John MacArthur's Questions and Answers

*Subject*	*Questions*
Jesus [01]	Did Jesus, at age 12, disrespectfully disobey His parents, by not informing and not returning with them when it was time to leave? Some Bible commentators have said that, "At this particular time, that no longer was Jesus technically under parental authority."
Jesus [02]	Is there a reference where Christ is called a carpenter?
Jesus [03]	Did our Lord ever show a sense of humor and are there any examples that He ever laughed? Many times I have read that Jesus wept, but I’ve never heard that He ever laughed.
Jesus [04]	I have never really understood the passage in Luke 5:36-39, about the new wine in the old bottles. So I would like some explanation.
Jesus [05]	I have a question that has, basically, two parts. First part is more of semantics, and that is, our D. E. [Discipleship Evangelism] Manual refers to my Lord, Jesus Christ as having two natures, the divine nature and the human nature. And, in some of our dealings with people I run across, this conjures up ideas of psychological problems, split personalities and what. And, then wondering would you think it would be better to refer to my Lord Jesus Christ as being totally God and totally man, or fully God and fully man? And the other part of the question is this, one of these concepts, in other words, the two-nature concept vs. the fully-God and fully-man concept. Is one of these concepts more apt to lead to heresy?
Jewish Holidays	Which Jewish holidays, such a Purim, Passover, Hanukkah, would be appropriate for a Jewish believer [in Christ] to still celebrate, and which if any, would no longer be appropriate?
Jews [01]	Explain why we have messianic Jewish temples? What is the need for them?
Jews [02]	In Isaiah 11:11-12, it says, “Then it will happen on that day that the Lord will again recover the second time with His hand, the remnant of His people who will remain from Assyria...and from the islands of the sea, And He will lift up a standard for the nations and will assemble the banished ones of Israel and will gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.” Now, my question is, will God’s remnant of Jews become believers in Christ before the rapture?
Jews [03]	I have a question concerning Jewish witness from Romans 11, and I was talking with a pastor of another church about Jewish witness, and this pastor suggested to me, that the judgment of the Jews is something that God may have a special dispensation for the Jews and that it is not necessarily, absolutely necessary for them to know Jesus Christ as their Savior to be saved, as long as they are well-founded Jews and they seek the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they live a good Jewish life.
John MacArthur [01]	Who is John MacArthur?
John MacArthur [02]	In characterizing your own life, what kind of a man do you think you are?
John the Baptist	In what way can we harmonize John the Baptist’s claim that he was not Elijah with the statement of the Lord that he was?
Jonah	"In our Bible study at work we were studying the Book of Jonah and one of the fellows in the study mentioned that somewhere he heard that one of the Bible teachers had said that he believes that Jonah actually died in the whale, and then when he was spit out God made him alive again. There was a reference to where the Lord says, 'As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the earth.' Can you elaborate on this?"
Judas	Was Judas saved?
Judgment [01]	"Although a Christian's sins have been forgiven, will Christians still have to give an account for their bad deeds at Judgment?"
Judgment [02]	"What is God's purpose for judgment and wrath?"
Judgment [03]	"Who is judged at the Great White Throne?"
Judgment [04]	"How will God judge 'Non-Christians' who have been very selfless, giving, and loving to others all their lives?"
Judgment [05]	"I know that the works or service of Christians will be tested, but will there be any judgment on Christians for their sins?"
Judgment [06]	Why did God wipe out whole towns of people in the Old Testament?
Judgment [07]	When I accepted the Lord, I was told that I was judged first and God still chose to save me. Now I’m being told that I have to be judged after my salvation. Can you explain that to me?
Judgment [08] 8/28/04	My question’s pertaining to the passage in Deuteronomy 24:16. It says, “Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor sons be put to death for the fathers: every one shall be put to death for his own sins.” My question is, why there are times when God allows men to judge or God Himself judges people, children for the sins of their fathers, such as Dathan and Abiram had little children who were swallowed up by the earth because they (Dathan and Abiram) sinned against, rebelled against Moses and Aaron. And, the wives and children of the accusers of Daniel were thrown into the lions den with them, and seven of Saul’s descendants were executed by the Gibeonites because of Saul’s sin against them.
Judgment Seat of Christ	My question comes from I Corinthians 3, where Paul’s talking about the Bema Judgment of Christ. And in v. 15, he tells about a Christian “whose work is burned up and he suffers loss, but he is saved, yet so as through fire.” Will you tell me a little bit about this Christian and how he fits into the lordship-salvation scheme?

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