Featured WHAT ARE THE BASIC PROBLEMS IN LORDSHIP SALVATION?

I agree.
We cannot directly see the Holy Spirit.

But we can see the affects of someone having the Spirit in them:

" This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith." ( 2 Timothy 3:1-8 ).

We are to turn away from such as resist the truth, have a form of godliness but in their actions they deny His presence and power.
We not only have the privilege, but we are commanded to beware of false teachers:

" Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. " ( Matthew 7:15-16 ).

The fruits:

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another." ( Galatians 5:19-26 ).

Lastly, we as believers can know what false teachers look like, from God's perspective:

2 Peter 2.

They walk after the flesh and the lusts of it, are not afraid to speak badly of government officials, and despise government.
They are covetous, always asking for money, etc.
They propagate false doctrines and other things the Bible does not teach.

They sometimes even deny the Lord as being the Son of God in the flesh, deny other things like the Virgin birth, and at times live in direct disobedience to God and His commands.

I can turn on my television to a certain world-wide channel and see them at work every day.

 

you have missed the point. Salvation does not depend on whether or not i have made Christ the LORD of my life but rather if i have been born again.

 

Steve, it seems you worship the sacrifice and ignore the one who gave his life for those he would redeem.
The one who gave his life for those he chose to redeem also gave his redeemed the faith to believe.
You take this gift and attempt to wield it as an amulet that magically does whatever you command it to do. You treat the sacrificial payment of Christ in the same fashion, as though it were a magical talisman for you to wield and vanquish whomever or whatever you wish. Your immaturity in the faith is obvious to me and I suspect it is obvious to many others. While I doubt you will take this advice, I suggest you sit back and actually learn what God says about faith rather than continue to speak without understanding.

 

What is it to be born again? Can you explain to me the nature and signs of the new birth in a sinner?

 

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Did you listen to the message?

 

I did not say anything about being sinless.

 

I can embrace Jesus’ Lordship, believe and trust in Him as my Prophet, Teacher, and King without becoming sinful or perfect. Perfectionism is heresy.

 

John MacArthur has been confronted several times about his teachings on "Lordship Salvation", and it seems he does not wish to retract any of it.

While I understand that what he sees in Scripture is the necessity, at some point, of a believer being conformed into the image of Christ ( Romans 8:29 ), he appears to skip right from the new birth to full maturity without taking into account that believers take time to grow in the faith...
And that they often stumble into sin and the Lord patiently chastises and causes them to see their errors, and to resolve to walk worthy of their calling and election.

This is where I have a distinct disagreement with him, if I'm understanding him correctly.