The Contest Of Personalities Over The Holy Spirit
Personality preachers are dominating the doctrinal thinking of our Church world. In this broadcast I played John MacArthur saying that no person can hear or know the voice of God. He said he had never heard anything from God but what he reads in the Bible. Well, every Word of the Bible is true but God gave us the Holy Spirit to inspire and teach us those truths. The Son of God made several great statements that settle this false accusation against our Loving Father. “And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.” (John 10:4) The Son of God made it plain that the sending of the Holy Ghost was to be our teacher. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 14:26) The church world that has departed from the truth must keep you from an experience with God, because that’s where they lose you. The “Born Again” experience is the single way to know you are saved. It is the Work of the Spirit and you will know it when it happens in your life. If you do not know you are saved its foolish to think you might be. The entire purpose of this broadcast is to call you back to the Word of God and the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Pure Christianity is a perfect balance of the Word and the Spirit. “And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” ( I John 5:8) To speak of a Christianity void of the power and witness of the Holy Ghost is empty religion just exactly like we see in the Apostate churches. Quickly the entire denominational churches are becoming the WHORE of Revelation seventeen. Come out of HER before it is too late!
Ernest Gregoire
I have personally seen terrible abuses by Pentacostals. I have also seen abuses by Baptists,
and Calvinist.
This is not a slavation issue.
Both you and John Mac Arthur are great men of God.
Knock this foolishness off!
Sean
I’m surprised, Joseph, to learn that you don’t make common cause with John MacArthur, hate monger par excellence. He hates the Catholic Church even more than you do.
Afraid of being shown up?
Lynwood
John Mc Arthur is not a spirit filled pastor and he has a self interpertation of scripture
which is logic as he believes GOD does not do miracles any more as that went out with the
early church –he can’t give you a scripture but he can obfusicate and make you believe
with mans logic –Lynn
Frances Vincent
John Mc arther is a calvinst; He does not think that blood of Christ is important. That to me is is very danming to the soul. I heard from the Holy Spirit many times; Once he shouted “teacher’s with iching ears; teachers wtith iching ears.” (When I was watching joel osteen) So I knew to stop watching him. Which is fine because AI didn’t care for him anyways. He also told me that my so called christain friends were of the world, So I knew that they were not truly saved. And not hte husband is a smoker. The Holy spirit helps me but if God is not talking to you through Him the (the Holy Spirit) then that only means thing; You do not belovng to Christ!!John Mac Athur is not saved.
Jean Hynes
A church that does not recognize the Holy Spirit and the spiritual gifts spoken of in
1 Corinthians Chapter 12 is powerless and “handicapped.”
charles fiorucci
amen brother. john mccarthur also has his own study bible based on reformed
doctrine.
Trish
Maybe MacArthur meant he does not (or people do not) hear an audible voice of God. I don’t. Though I hear the voice of the Holy Spirit within me all the time. And I think that has a lot to do with staying in the Word daily. I have not listened to Mr. MacArthurs sermons so I have no discernment of him either way.
ken switzer
Shalom,
I think there is a difference between the lackluster Laodicean Church of Revelation
and those who “denounce” salvation only through Yeshua (Jesus)- the “denouncers” who will becom the whore of Revelation 17.
All I know is that I will let G_D sort out who is saved and who isn’t — if they believe Yeshua (Jesus) is the only way to be saved, and do the following — then they are brothers/sisters in the Messiah — whether we agree with them or not
you can be a total screw up in this life, and still be saved — that’s GRACE of G_D – plain and simple.
Romans 10:9That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”[e]
shalom ,
ken
Bob
McArthur, seems to be a very important person to himself, his various
articals and sermons are on most of the web sites I visit.He’s a typical pulpit preacher
that makes alot of money thinks that he has all the answers and wants build a rank of followers
who thinks like him. If he denies the Holy Spirits calling or voice in our lives he should
take the big money he makes and go into another business.
The Holy Spirit called me into the prison ministry years ago, yes I heard His Voice If not why
would I do such a thing? Another time the Holy spirit directed me to go to a military brig
to bring God’s Word which I did, If I felt for a momment that we all are not directed by
The Holy spirit I would have to question the whole Bible.
If some of these pulpit preachers would get off their assets and volunteer in a laymens
ministry they would quickly learn what Gods Word is really about and how much the various homeless,
prison ministries and others rely on the Holy spirits direction and voice to pilot the ship
that God called them to be on.
Lynwood
pastor Chambers call the truth and all who can pull this up on the internet,it is informative
and true the church needs to repent as well as its members, me included
Jim D.
Dear Pastor Chambers,
You make a sweeping statement when you refer to the denominational churches becoming the whore of Revelation 17. There are many genuine pastors in non-Pentecostal denominational churches who preach the truth of the Word and rely upon the Holy Spirt to lead and inspire them in their ministries. They may not beleive that the sign gifts are for today but that doesn’t mean that they are not open to the Holy Spirit’s influence in limited fashion. They are certainly within the camp of true believers. If you had said Ecumenical churches instead of denominational churches, I would be inclined to agree with you. But such a sweeping statement against denominational churches is unfounded and misrepresents the truth. The matter of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is an important but not an essential Christian doctrine. There are true believers who are Pentecostal as well as non-Pentecostal. Both have a love of the Lord but worship at different levels.
I do appreciate your ministry. You are inspiriational and on track 99% of the time but I think you went astray in this message. I know you are an ardent proclaimer of the need to have the Holy Spirit’s power in our lives to be all that God wants us to be and I commend you for that. As Andrew Murray states in his book, (The Full Blessing of Pentecost) “It is the most thing needed for Christians in the church today.” May we all receive the full blessing of Pentecost but those true Christians that do not are still Christians.
Brother Jim,
I believe you misunderstood me. I agree and say it often, there are great people of the Lord all over the church world. Here is a statment from my article, The Whore Women Is Hers. “There are uncompromising saints everywhere and the distinction is that they know something is terribly wrong.” That includes Ministers as well as Members.
Thanks for helping me clarify my article.
Joseph Chambers
Devin Pellew
I was the one who called in towards the end of the show and challenged Mr. Chambers on his wreck-less statements about Calvinists and Dr. John Macarthur.
Joseph Chambers be advised, every-time you make dishonest and wreck-less, sloppy charges, I will be calling in and correcting you
Devin,
I invite you to always listen and you are welcome to call. When you listen to a broadcast like Open Bible Dialogue you are going to hear truth. Calvinism is a wreckless theology and it will damn a multitude. Whosoever will is the heart of Christ’s sacrifice.
“Ye must be Born Again”, Jesus Christ in John’s gospel!!!!!!!!
Joseph Chambers
Dale
A time is warned about when people would not endure sound
doctrine but gather teachers to teach them lies. 2 Timothy 4:1-4
John MacArthur appears to have been gathered after man’s lusts or
desires.
Some popular heresies today include “once saved always saved” instead of
conditional security of the saint. The gifts have ceased. God only
speaks through his word or scripture. Romans 11:20-22 is 1 of many
verses that contrasts the OSAS lie. John 10 teaches that Jesus speaks
to his sheep.
There are heresies throughout Christendom as is warned about. 2 Timothy 4:1-4
And many are promoted by high-profile pastors and teachers. MacArthur is 1
deceiver of many.