only in America but
around the world. And as it moves and catapults itself along it does so at the expense of
Scripture. There is, in my judgment, very little understanding, in the Charismatic movement, of
proper Bible interpretation. Much of what exists in the Charismatic movement could be
eliminated with just some very simple straight forward basic understanding of how to properly
interpret the Bible. It falls technically under the title Hermeneutics. Hermeneutics
is a theologians word to explain the science of Bible interpretation. And Hermeneutics is a crucial
building block in discerning theology. In fact, the absence of Hermeneutics or misunderstanding
of it feeds the Charismatic movement. Pentecostals and Charismatics tend to base much of their
teaching on poor principles of Bible interpretation."
- MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"The Sufficiency Of Scripture"
Sermon 1
Sermon 2 - Psalm 19
"There is, I believe, a strong and pervasive and somewhat subtle strategy unfolding today among
those who call themselves "evangelical Christians." This is being masterminded by the arch
enemy, Satan, and sadly being bought into by many many people in evangelical churches. This
subtle strong strategy basically is an attack on the sufficiency of the Word of God. Now in all
times and seasons, the Word of God is under attack. And we have to be somewhat careful and
somewhat wary and somewhat watchful to discern how it's being attacked. I believe presently
the attack on Scripture is primarily coming from those who deny its sufficiency for all matters of
faith and conduct. One of the great statements of theology, of traditional evangelical theology
is that the Scripture is adequate for all matters of faith and conduct. That is being attacked
today."
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MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"The Work Of The Word"
Sermon 1 - 2 Timothy 3:15-16
Sermon 2 - 2 Timothy 3:15-16
"Now a simple reading of those verses indicates to us five elements of the work of the
Word...salvation, teaching, reproof, correction, training and righteousness. Those are the things
which the Word does, which the Scripture produces. They're not new to me, they're not new to
most of you, they're new to perhaps some of you. And as I thought about it I thought, "Well, it's
pretty basic but it's also pretty important."
- SHERWOOD, JOHN
"The Only Sure Word" 2 Peter 1:16-21
"In the face of challengers in his second letter, the apostle Peter makes it clear in 1:16-21 that
God's word is his source of authority and spiritual knowledge. In doing this, he shows that the
knowledge gained in God's written revelation prevails over that gained anywhere else. Because of
its superiority, Scripture deserves concentrated attention. All other conceivable sources of
knowledge must bow the knee to God's Word."
- THOMAS, ROBERT L.
"The Principle Of Single Meaning"
"Someone needs to sound the alarm about recent evangelical leaders who are misleading the body
of Christ. A mass evangelical exodus from this time-honored principle of interpreting Scripture is
jeopardizing the church's access to the truths that are taught therein. Whether interpreters have
forsaken the principle intentionally or have subconsciously ignored it, the damage is the same.
The only hope of escape from the pit into which so many have fallen is to reaffirm the principle of
single meaning along with the other hermeneutical principles that have served the believing
community so well through the centuries."
- WARFIELD, BENJAMIN B. 1851-1921
"The Authority & Inspiration Of The Scriptures"
"The authority of the Scriptures thus rests on the simple fact that God's authoritative agents in
founding the Church gave them as authoritative to the Church which they founded. All the
authority of the apostles stands behind the Scriptures, and all the authority of Christ behind the
apostles. The Scriptures are simply the law-code which the law-givers of the Church gave it."
- WHITEFIELD, GEORGE 1714-1770
"The Duty Of Searching The Scriptures"
"And if we would know whence all the errors, that have over-spread the
church of Christ, first arose, we should find that, in a great measure, they flowed from the same
fountain, ignorance of the word of God. Our blessed Lord, though he was the eternal God, yet as
man, he made the scriptures his constant rule and guide."
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