John MacArthur - How to find a healthy church
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- Jonny Ardavanis is the Lead Pastor at Stonebridge Bible Church in Franklin, TN and the President of Dial In Ministries. He formerly served as the Dean of Campus Life at The Master’s University and as a Camp Director at Hume Lake Christian Camps. Jonny’s heart is to see people understand and love the Word of God and more so, to love the God of the Word. Jonny is married to Caity Jean and they have two precious daughters.
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In this episode Pastor John MacArthur from Grace Community Church answers the question: “How does a believer find a healthy church?”
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I left my old church that I served for 6 years in college because I was not cared for by the leaders and had zero accountability and barely saw any of the members during the week, the church also had zero community groups during the week for fellowship. I barely knew my pastor and felt like he didnt care about me because he evidently showed little interest in me, I served on the worship team for 3 1/2 years. Its amazing how you can be serving publicly on stage and be invisible to the leadership. God provided a great church transition and community after college which was a God send. Praise God. Your spiritual health is everything. The Church of Jesus Christ is not shallow, yes it is broken but there is no excuse for Church leadership to not care for the spiritual health for its members.
Amen! We left a church that is all about theology but weak friendship/family relationships in Christ.
John MacArthur's illustration is amazing 😍😍😍😍
I legit though he was gonna say reformed period.
I may not be Calvinist but I love my brother john. God bless you.
wow! now this made me feel grateful to the LORD for leading me to a church that truly demonstrates who He is!
A healthy church is a church without cliques. Also a church which believes in the finished work of Jesus Christ. What I mean is Jesus actually saved his people on the cross, most churches teach that Jesus only made it possible to be saved that you have to do good works also or else you can lose your eternal salvation. Jesus actually saved us on the cross, our good works save us from corruption in this life it has nothing to do with eternal salvation. Nothing but the blood of Jesus,
John 3:16
This wonderful and true
Thanks for these shorts with your guests answers. Love your show and so blessed by it. Thank you Lord for the love of your children for each other. You're so special Lord and so so worthy of our love. All glory to you Jesus Christ our Lord 🤍✝️🤍 Lastly uncle John has blessed my life in ways I thought unimaginable. Praise the Lord for him and his devotion to the word of God. "Legend in his own right". Love you pastor Johnny Mac ❤️
Wish there was a church like that in my area. I watch sermons on TV or on TH-cam
You think it's better to watch sermons on TV and TH-cam than to be a part of an imperfect body of believers?
@@toonnaobi-okoye2949 I'd rather watch my sermons on TV with faithful gospel preaching than attend a prosperity church or one that doesn't teach repentance and those are the kind of churches around me
@@terrysitar3054 so you believe there is no in-person, faithful gathering of believers around you? That God doesn't have anyone else who hasn't 'bowed their knee to Baal' a la Elijah's experience around you? What about further away from you? Can you pray and expect God to show you where these folks are, near or far? Can you be an instrument to start a gathering of faithful believers? Do you desire to physically gather with believers or are you satisfied with the digital fellowship only?
It's hard to find a church like that nowadays. I desire to be apart of that church that Pastor John described.
“Look past the music” is a great call. As a related question for anyone who can provide me with any links to related videos or resources… Why is modern Christian music so, for lack of a better word “bad”?
I can appreciate trying to make a joyful noise and at church most people like myself are not trained musicians, but…. Even if we’re talking a production quality of infinity (e.g. Hillsong Churches), they just seem to crank out very schlocky music. It’s almost all one genre (slow contemporary) and none of it is catchy. We do not generate “earworms” type songs that get stuck in your head.
It’s if we’re being honest kind of painful for most people to hear Christian music not because they hate the lyrics but because we are content to turn out really really lackluster sounds with which to praise the Lord.
Meanwhile “Rockin’ Robin” that’s an innocent song, I don’t think it’s creator made some devilish pact to get the lyrics, etc…. And we don’t have anything on par except for maybe Spirit in the Sky but that was a while back.
What musical quality makes Christian music so very not catchy? Why doesn’t it make people dance?
I never found such a thing as a healthy Church. Jesus is My Teacher and Provider..He is All and Everything I Need. ❤
Me too..🙏❤️
@@bozenamasliczek2447 God Bless You!
Understanding is key , healthy church doesn't mean everything is alright but a healthy church is the one Pastor McArthur is explaining
@@truebeliever4995 churches did nothing but mess me up..all of them. Jesus is the Only True Teacher and He says that Himself!
Listening to john macarthur and his calvinist teachings only made me doubt constantly whether or not I was saved.
I think the problem was listening to John MacArthur over God. I enjoy listening to his sermons, but there are still stuff I don't agree with him on. I think getting deeper into scripture helps not "feel" lost. Hopefully you continue in the what the Lord has given you. Stay strong and God bless.
Every church I’ve gone to with my Protestant wife all the pastors have said they are all a bible believing church. And yet I have noticed that they all disagree on different things. what those pastors should say instead should be “this is a bible believing church according to my own personal interpretation of the bible”
It all needs to check & be proofed with the word of God.
Picking and choosing certain scripture doesn’t give a true meaning of what it’s meant to teach. Yes, some denominations cut out phrases in scripture. Know what training the pastor has and what he believes. Is there loyalty to a specific domination ?
@@mnp870 that’s exactly what all those pastors would say!
@@ciscopaco05 Are you Roman Catholic?
how do you evaluate a church which handles the Word of God accurately, a pastor that fits biblical qualifications, but however, love among the members are very noticeably missing? assuming there are no other church in the area where I live
so denomination doesnt matter? im having such a hard time looking for a church because some say calvanists are bad others arminians are bad and it makes finding a church difficult.
Only thing I disagree with is the statement to look past the music. The lyrics of the songs in the mouths of the saints matter. A church should sing theologically sound music focused on the glory of God, in addition to receiving strong teaching to the glory of God.
An Eastern Catholic Church.
‘Church’ is largely filled with the unregenerate on Sunday.
How to find a holy church
The elect is the only true church
A body of believers scattered
Thruout the world!
The church is not Holy. Only God is Holy. The church is where we gather together and learn from scripture.
Pastor mcArthur is correct.
The assembling together was mainly for the early church as no new testament and people needed to hear the letters of the apostles
Today we have complete bibles
However those weak in the faith
Need building up so we rejoice that Christ is being preached but no one
Pastor has a monopoly on God
So trust the Holy Spirit for guidance
The elect will not be deceived!
@@mnp870 The church is the body of believers, the Bride of Christ. Absolutely, we are holy/set apart.
"Look past the music" 100% music is so overrated in the church.
Christian music is dangerous today
I've been listening to hymns on TH-cam. When I hopped in my car the other day and had some modem Christian music in the CD player I turned it off. Just didn't seem godly anymore.
@@dk4232 I 100% agree with you. It is definitely the older hand type by myself being a little more honoring to God then half dance mix and half rock and roll.
We have no idea how the early church’s music sounded. MacArthur has gone on record to say that hymns and organs are more godly, but we have no idea how the early church “did” music. Let’s not go beyond the Bible or go by only our feelings.
The music is where the sun started in many of our churches. It is used to attract unbelievers instead of being used by believers to sing praises to God with their hearts. Unbelievers can’t do that.
How can we find this kind of church if they are all self-proclaimed that they have the TRUTH. Are they have different Bible? 😢
“Two or more are gathered” you took that out of context
Having a form of Godliness but denying the power there of have nothing to do with such people.
What about if your church welcomes gays and has a woman senior pastor?
Then that church is not a true church of God. They are worshipping the Devil.
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I think a church should welcome all people! We shouldn’t label people as their sin but that doesn’t mean we should tolerate people’s sins and neither should churches spread the idea that staying in sin is ok as long as you have faith in Christ, when we come to Jesus we then find our identity in him. Everyone should be encouraged to believe in Jesus and then repent of our sins, but conviction comes from the Holy Spirit that lives within and through a close relationship with God, he will lead us in the right convictions to be able to repent and be more like Jesus. As far as a woman leading the church, Jesus says his word will never die, Paul then states that women shouldn’t be leaders of the church. Women and men have very important roles that are absolutely necessary to one another, but a woman is not called to be a lead pastor just like men aren’t called to give birth. God blessed each gender with individual important roles and we should uplift one another in those roles 🫶🏼
My former church was undermining itself by allowing the pastors wife to use charismatic study material for the womens group and conferences. Furthermore, my former church was sadly about black excellence. Im here for the Word, not black excellence and feminist driven Women Groups and Women Conferences
Even a Christian cannot brush aside the worship of Jehovah as God. In Revelation 1:5 the Son of God called himself "Jesus Christ, 'The Faithful Witness.'" When on earth as a man he was a Jew, an Israelite, to whose nation the words of Isaiah 43:10 were written: "'You are my witnesses, ' is the utterance of Jehovah, 'even my servant whom I have chosen.'" Jesus demonstrated that he was a faithful and true witness of Jehovah God. His genuine disciples today must be the same kind of witnesses, Jehovah's.
Hard preaching makes soft people.
Regretting to tell, honour the Godly men when they sit before you and sit properly before them. Please do it.
Huh??? Ask the Pastor these three questions and ask for pointed answers 1. Is homosexuality a sin worthy of an eternity in hell 2. Is remarriage adultery a sin and worthy of an eternity in hell 3. Is there a role for a gifted woman to teach in the Church. If you’re feeling brave ask them of they intend to purify the congregation by preaching repentance, and change in their life or face disfellowshipping/excommunication.
Make sure it does not teach dispensationalism!
Haha I feel like this joke is gonna fly over a lot of Jmac fans
Make sure it does, rightly dividing the word of God.
@@dwashington1333 Darby and Scofield are both heretics. They have already been exposed, as has dispenstionalism, we now just wait and watch it fall apart. It cannot be defended.
@@evantheorthodox740 I know nothing about Darby and Scofield. I preach the Apostle Paul dispensationalism which he talks about in his epistles. Did you know Jesus' disciples were under the law? Are you? Do you rightly divide the word of God? Do you keep the Sabbath as they did on Saturday?
Show me why despensationalism is wrong. Its the only belief system. That makes sense.all the people teach other things. Don't have all the details lined up. The opossers don't even know the difference. Between the the Judgement seat of Christ and the Great white throne. And they are weak on the Person of Christ. Not liking Darby is one thing not liking the Word of God is something different
They didn't have healthy churches in the Bible
If you're not a member, there's no church discipline.
Joseph Smith: God which church should I join?
God: Join none of them.
God’s answer was better then Johnny Macs.
Jesus said, "Go and sin no more." John McArthur teaches that as Christians we will still sin but we will sin less. He has contradicted Jesus and he has undermined the instructions that Jesus left us to live by. That would make him a false teacher who has distorted God's word. BEWARE!
To not sin willingly.
The perfect church on Earth does not exist and you cannot make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If you do you will spoil it.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the right one. Prove me wrong.
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Biblically, I disagree with you. Why does the mormon bible need to strengthen the holy bible when the holy bible is the one true bible cover to cover?
Latter-Day Saints is a cultic gathering, it’s not a church brother!
This fool wanted some attention and we giving it to him
Its always about doctrines with these Calvin loving preachers, as though reformers are the only ones who know 'true' doctrines. They pick and choose scriptures that agree with Calvin, and ignore or twist their obvious meaning with verbal salad! John 3:16 says what it says and any effort to change its meaning is FALSE TEACHING!!!!!
"whosoever" is not random it is those God has made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins.