The following questions were answered by John MacArthur in Q&A Sessions.
The following are questions answered by John MacArthur in Q&A Sessions. Each question below is a link to the Grace To You web page that has a video and transcript of the Q&A session in which the question is answered. The Q&A was not specifically about cults and false teaching. You will find the answers within the overall Q&A session. Questions are listed topically in alphabetical order. When you go to the Grace to You web page, you'll need to look through the transcript, or use your browser's search feature, to find the specific question. Or watch the video until it gets to the question you want answered, you'll get a lot of good Bible teaching. Links marked with "AO" are "Audio Only," there is no video available.
Abbreviations: AO - Audio Only
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Before you get the good news, you need to know the bad news. It's about you. God says:
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. - Romans 3:23
Sin means disobeying God, aka breaking God's law. God is perfect and perfection is required to enter heaven. It's a standard none of us can achieve. We all fall short. For example, compare yourself with just one of the Ten Commandments. Have you ever told a lie?
All liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. - Revelation 21:8. Or what about:
Have you ever taken something that does not belong to you, no matter how small? Have you ever looked at another person with lust? In Matthew 5 Jesus said:
Everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.' Have you done that?
You have broken God's laws. You have sinned. There must be justice, and that means eternity in hell, the lake of fire, the second death. Unless...
Unless there was someone willing to pay that penalty on your behalf. Someone who will take on themselves the consequences you deserve. And there is. There is one person who can and will do that. That person is Jesus Christ. If you trust this is true (believe), and repent (turn away from disobeying God), Jesus' death is applied to your account and you are freed from the penalty of sin to be with God forever.