Posted on 04/07/2021 6:40:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, recently preached a sobering message suggesting that it may be too late for America to be saved because the nation is already under God's judgment.
The popular preacher and author delivered the sermon, "Too Late for Grace: When a Nation Rejects God," to his congregation on Palm Sunday. MacArthur's primary text was from the Parable of the Vineyard Owner (Mark 12:1-12), where a vineyard owner allowed tenants to oversee his vineyard when he went to another country. The vineyard owner sent slaves to the tents to collect the vineyard's fruit throughout their stay, but the tenants would beat them or kill them.
The vineyard owner even sent his son, saying, "They will respect my son." The tenants, however, would kill the owner's son as well. In response to their heinous actions, the vineyard owner "will come to destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others." (v9)
The text continues: "Have you not read this Scripture: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?" (v10-11)
In his message, MacArthur explained that the parable was about judgment, saying that "with this parable," Jesus "pledges the destruction of Jerusalem and the nation."
"Vengeance will come, and it must come, and it did," MacArthur said, referring to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman Empire in 70 AD.
"The temple was never rebuilt, the priesthood was never recovered," he continued. "No sacrifices, no ceremonies, no Sadducees, no Pharisees, no priests, no chief priests to this day. The whole system ended."
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The worshipers of the “Queen of Heaven” approve of your message no matter what Jeremiah prophesizes...
Bttt
Astute observation asusual.
“MacArthur said...”
I don’t care what he said. I listed to ten minutes of his interview with Ben Shapiro. Funny how some people like MacArthur believe in the myth of “The Dark Ages” where people like St. Anselm seem useless.
It is easy to wring one’s hands in anxiety and difficult to believe in the teachings of the Lord.
Read some scripture about what a pastors duty is. That will really blow your mind. Buy a clue
Sometimes, a nation can survive through judgement.
Are you being serious? Maybe you need to look for a church that worships America instead of God. Christians will stick with God, though.
Any illusions about "America" somehow being a stand-in for God, or synonymous with God, or permanently locked in His special grace-and-favor, or anything like that ... should have died a swift death on January 22, 1973.
I don’t get what you’re trying to say
During the time of the American Revolution and early America, we know that preachers took a much more sharp leadership role. They preached about our Natural Rights at the time. We have the original sources.
We don't have that kind of leadership today, not in significant amounts. But I don't think anybody would confuse the preacher in that era with "worshiping America", but rather a recognition of where our Liberty comes from. If it were possible for them to meet, I doubt that the preachers in that time would look at the preachers in our time (and vice versa) and I don't think they'd recognize each other. I think that the preachers back then would ask "God gave us these rights. Why don't you defend them? We did. What are you doing?"
It does in fact come back to if we believe that America is a Judeo-Christian country, then what should we be doing in that regard. There is a clear, obvious, and unmistakeable disconnect.
Come this Sunday, after service go ask the question: "Do you believe our Rights come from God", see what kind of answer you get.
I’ve never been in a church anywhere that read the Declaration on the 4th. Why would a church do that?
“All these pastors want to do is read from the Bible and call it a day.”
Praise God! If a preacher preaches from the Word of God - and too many do NOT! - then he’s doing his job. A pastor has no business pushing the idea that the US is a Christian nation, particularly since it is so obvious we are not.
We are, at best, a small minority in America. And we won’t improve those numbers by preaching politics.
I am being serious.
Read what I said above(post 29) about preachers during the American Revolution. I doubt many in church leadership these days stop to think where our Rights come from - even going back to 1972. Acknowledging that our Rights come from God necessarily implies certain actions that we just haven’t seen in a very long time.
You said 1973. I’m saying 1972, and well before it. This isn’t a problem that formed in this year or in this decade.
It was just an example. Thanksgiving is another one. You ever heard about the Christian pilgrims there?
Me neither.
There are plenty of these. The point isn’t one specific example. The point is the disconnect. Does your pastor believe that America is a country based on Judeo-Christian values? What actions do they take because of that belief?
Thanks for that clarification
Preachers need to preach about GOD from the BIBLE.
“Does your pastor believe that America is a country based on Judeo-Christian values?”
It WAS. It no longer IS. Not enough Christians for it to be true any more.
“What actions do they take because of that belief?”
Preach the Gospel. If Christians become more numerous, our country will prosper. If we remain a tiny minority, America has no hope.
Well put
Everything springs from that singular focus.
“Everything springs from that singular focus.”
Christianity does not. Christianity springs from a singular focus ON JESUS CHRIST!
“If you do not believe that our Rights come from God, just say so.”
Stop being a self-righteous jerk!
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