Sadly, Pastor John MacArthur Is Now Burning In Hell

Galatians 1:6-7, “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”

It was announced today in the news that Pastor John F. MacArthur (1939-2025) has died. I am fully convinced that Mr. MacArthur went to Hell forever. If John MacArthur went to Heaven, then God is a horrible confusing author and a liar, and there are two different Gospels. According to Galatians 1:6-7 there is ONLY one Gospel. According to 1st Corinthians 15:1-6 and John chapters 19 and 20 the Gospel is Christ's death on the cross, His burial and physical resurrection from the dead three days later. Faith in this GOOD NEWS alone saves a man!

I am not happy that John MacArthur assuredly went to Hell forever because of his false gospel. There are many things that I liked about Pastor MacArthur; such as, he was against women preachers, he was against speaking in tongues and the Satanic Charismatic movement, most of his teachings were exceptionally brilliant, et cetera. Unfortunately, if a man is wrong on repentance and the Gospel, you simply cannot trust any of his theology.

It saddens me when anyone dies in their sins without Christ and goes to Hell. The bottom line is that John MacArthur preached a counterfeit plan of salvation that required surrendering your will, your sins and your life to serve God in exchange for eternal life. That is “a trade of sorts” (MacArthur own words) instead of the free grace gift of God. There are NOT two Gospels.

Pastor John MacArthur calls getting saved “AN EXCHANGE” of all that we are for all that Christ is...

“Thus in a sense we pay the ultimate price for salvation when our sinful self is nailed to a cross. . . . It is an exchange of all that we are for all that Christ is. And it denotes implicit obedience, full surrender to the lordship of Christ. Nothing less can qualify as saving faith.” (The Gospel According to Jesus, p. 140) [emphasis added]

“The gospel Jesus proclaimed was a call to discipleship, a call to follow Him in submissive obedience. . . . Forsaking oneself for Christ’s sake is not an optional step of discipleship subsequent to conversion; it is the sine qua non of saving faith.” (“The Gospel According to Jesus,” [Revised & Expanded Edition], p. 27, 142) [emphasis added]

“That is the kind of response the Lord Jesus called for: wholehearted commitment. A desire for Him at any cost. Unconditional surrender. A full exchange of self for the Savior. It is the only response that will open the gates of the kingdom.” (“The Gospel According to Jesus,” [Revised & Expanded Edition], p. 148) [emphasis added]

Dear reader, what Pastor MacArthur preaches does NOT match what the inspired Word of God teaches! Mr. MacArthur was inspired by demons when he wrote those heretical statements. Nowhere in the inspired King James Bible are we taught that to receive God's free gift of eternal life, we must EXCHANGE everything we are to receive God's free gift! That could not be a free gift (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:15-18). And by the way, I haven't found any place where Pastor MacArthur focuses on eternal life being a free gift; he always focuses on what YOU must do to be saved, instead of what CHRIST did to pay for your sins. The true Gospel always points you to CHRIST; a false gospel always points to YOU.

Dr. John MacArthur further errantly says:

It [salvation] isn’t adding Jesus to your repertoire. It isn’t like the rock singer who said, “I've been born again but don't think it’ll change my act or my lifestyle.” It’s not that. It’s an exchange of all that I am for all that he is. It’s an abandoning of all my righteousness for all his righteousness. It’s a setting aside of everything I thought valuable for the pearl of great price. I would willingly bankrupt myself of all my human prizes, right? Hear Paul, “I count all things but dung that I may win Christ.” That’s the exchanged life.

So, we would then say, who are the few? [the saved] Those who obey the commands of Christ and the will of the Father, those who confess Christ at any cost. And for everybody that cost may be different, but when salvation is really happening, God energizes the willingness to pay the cost, whatever it is.

SOURCE: Jesus' teaching On Salvation

What a theological dingleberry! Pastor John MacArthur horribly butchers the inspired Word of God. Dear reader, this man went to Hell. It is sad and tragic, but true. If the Bible be true, and it is, then no man ever goes to Heaven who perverts the Gospel of free grace. Today is truly a sad day for John MacArthur. There is no peace to the wicked. Titus 3:5a, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us...”