John MacArthur's Questions and Answers

*Subject*	*Questions*
Labor Unions	Is it unbiblical to belong to a Labor Union? Should a Christian strike?
Lawsuits	I have a question about 1 Corinthians 6:7, which reads “to have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you” and I want to know if that has anything to do with whether both parties are Christian or not, and in particular a manufactured product that’s defective and they don’t want to do anything about it?
Leadership [01]	It seems that every time I enter a discussion about the qualifications of a pastor, the conversation eventually ends up in: what are the biblical guidelines for a church? Should it be elder-run or should it be pastor-run? And, I don’t know how to answer that question. Does the Bible offer any guidelines as to who has the final say?
Leadership [02] 5/13/04	I heard your answer yesterday about the question posed about the plurality of elders and I understand that the plurality of elders did not necessarily equal the egalitarian model; there are strengths and weaknesses with this that are different to the body. But my question is, in the contemporary congregation, as you know, they have the notion or the title of senior pastor—how is that? How can a church that believes in the model of biblical—the plurality of elders—how do they harmonize or justify even the title of senior pastor in light of that teaching?
Leaving a Church	Realizing that every church has its problems and realizing the importance of unity in a church, could you give some guidelines on when you should really work to preserve the unity in a church as a member, and when the problems get too great you ought to leave it. Secondly, how you can leave a church if it gets to that situation and it has got to be done?
Lordship Salvation [01]	I’m a little confused as far as the implications of that Lordship to the non-Christian at the point of salvation. How much of it can they really comprehend in terms of the Lordship issue? And then along with that, are you saying through your series on the Lordship that the call to salvation is synonymous with the call to discipleship?
Lordship Salvation [02]	Several of us are taking a campus class--it’s in the college department and it’s dealing with part of your manuscript on Lordship Salvation. Part of it was talking about how, I guess, the non-Lordship position was derived from Dispensationalism, and I was having a real tough time following that. Could you explain the connection between those two?
Lordship Salvation [03]	I have a friend and they just got a new interim pastor at the church that he is at. And he says he preaches a hard line message, many things that needed to be heard in this day of lack of commitment and playing church; however, he preaches strongly that Christ must be Lord, Master in order to be Savior. And I know where he’s coming from, and I just wanted you to comment on that.
Lordship Salvation [04]	What does the Bible teach about lordship salvation and what must one do to be saved?
Lottery	"What should the Christian attitude be towards the Lottery?"
Love [01]	Regarding Romans 12:10, it says, "Be devoted to one another," and John 13:14 about washing our feet and God washing our feet for "an example that you should do that." And John 13:34, "This command I give you to love one another." First of all, what is God trying to tell us? And, are we doing that at the current rate of one or two "meetings" a week?
Love [02]	If God is such a loving God, why does He send people to hell?
Love [03]	It’s a two-part question. It says, does God love everyone? Second part, two kinds of love for the elect, for the world. Here’s my clarification, it says, I understand the proclamation of the Gospel as a love-letter from God, penned with the blood of Christ. This proclamation of God’s love is to be shared with all the world. I see it as the manifestation or revelation of God’s love to all humanity. But, I see a special, intimate for ordained love relationship that God has with the elect that is unique only to them, which the world as described in John, chapters 14-17, cannot share in. And, I was wondering if you could help me understand that.
Lutheran Church	I was brought up Lutheran and it appears that there are inconsistencies in Luther's Small Catechism, in relation with the Bible, primarily Baptism and Communion. If Luther was truly a man of God and the Lutheran Church is really following him, why is the Lutheran Church today so liberal and caught up in man's tradition?
Lying [01]	My daughter asked me a question and it is out of Joshua 2:3-7, 18-21, and it's talking about Rahab. Her main question is: that God forbids us to lie, and she said, "Mom, Rahab lied to the king and she hid God's people, but God said that it is a sin to lie. How do you reconcile the fact that she lied and God honored her lie?"
Lying [02]	At what point does deception become sin? For example, Rahab was commended for her faith, but apparently she lied when she was hiding spies. And, more specifically, what would you do if you happened to be hiding Jews in your house, and officials asked you if you were hiding Jews, how would you respond to that?
Lying [03]	I just got back from a summer with an organization where we took Bibles and books into Eastern Europe and Romania. And, one such problem I had to deal with personally was, what would happen if I got to the border with a load of books and Bibles and was asked point-blank, which, maybe, I was, and I did not know it. "Do you have any Bibles?" What would be your ethical answer to that?
Lying [04]	I would like to know when it is okay for a Christian to tell a lie. For example, like Corrie Ten Boom, an underground church, underground police officer. Just when is it okay?

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