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Pastor John MacArthur ... Nearing End of Earthly Life at 86

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In case any have not yet heard, it appears that we will soon be losing Pastor John MacArthur.

Prayers for Pastor John and his family. :praying:
I've personally been blessed by so many of his teachings, and for decades now.
I'll miss his presence in this world.

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Pastor John MacArthur Contracts Pneumonia, Nearing End of Earthly Life at 86

It was announced on Sunday, July 13, that John MacArthur, 86, pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has contracted pneumonia and is expected to be in the presence of Jesus soon.

 

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My aunt and uncle were among the founders of Grace. I remember when MacArthur was the new young pastor.
I listened to John MacArthur's 'Grace to You' radio broadcasts daily, for many years, when I was a young believer. I sometimes now catch him on YouTube. I think he's an excellent teacher ... I like his teaching style. And I especially like his lessons on the doctrines of grace, and the book of Revelation.
 
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I listened to John MacArthur's 'Grace to You' radio broadcasts daily, for many years, when I was a young believer. I sometimes now catch him on YouTube. I think he's an excellent teacher ... I like his teaching style. And I especially like his lessons on the doctrines of grace, and the book of Revelation.
He does have a good style and he's very good at teaching what he believes in.
 
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From Grace Community Church this evening ...

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Our hearts are heavy, yet rejoicing, as we share the news that our beloved pastor and teacher John MacArthur has entered into the presence of the Savior. This evening, his faith became sight. He faithfully endured until his race was run. More information will be available soon.

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

2 Timothy 4:1-8
 
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Renowned preacher, theologian John MacArthur dies​


John MacArthur, the popular pastor, author, and seminary president whose passion for “unleashing God’s truth, one verse at a time” grew into a worldwide teaching ministry, died Monday. He was 86 years old.

The Los Angeles native was the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., from 1969 until the time of his death. Biographer Iain Murray wrote that MacArthur’s ambition was to minister the Word of God to the end of his life: “In his phrase, ‘to die with his boots on.’” MacArthur battled several bouts of illness over the past year. He died after being hospitalized with pneumonia.

Burton Michaelson remembered when he and other elders considered the young preacher for his first and only pastorate: MacArthur wanted 30 study hours each week. “We didn’t understand that, but we had confidence in him,” Michaelson noted years later.

In 1977, MacArthur’s ministry flourished when Baltimore’s WRBS-AM became the first radio station to broadcast his preaching. He described it as “the Lord’s perfect timing,” explaining that Grace to You hit the airwaves when believers across the nation were starved of Bible teaching.

The programs reached listeners in Ecuador, where missionary Florence Judd served as a nurse. Once, she canoed to a remote tribe and was surprised to find Domingo, a headman, listening to MacArthur in Spanish. “I wouldn’t have known it,” she said, “except that the Gracia a Vosotros theme tune was playing.”

A Talbot Theological Seminary graduate, MacArthur produced nearly 400 books and study guides, including The MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold more than 4 million copies, according to Amazon. Some of his works were controversial.

“I really did not expect to fight the battles I have fought,” the fifth-generation pastor acknowledged. “I never thought I would spend most of my life on the broader evangelical front defending the gospel and sound doctrine.”

In a 2007 interview, MacArthur emphasized he had always concentrated on the depth of his ministry: “God will take care of the breadth of it.”

MacArthur’s wife, Patricia, four children, 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren survive him.

 
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From Michael A. Youssef, posted on Facebook:

"Few have guarded Biblical Truth as fiercely as Dr. John MacArthur. Years ago, he trusted me enough to lend his voice to our new satellite channel, Malakootsat قناة الملكوت—confident we would never dilute Scripture.

That same confidence carried him home today. Let us honor his legacy by living unashamed of the Gospel and by carrying that Truth to every tribe and tongue."
 
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