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Everyone wants to be liked. Everyone wants to be inclusive. Everyone wants to be in the loop.

And yet the Scripture you posted, Rnmom, certainly contradicts MacArthur's premise.

I think MacArthur is probably feeling the heat from his solid appearances on Larry King where he was the ONLY voice among RCs, various Protestants, New-Agers and Jews, who clearly stated that the only way to heaven today is through the door of Jesus Christ.

Those remarks no doubt have brought him problems in the temporal world. They always do.

And so now MacArthur tries to distance himself from the doctrines he has upheld for decades, and thinks he'll make points by slamming those whose beliefs, though politically unpopular, are based firmly on Scripture.

But the truth remains that if God loved all men with the saving grace with which He sacrificed His Son on the cross, all men surely would be saved.

To limit that perfect sacrifice's atoning strength is folly.

And to deny Christ's particular redemption is to deny the predestining will of God, something with which MacArthur says he's in complete agreement.

With concessions like this one, John MacArthur is well on his way to becoming the Bill Frist among the Reformed.

"Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his." -- 2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his." -- 2 Timothy 2:19

Jhn 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

Jhn 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Jhn 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Jhn 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [ma

] pluck them out of my hand. Jhn 10:29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.

Jhn 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.