CLICK REFERENCE TO
GO TO THAT SOURCE
SAVED WITHOUT A DOUBT
John MacArthur
Chariot Victor, 1992
Book available at:
Grace Books International
|
- CALVIN, JOHN 1509-1564
"Grace & Salvation"
"The free favour of God is as fitly opposed to our works as is the obedience of Christ, both in
their order: for Christ could not merit anything save by the good pleasure of God, but only
inasmuch as he was destined to appease the wrath of God by his sacrifice, and wipe away our
transgressions by his obedience: in one word, since the merit of Christ depends entirely on the
grace of God, (which provided this mode of salvation for us,) the latter is no less appropriately
opposed to all righteousness of men than is the former."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Christ Exalted"
"Our Lord Jesus Christ in the work of redemption gloriously appears above all evil."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"God's Sovereignty In The Salvation Of Men"
"The sovereignty of God is his absolute, independent right of disposing of all creatures according
to his own pleasure."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Manner In Which The Salvation Of The Soul Is To Be Sought"
"I. There is a work or business which must be undertaken and accomplished by men, if they would
be saved. II. This business is a great undertaking. III. Men should be willing to enter upon and go
through this undertaking though it be great, seeing it is for their own salvation. Proposition. There
is a work or business which men must enter upon and accomplish, in order to [result in] their
salvation.-Men have no reason to expect to be saved in idleness, or to go to heaven in a way of
doing nothing. No; in order to [result in] it, there is a great work, which must be not only begun,
but finished-I shall speak upon this proposition, in answer to two inquiries."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Pardon For The Greatest Of Sinners"
"If we truly come to God for mercy, the greatness of our sin will be
no impediment to pardon."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Pressing Into The Kingdom Of God"
"Men in general who live under the light of the gospel, and are not atheists, desire the kingdom of
God; that is, they desire to go to heaven rather than to hell."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Safety, Fulness, And Sweet Refrehment In Christ"
"We are by our own sin against God plunged into all sort of evil, and God has provided a remedy
for us against every sort of evil, he has left us helpless in no calamity."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Treatise On Grace"
"That Common And Saving Grace Differ, Not Only In Degree, But In Nature And
Kind."
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Wisdom Of God, Displayed In The Way Of Salvation"
"The wisdom appearing in the way of salvation by Jesus Christ is far above the wisdom of the
angels."
- GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
"Election And
Predetination: The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation"
A Grace Bridge Panel Discussion - John F. MacArthur, Phil Johnson, Richard Mayhue and Carey
Hardy - September 26, 2001
"This past Wednesday evening, we began a study of the book of Ephesians. That's what we're
doing this year. And, of course, the very first Chapter Verse 4 introduces a wonderful, important
doctrine in scripture. It's the doctrine of election. The following verse then gives us the concept of
predestination. It was wonderful. I can speak from personal experience in doing that study; it was
wonderful to begin delving into those great truths. But to some people, these doctrines are
confusing. Tonight, we hope to bring clarity to these truths. And we're going to attempt to do this
by way of a panel discussion, as you see, and some questions that I have accumulated that
hopefully will stimulate that discussion."
- GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH
"Lordship Salvation"
"The Gospel that Jesus proclaimed was a call to discipleship, a call to follow him in submissive
obedience, not just a plea to make a decision or pray a prayer."
- GRACE TO YOU
"How Good Do I Have To Be To Go To Heaven"
"Most people understand that doing evil can keep us out of heaven. But few realize the Bible also
teaches that doing good cannot get us in."
- GRACE TO YOU
"Is It Possible For Redeemed People To Loose Their Salvation?
"According to Scripture, people who profess to know Christ at one time but later deny Him were
never really saved to begin with."
- GRACE TO YOU
"What Is Repentance And How Does It Relate To Salvation?"
"The idea that genuine repentance could result in anything but a change of life is completely
foreign to Scripture."
GRACE TO YOU
"What Is The Nature Of True Saving Faith?"
"That is not to say that faith is the basis of our salvation; rather, it is the channel by which God
grants salvation."
GRACE TO YOU
What Kind Of Things Do And Do
Not Prove The Genuineness Of Saving Faith?"
As important as it was in Paul's day, how much more important it is for people in our churches
today to put their faith to the test and to make sure they have not been deceived.
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"Deception And Judgment - When Jesus Christ says, "I never knew you.""
Sermon 1 - "Empty Words" - Matthew 7:21-23
Sermon 2 - "Empty Hearts" - Matthew 7:24-29
"And there's one other reason why the few is only a few. Not only the deception of the false prophets,
but listen to this, self-deception, self-deception keeps people from entering the narrow gate. J.C. Ryle,
Bishop Ryle wrote, "The Lord Jesus winds up The Sermon on The Mount by a passage of heart
piercing application. He turns from false prophets to false professors, from unsound teachers to
unsound hearers." And Tasker the commentator adds, "It is not only false teachers who make the
narrow way difficult to find, it is a man may also be grievously self-deceived that adds to the difficulty."
In other words not just the false prophets but we can deceive our own selves into believing we're
Christians when the fact is we're not."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939
"Deliverance: The Neglected Doctrine"
"Ours then in the work of evangelism is a work of rescue. We on behalf of God have been sent
out to tell sinners God has a rescue plan. God who is by nature a deliverer, the only deliverer has
a deliverance plan by which He will deliver the sinner from all those things that damn him. In fact,
there may be no better way to understand the power of God's Spirit in the believing sinner's life
than to understand that the Spirit is working a work of deliverance. When we talk about
conversion and when we talk about regeneration, when we talk about new birth, being born
again, new life, transformation...when we talk about these matters of grace we are really talking
about being delivered from certain things. In fact, deliverance, as we shall see in this series,
defines what it means to be a Christian."
SERMON 1 - Introduction
SERMON 2 - Deliverance: From Error To Truth - Part 1
SERMON 3 - Deliverance: From Error To Truth - Part 2
SERMON 4 - Deliverance: From Sin To Righteousness - Part
1
SERMON 5 - Deliverance: From Sin To Righteousness - Part
2
SERMON 6 - Deliverance: From The Temporal World To The
Eternal Kingdom
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939
"The Grip Of God Series" - SALVATION-SECURITY
Sermon 1 - "The Extent Of The Believer's Security" -
Romans 8:28
Sermon 2 - "The Recipients, Source and Certainty of
Security" - Romans 8:28
Sermon 3 - "The Purpose Of Salvation" - Romans
8:29
Sermon 4 - "The Progress of Salvation" - Romans 8:28-
30
Sermon 5 - "Salvation Is Irrevocable" - [Part 1 of 3] -
Romans 8:31-32
Sermon 6 - "Salvation Is Irrevocable" - [Part 2 of 3] -
Romans 8:33-34
Sermon 7 - "Salvation Is Irrevocable" - [Part 3 of 3] -
Romans 8:35-39
"Well this all ties together. This is really a monumental important passage. We are secure, we're
secure forever in a no- condemnation status because of the intercessory work of the Holy Spirit
and because of that intercessory work of the Holy Spirit and because of the ongoing intercessory
work of Christ at the right hand of God and because it is the plan of God and the whole of the
trinity is in harmony that all who have been predestined before the foundation of the world will be
brought to glory, that plan is unfolding. Not just because it was said, because it was said and it is
being done. And again I say to you, there are no restrictions in verse 28 at all, absolutely no
restrictions. Due to the consummate cooperative work of the Father and the Son and the Holy
Spirit, everyone who truly comes to faith in Christ will be brought to glory. That's why John says,
"They went out from us," when somebody departs from the faith, denies Christ and leaves, "they
went out from us because they were not...what?...of us. If they had been of us, they would have
continued with us." Why? Because that's the Father's plan, that's the Father's will, that's the Son
intercessory goal and that's the Spirit's intercessory goal...to sustain us in a non-condemnation
status to bring us to glory."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939
"Lordship Salvation Series"
"Nowhere in Scripture does it ever say a Christian is to make Christ Lord. If you're a Christian,
He is Lord. And it does say, very explicitly in Scripture, that unless you acknowledge that fact
that He is Lord, you could never be saved in the first place. That is obvious. Withholding the
Lordship of Christ from someone, withholding from them the fact that they need to surrender
their life to His leading, withholding from them that they need to confess and repent of their sin is
to damn the person to a delusion that they're are saved when they're not. Withholding the
Lordship of Christ from someone while giving them the gospel is a complete contradiction. The
Bible says that salvation is granted only to those who acknowledge Jesus as Lord and are willing
to submit their life to Him. To say that you should never talk about that, that all a person has to
do is believe that Jesus died for them doesn't say at all enough."
SERMON 1 - "The Lordship Of Christ"
SERMON 2 - "The Nature Of Saving
Faith"
SERMON 3 - "The Call To Repentance"
SERMON 4 - "The Cost Of Discipleship"
MacARTHUR, JOHN F.
1939
"The Nature Of Saving Faith"
"The language of the modern message sounds vaguely similar to "Just as I am," but the difference
in meaning is quite profound. Sinners today, you see, are hearing not only that Christ will receive
them just as they are, but also that He will let them stay that way. Many erroneously believe that
they can come to Christ, receive absolution from their sins or forgiveness, be granted the gift of
immortality, or heaven, and then walk away to continue living life anyway they please, even
choosing...as one well-known Bible teacher, author and theologian says, quote: "To leave God
out and live according to the old nature." Beloved, that is the gospel we hear today. Come just
as you are and go away just as you are. Jesus will take you just the way you are. In fact, He will
let you stay that way."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F.
1939
"The Promise Of Redemption" - Genesis Origins Series
Sermon 1 of 2
Sermon 2 of 2
"What you have here in this amazing little section is the introduction of salvation, the introduction
of redemption. And this is literally pregnant with meaning. Here is the true 'proto evangelium.'
Here is the first gospel. Here is the first promise of the gospel unfolded, the plan of salvation, the
plan of redemption. I can't resist saying again, as I often consider that here again, with very few
words, with an amazing economy of words, God has said all that needs to be said about the vast
reality of salvation. Here in this text are given the necessary components for salvation. Here is the
theology of redemption from man's side and from God's side. For here in the verses that I just
read to you, five brief verses: From man's side, faith and repentance are introduced. And from
God's side, atonement and security are introduced. And that, essentially, sums up salvation. Man
believes with a penitent heart, and God provides atonement and secures the believing sinner for
eternity. That is the sum of the plan. What is required of the man or the woman is to repent and
believe. What is required of God is to provide atonement and secure the sinner. And it's all here.
The salvation of sinners, their deliverance, their rescue from sin, has always been by faith and
repentance through atonement and the power of God to secure us unto eternal life."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"The Salvation Of Babies Who Die""
PART 1
PART 2
"Some of you who tuned into the Larry King Show, a week ago Saturday, will remember that
Larry fired a question to me on the air--it came out of nowhere--a question that reveals a
nagging, troubling issue in the human heart. He asked me, "What about a two-year-old baby
crushed at the bottom of the World Trade Center?" I answered, "Instant heaven." He replied with
another question: "Wasn't a sinner?" I again answered, "Instant heaven." That's a compelling
question: what about a baby crushed at the bottom of the Trade Center? What about any baby
that dies? It's an agonizing question. It's a question that plagues Christians and non-Christians
alike: "What happens to babies that die?" All kinds of strange answers have been offered in the
past. We don't need to deal with those; we need to know the right answer. I said, "Instant
heaven," and what was my authority for saying that? In a sound-byte environment like that, I
didn't have time for an explanation and he didn't ask for one. But, you deserve one so I'm going to
tell you why I said what I said."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
The Security Of Salvation"
"Now, this is a subject that through the years has been very hotly debated in theology. There have
always been those who have affirmed that you could lose your salvation and those who have
affirmed that you could not and the battle has gone on through the years. The issue of eternal
security, or the perseverance of the saints, or as lay men sometimes call it, the once saved always
saved doctrine. And some in our time today, in many churches, some of you in your own
backgrounds, some of you even maybe to this very day believe that a Christian
can lose his or her salvation."
SERMON 1 - Romans 5:1-2
SERMON 2 - Romans 5:2-5
SERMON 3 - Romans 5:5-11
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939
"The Sovereignty Of God In Salvation"
Ephesians 1:3-14
"Salvation is not a result of the will of man. It is not a result of the merit of man. It is not a result
of some religious sacrifice on man's part. It is not a result of the love of man. It is not a result of
the good intention of man. It is not a result of the purpose of man. And it is not to the praise and
glory of man. Every aspect of salvation is born out of the purpose and the will and the plan of
God that when it is accomplished it may be solely and only to the praise and the glory of God.
God has saved us in order that He might be glorified, therefore all in our salvation belongs to His
credit."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939
"True Belief"
"So what is humble saving faith? If someone wrote you a letter and said, 'I don't know
what believe means.' What would you say? Well, believe objectively means, that I
believe in the historical truth that Jesus lived and died and rose again for me, and accomplished
my salvation. I believe those facts. And I believe that He is Lord, and I acknowledge that with my
mouth. From the subjective side, what does that mean? That means that, I submit to His
leadership and rulership in my life. I pursue a loving personal relationship with Him. I hunger to
turn from sin and to pursue holiness. I am broken over the guilt and the stench and the shame of
my miserable sin. And I now view life seriously, not in the frivolity of the foolishness of my
former ways. In other words, I reject myself and everything about me. That's humility. And he
will lift you up."
MOHLER, R. ALBERT
"The Salvation Of The 'Little Ones': Do Infants Who Die Go To Heaven?"
We believe that Scripture does indeed teach that all persons who die in infancy are among the
elect. This must not be based only in our hope that it is true, but in a careful reading of the Bible. We
start with the biblical affirmations we have noted already. First, the Bible reveals that we are "brought
forth in iniquity,"(1) and thus bear the stain of original sin from the moment of our
conception. Thus, we face squarely the sin problem. Second, we acknowledge that God is absolutely
sovereign in salvation. We do not deserve salvation, and can do nothing to earn our salvation, and
thus it is all of grace. Further we understand that our salvation is established by God's election of sinners
to salvation through Christ. Third, we affirm that Scripture teaches that Jesus Christ is the sole and
sufficient Savior, and that salvation comes only on the basis of His blood atonement. Fourth, we affirm
that the Bible teaches a dual eternal destiny - the redeemed to Heaven, the unredeemed to Hell.
OWEN, JOHN 1616-1683
"Gospel Grounds And Evidences Of The Faith Of God's Elect"
"Now, the root whereon all real comforts do grow, whence they spring and arise, is true and
saving faith, the faith of God's elect. What are the principal acts and operations of faith, whereby
it will evidence its truth and sincerity in the midst of all temptations and storms that may befall
believers in this world?"
PIPER, JOHN
"Did Christ Die For Us Or For God"
"The root reason for why the cross is folly to the world is that it means the end of human
self-exaltation, and a radical commitment to God-exaltation. No - "commitment" is
not quite the right word. Rather the cross is a call to radical "exultation" in
God-exaltation. The cross is the death of our demand to be loved by being made the center. And
it is the birth of joy in God's being made the center."
SPURGEON, CHARLES H. 1834-1892
"For Whom Did Christ Die?"
"In this verse the human race is described as a sick man, whose disease is so far advanced that he
is altogether without strength: no power remains in his system to throw off his mortal malady, nor
does he desire to do so; he could not save himself from his disease if he
would, and would not if he could. I have no doubt that the apostle had in his eye the description
of the helpless infant given by the prophet Ezekiel; it was an infant---an infant newly born-an
infant deserted by its mother before the necessary offices of tenderness had been performed; left
unwashed, unclothed, unfed, a prey to certain death under the most painful circumstances,
forlorn, abandoned, hopeless."
SPURGEON, CHARLES H. 1834-1892
"Infant Salvation"
"Now, let every mother and father here present know assuredly that it is well with the child, if
God hath taken it away from you in its infant days. You never heard its declaration of faith, it was
not capable of such a thing, it was not baptized into the Lord Jesus Christ, not buried with him in
baptism; it was not capable of giving that 'answer of a good conscience towards God;'
nevertheless, you may rest assured that it is well with the child, well in a higher and a better sense
than it is well with yourselves; well without limitation, well without exception, well infinitely,
'well' eternally."
TOPLADY, AUGUSTUS 1740-1778
"Arminianism: The Golden Idol Of Freewill"
"Now, if the earthly Canaan, which was only a transitory inheritance, was unattainable by human
merit; if even worldly possessions are not given us for our own righteousness sake; who shall dare
to say, that heaven itself is the purchase of our own righteousness! If our works cannot merit even
the vanishing conveniences and supplies of time: how is it possible, that we should be able to
merit the endless riches of eternity?"
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE 1714-1770
"The Lord Our Righteousness"
"And we have contracted such devilish pride, by our fall from God, that we would, if not wholly,
yet in part at least, glory in being the cause of our own salvation. It is true, we disclaim the
doctrine of merit, are ashamed directly to say we deserve any good at the hands of God;
therefore, as the Apostle excellently well observes, 'we go about,' we fetch a circuit, 'to establish a
righteousness of our own, and,' like the Pharisees of old, 'will not wholly submit to that
righteousness which is of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.'"
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE 1714-1770
"Marks Of A True Conversion"
"The Lord, therefore, plainly tells us, what great change must be wrought in us, and what must be
done for us, before we can have any well grounded hopes of entering into the kingdom of heaven.
Hence, he tells Nicodemus, "that unless a man be born again, and from above, and unless a man
be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God."
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE 1714-1770
"The Method Of Grace"
"Once more then: before you can speak peace to your heart, you must not only be convinced of
your actual and original sin, the sins of your own righteousness, the sin of unbelief, but you must
be enabled to lay hold upon the perfect righteousness, the all-sufficient righteousness, of the
Lord Jesus Christ; you must lay hold by faith on the righteousness of Jesus Christ, and then you
shall have peace."
WHITEFIELD, GEORGE 1714-1770
"The Potter And The Clay"
"I shall undertake to prove, that every man naturally engendered of the offspring of Adam, is in
the sight of the all-seeing, heart-searching God, only as a "piece of marred clay. That being thus
marred, he must necessarily be renewed: and under this head, we shall likewise point out by
whose agency this mighty change is to be brought about."
|
