Tuesday, November 5, 2019

John MacArthur on Hebrews 6


Commenting on the warning passages in Hebrews 6, John MacArthur, a well-known Reformed author and apologist, provided the following (frankly, pathetic) attempt to answer the charge it disproves the “P” of TULIP (Perseverance of the Saints):

The enlightenment spoken of here has to do with intellectual perception of spiritual truth. It means to be mentally aware of something, to be instructed, informed. It carries no connotation of response—of acceptance or rejection, belief or disbelief. The tasting or partaking implies something similar: a mere sampling of truth. IT was not embraced or lived, only examined. (John MacArthur, Saved Without a Doubt: How to Be Sure of your Salvation [Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor Books, 1992], 29)

To see why MacArthur is simply wrong and that Heb 6 does teach a true believer can lose their salvation, see:

Hebrews 6:4-9: Only Hypothetical?


Early Christians Interpreting φωτιζω ("enlightened") in Hebrews 6:4 as a Reference to Water Baptism

See also:


King David Refutes Reformed Soteriology (King David, one of the two examples of justification used by Paul in Romans 4, alone refutes Flournoy's nonsense)

Does John 10:28-29 teach Eternal Security [cf. Does John 6:39 teach Eternal Security?])