What is the Heart of the Gospel? (2 Cor.5:21)-John MacArthur & Kirk Cameron

Pastor John MacArthur (Grace to You) explains what is the heart of the Gospel (Justification by Faith Alone/Sola Fide) to Actor Kirk Cameron (The Way of the Master) from 2 Corinthians 5:21:

"God made Him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin (offering) for us, so that in Him (Jesus) we might become the righteousness of God." (The Great Exchange: My sin for Christ's perfect righteousness).

For indepth explanation of 2 Corinthians 5:21 by John MacArthur, go to video "The Gospel of Eternal Hope: 15 Words of Hope"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv16Sb_lwlY

Grace to You (www.gty.org) and
The Way of the Master (www.thewayofthemaster.com)

Soli Deo Gloria! To God Alone Be the Glory!

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[psburningman]

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

[RUSavedByGraceAlone]

@psburningman-God says in His Bible that we are all theists made in God's image, but the only way one embraces the truth of God is by God's regenerating work into a person's heart through His Gospel (where the spiritual blind receives spiritual sight and the spiritual dead is made spiritually alive in Christ) whereas the unregenerate person naturally suppresses God's truth in unrighteousness and is by nature an idol factory creating other gods in their own image that they are comfortable with.

[RUSavedByGraceAlone]

@psburningman-Life on this earth is very short and no one knows when they will breathe their last breath. I beg you to investigate the claims of Christianity, especially of Reformed faith, which I am convinced is most faithful interpretation of God's Word. I challenge you read the entire book of the Gospel of John which reveals who Jesus truly is. But before you read, ask Jesus out loud "If you are truly God in the flesh and Savior of the world, open my heart and mind to understand it clearly."

[PureGraceEvangelism]

To all those who are brand new Christians & those who have been justified by faith please DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS GARBAGE! This is a religous spirit & has led many to doubt their salvation, exchange their faith which satan is greatly after for a lie, to "prove" your saved via Washer, Piper, Macarthur & the like. Keep your Armor on please!!! I have videos that challenge these heretical teachings of TULIP Calvinism, Armenianism & the like The wrath Washer is exhibiting is not of God but of the flesh

[RUSavedByGraceAlone]

@PureGraceEvangelism Could you please explain why Washer, Piper, and MacArthur does not preach pure grace? Because their whole ministry is focused on putting amazing back into grace and assured believers that they are secured by God's grace through the gift of faith so that no one can boast of their works righteousness (Eph.2:8-9; Titus3:4-7). Salvation is credited to God alone and secured by the hands of God alone (John10:28-29). Please advise what is your understanding of pure grace.

[RUSavedByGraceAlone]

@PureGraceEvangelism In order to embrace the good news of the Gospel of grace, you first need to understand the bad news of the sinfulness of our sin and the wrath of God. You cannot have the cure without knowing the problem. You will not know that you need a Savior without first knowing that there is the problem of sin that separates you from God. Washer preaches first the Law and then Gospel. If you listen to the rest of the message you will hear the sweetness of the pure Gospel of grace.

[RUSavedByGraceAlone]

@Chibithy I was an unbeliever for 23 years with doubts about Christianity like you until I heard the Gospel of God’s amazing grace where God removed the scales from my eyes and changed the disposition of my heart from hatred to love for God. I have a challenge for you: Please read from the Bible the Gospel of John in its entirety with an open mind and ask God prior to reading it:“If you are truly God, then clearly reveal Yourself to me in your Bible.” You have nothing to lose, but a lot to gain.

[HenrikAlexM]

@Chibithy hmm I see what you're saying, but Christianity is different. It's the only "religion" where God is reaching out to man (faith based salvation). all of the other religions had man reaching out to God (works based salvation).

[theearstohear]

That is a pretty good explanation of gospel truth from MacArthur. One issue I would take is that he seems to make the work of Christ dependent upon faith, when in fact, faith is dependent upon the work of Christ, since it is the gift of God (Eph 2:8-9) and only the regenerate have it (Gal 5:22, II Thes 3:2, I John 5:1). More problematic for MacArthur is the fact that particular/effectual effectual redemption destroys the well-meant offer upon which his philosophy of ministry rests.

[razieel]

Jesus was the ransom that bound the strong man and paid our way out of the Kingdom of Darkness. God is not wroth with humanity. He loves humanity and wants to save us from the Darkness and its bondage. God is, however, wroth with those who distort His image and make vain imaginations concerning Him, ie. making Him out to be this angry, cruel devil god like Molech or Topheth who needs to be appeased with human sacrifices. Read Jeremiah.

[razieel]

It's all about two Kingdoms: The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Darkness. The boundary between the two kingdoms is the Law. Satan rules in the Kingdom of Darkness and by getting one human to transgress into his kingdom he got the right to claim dominion over all humanity. The only way for us to repay our debt and go back into the Kingdom of God is to keep all the Law, which none of us were able to do and thus all were kept captive in Sheol beyond the grave. Jesus, however, kept all the Law.

[KnochMusic]

The Gospel is simply; sin, death , forgiveness, life.

[jalnor]

I hope John MacArthur took the time during that interview to condemn the false teachings coming from TBN, on whose set he was gracing that day. How could MacArthur sit there in that TBN studio, among the golden furniture and red velvet accents without a reminder that he was sitting in the place of the scornful? I hope he obeyed the Lord and pointed those things out - otherwise he might have given the impression he was one with them and their sins by a endorsement of silence.

[lucasboden]

Evangelical Gospel - We are all sinners. God so loved the world that he came down to earth in human form and and lived a sinless life and became the sacrifrice for our sins. So that anyone who believes and accepts Jesus's sacrifice will be saved from Hell. (except for the gays and sexual perves) Of course the wallstreet republican christians get a free pass to Heaven even if they divorce and stuff.  Jesus loves straight righteous people more than the gay sexual perves.

[JoeGolfKing]

It seems odd that MacArthur, who hates the "health and wealth" gospel, is here associating with Kirk Cameron, who appears regularly on TBN and seems to fully and heartily endorse TBN, the network that has all the prosperity preachers and faith healers who have "new revelations" about God.

[DIVINESOTERIOLOGY]

Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship

[chapdaddy]

So just to be clear, god killed god to appease the justice of god and now god no longer sees me but sees god?

[dreamerd2004]

@psburningman Yes I know. Some people think that this universe was created without any intelligence involved whatsoever, can you actually believe that? That's a myth if I ever heard one.