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Im finding that Im having some issues with what John MacArthur is saying. Ive never paid much attention to him but have had a couple of encounters with his speeches lately that bother me. When I got to the part where he says if you are really saved there will be righteousness, there will be holiness, the red flags went up and they didnt go back down as I read the rest of the transcript. Sure there will be a changed life and as the new Christian grows there will be more but his focus on what WE are to do is somewhat troubling. Its Christs righteousness and holiness that show through. The whole thing reminded me of the Catholic approach to man doing the work. I see many who do good works and rely on those good works as their entry into salvation.
I believe I have said before that the Hebrew sense of 'believe' is to 'hear and do', and 'easy-believism', as you have put it, eliminates the 'do' part, having left the Torah, and resigning 'sin' to something defined ethereally by men, rather than by the only definition that there is, or ever can be. And the believer is left without any proof, any gauge, to see how he is doing, or even an inkling that he should be proving his faith.
An excellent, excellent sermon!
I want to thank all who responded and commented.
God Bless!