John MacArthur on the Obliteration of Family

This is the second in our series on dissenters who speak on cultural flash-points.

This post is an excerpt from a 2015 sermon “We Will Not Bow” by pastor John MacArthur.

MacArthur offers a unique insight: that the atomization of the family removes a formidable bulwark against corruption and leads to the state usurping the parental role.

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MacArthur: The objective is not simply to redefine gender. The objective is not simply to redefine marriage. The objective is to destroy what God has designed.

Families provide a small, sovereign unit that acts as a small barrier against the corruption that seeks to dominate.

Shatter the family, destroy the family and the small sovereign barrier is disintegrated. 

Above: MacArthur at right, with 4 generations of his family. (Source: Twitter)

And by the way, the goal in all of this—you need to be reading to see this—the goal in all of this is not homosexual, same-sex marriage. 

The goal is the total elimination of all marriage, which then means you don’t possess any privacy. 

You don’t have that small, sovereign unit, and your children are not yours. 

They’re public children and they belong to the education system; and they belong to the country; and they belong to the village—but not to you. 

And so, when they’re fifteen in the state of Oregon they can have a sex change without telling their parents—and the state will do it and pay for it.

This is not about same-sex marriage. This is about the total obliteration of the family. So that there will be no more family, no more covenants. No more private, sovereign units that stand up against the corruption.

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Notes:

On MacArthur’s point on the “total elimination of all marriage” see:

• Fighting for Gay Marriage Generally Involves Lying About What We’re Going to do

• Same-Sex Marriage Won’t be Enough.