A Gospel of Doubt: The Legacy of John MacArthur’s The Gospel According to Jesus

Robert N. Wilkin

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For the doubters,Ā that you may find assurance in Christ,Ā not in your works.

From the Introduction:

David vs Goliath? Auburn vs Alabama? Ali vs Foreman?

Coyote vs Roadrunner? If youā€™re expecting this book to beĀ an all-out, take-no-prisoners competition with MacArthur,Ā then think again. Itā€™s first and foremost a search for truth.

This book isnā€™t written to smear John MacArthur. He holdsĀ Biblical positions on many important issues, such as on inerrancyĀ (i.e., the view that the Bible has no errors of any kind in it), traditionalĀ marriage, verse by verse expository preaching, cessationismĀ (i.e., the view that the signs gifts are not operating today), youngĀ earth creation (i.e., the view that the earth and man were createdĀ around 4200 BC), the universal Noahic flood (i.e., not a regionalĀ flood only), male leadership in the home and local church, elderĀ rule, etc.

In many important ways, John MacArthur is a champion forĀ Biblical truth.

However, in The Gospel According to Jesus (TGAJ) MacArthurĀ champions a view called Lordship Salvation. It is the view that inĀ order to have everlasting life one must turn from his sins, submitĀ to Christā€™s Lordship, obey Him, and persevere in faith and goodĀ works until death.

Lordship Salvation is not a minor issue. It is a major issue. TheĀ question of what one must do to have everlasting life is more importantĀ than any Ā other (Gal 1:6-9). Proclaiming the right message is aĀ matter of life and death.

So while this book isnā€™t a competition, we should be like theĀ Bereans who search the Scriptures to evaluate what is true (ActsĀ 17:11). If we are, we will be able to discern what is true and what isĀ false in what we read and hear. That is especially important when itĀ comes to the message of everlasting life.

MacArthur has not always held to Lordship Salvation. The reasonĀ that the first edition of The Gospel According to Jesus (TGAJ) wasĀ not published before 1988 is because he did not embrace this viewĀ until 1980. At that time MacArthur went on a sabbatical and studiedĀ the Puritans, the English branch of Calvinism.

The reason why the title for this response to TGAJ is called AĀ Gospel of Doubt is because MacArthurā€™s Lordship Salvation producesĀ doubt in those who accept its teachings. According toĀ MacArthurā€™s gospel one cannot be sure of where he will spend eternityĀ until after he dies. It is true, however, that MacArthur, like theĀ Puritan theology he follows, urges people to search their works inĀ hopes of finding reasons to believe they will end up in Jesusā€™ kingdom.Ā But according to MacArthur that very search produces doubts thatĀ one is born again and secure because no oneā€™s works are perfect.

A Gospel of Doubt advocates the same basic view that MacArthurĀ himself held before 1980. Before that time MacArthur said that certaintyĀ could be found simply in believing the promise of everlastingĀ life, not in looking at oneā€™s works.

If you appreciate John MacArthur and his views, you should considerĀ the Biblical evidence cited in A Gospel of Doubt. As he himselfĀ says, no man is a perfect expositor of Godā€™s Word. No man infalliblyĀ proclaims the Word of God. That includes MacArthur and meĀ and every writer and preacher. Only Scripture is without error. IĀ hope you will prayerfully read this book, asking God to show you ifĀ your understanding of Godā€™s Word and of the condition for receivingĀ everlasting life are correct.

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