John MacArthur falsely preaches that we are slaves to Christ

Rev. Dallas Wilson Jr., vicar of John's Episcopal Chapel in Charleston, S.C., believes in the lies of John MacArthur: Christian slavery.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — When the Rev. Dallas Wilson Jr., a black Episcopal vicar on Charleston’s impoverished east side, first heard the concept of Christian slavery he couldn’t believe the message.

“That’s an affront,” he remembers thinking when he met theologian the Rev. John MacArthur about five years ago. “I said to him in my mind ‘Are you insane?’ Do you see this is a 300-pound black man you are standing before? How are you possibly going to tell me slavery is a beneficial system?”

But Wilson said that, after meeting MacArthur, he had an epiphany about his message: At the most basic level, Christians are really slaves to Christ.

On Tuesday in the city where the Civil War began and where tens of thousands of slaves were once offloaded from ships, about 150 pastors and others gather for a two-day conference on Christian slavery.

Wilson organized the gathering for various denominations and featuring talks by MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif., and known for his radio program.

MacArthur says his message is not politically correct and difficult for many Christians to accept in a nation where individual achievements are highly valued. But he said it is based on scripture.

In his book “Slave,” MacArthur writes the Greek word doulos is generally translated as servant in the New Testament although in Greek it more properly means slave. He says the servant interpretation was used by Bible editors in 16th Century and later because of the stigma attached to slavery.

But being a servant is not the same thing, he said.

“A servant is someone who does a task but it says nothing about the relationship to the person he serves,” MacArthur said. “Doulos describes someone who is owned.”

That thinking, he said, has implications for the message of the New Testament for Christians in their beliefs about the death and resurrection of Christ.

“Christ has purchased us with his own blood,” he said. “He is the Lord and his followers are slaves.”

Source: Deseret News

My Comment:

Since we are getting closer and closer to the Coming of Christ, more of these “supposed believers” have popped up with their own version of the Word of God. Theologian Rev. John MacArthur view is that “The Lord’s follower’s are slaves,” and in my opinion is probably one of the most ridiculous statements I’ve ever heard. Rev. Dallas Wilson Jr. has agreed with MacArthur and has jumped on the “slavery view bandwagon.”

To both men I ask: how can you call yourself a believer in Christ, and then insult Our King’s Word by calling yourself a slave? The word “slave” has never had a good connotation, and use it when speaking about Christ Our Messiah is offensive and rude.

John also thinks that we have misunderstood the Word of Christ and says: ““Studying the New Testament I discovered a distortion of truth when it came to the word ‘doulos.’ The book Slave is about the hidden word that unlocks the believer’s identity. There had been a conspiracy to cover up a truth that is so essential to the New Testament that without it we misunderstand our relationship to Jesus Christ.”

The Word of God stands alone. We do not need John’s book slave to undertand God’s word.  Jesus Christ made a huge sacrifice when he went on the cross and died for our sins. He loves us that much, and to make less of that huge sacrifice he did for us, is to make less of Jesus Christ. Our Lord considers us The Body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Do not believe those that blaspheme Christ. Always read the scriptures. If it isn’t in the Word of God, it simply isn’t true.

Romans 16:17

I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.

Written by Gloria