Bring forth a new set of beliefs

Luke 3:8 says to bring forth fruits worthy of repentance. What does Luke mean? He clarifies it with an additional statement "and begin not to say within yourselves". Fruit doesn't mean works such as walking an old lady down the street. Fruit means the result of something; in this case the result of repentance is a set of new adopted beliefs that are believed. 

Scripture alone that changes our attitudes

Some might consider the idea's Joy, Anger, Love, Fear, or anything else as emotions. I do not think these things are emotions. My question would be to begin with what are emotions? And if we are commanded to 'love God without entire being' and our emotions are often swept to and fro then how can we control these 'emotions'? I do not consider these things as 'emotions' but rather attitudes of the mind. How do we change the attitude if not by the power of the Spirit who uses means of Scripture alone to change the disposition of our minds. Of course, some things still cause my attitude to think and do certain things and I pray those things do not hinder the race. I do not believe that my volition are to be lead by anything other than Scripture alone.

What Matthew 19 is really saying

Matthew 19, which Macarthur butchers, is not about making Christ lord. But is about the impossibility of becoming saved by human free will. Man is totally depraved from birth and therefore cannot come to the saviour until God changes the sinners disposition. With this it is impossible with man but with God all things are possible.

Christ professes to be God

In Matthew 4:7 it is said that Jesus is being tempted by Satan to fall off the cliff. The response of Jesus shows not only that he relied and correctly applied the word of God; but, that He Himself is God in the flesh - Emmanuel - God with us.

Utilitarianism is immoral

Utilitarianism teaches that what is right is what is good for the greatest number. Utilitarianism is not moralistic at all in any sense of the word. It is immoralistic. It teaches that what is right or wrong changes with the tide so how shall we say one thing is wrong and another right. Sure what is considered moral may be so now but in 10 or 100 or 1000 years down the road it may not be for we have "progressed". Utilitarianism therefore does not teach moral norms for people and is therefore harmful for society. How unfortunate that a philosophical view that teaches that what is good is what gives pleasure for the majority. I suppose we may never know what the good is. Maybe Hitler sought the good for his people by murdering several thousands or millions of Jews for his people. Today, we find religious people accepting this viewpoint also related with Christian Hedonism.

Jude 4 on the reprobates

Jude 4 says that there were certain men who crept in unawares, who were ordained of old to the condemnation, these men we are told turn the grace of God into lasciviousness.
The question is what does this mean? Those who, like Catholics, labeling themselves reformed, teach that we are saved by grace alone but this grace is infused unto us so that we work. Of course, this means according to them that if you are not working you have serious reasons to doubt whether you're saved.

However, the verse in question doesn't so much hint that these men lacked evangelical works. Another said set of verses used to attack the truth of free and unconditional grace is Matthew 7 but with clear study of the passage hardly speaks against such. But as far as this verse in Jude goes these men turn the grace of God into lasciviousness. They take the unadulterated gospel of Christ and they do not believe it but rather they disbelieve it. These men therefore disbelieve the truth and so therefore they turn the grace into lasciviousness. Other verses that present this is found in Romans 2:4-5. The mistake by the many so-called Calvinist today is that God is patient with both the elect and reprobate and so therefore wants both to be saved. This is far from the facts as say Proverbs 16:4 says that the reprobates are made for destruction and that they are like natural brute beast as 2 Peter 2:12 says.
For God he is patient with the elect alone not wanting any to perish but that all to come to the knowledge of the truth. For the sake of the elect is God longsuffering towards the reprobate.

Christ's ethics based on the Ten Commandments

The ethics of Jesus is based on the ten commandments. These commandments were broken all the time by the religious leaders of his day. No doubt they are in fact broken by all mankind everywhere, but the religious leaders had a pertinent zeal for God's word that said "because I don't do x, y, and z, I have favour with God." These men, as long as they didn't commit murder or adultery were assured of their heavenly state; so to not break the law they placed around about it certain institutions to keep from having to break them. Of course, Jesus calls them whitewashed tombs. Outside they look clean but inside they were far from it. Today, we might see this very same thing in the world and amongst the professing Christian Institutes. As long as they don't do x, y, and z they are fine. Perhaps they have a certain positive change as well. They even perhaps give on occasion. But, these men have missed it as the proverbial horse and cart goes. Instead, Jesus says even if you lusted in your mind you have committed adultery. Even if you hated someone in your mind you have committed murder. Many false churches further teach some sort of rule as long as you desire to do x, y, and z you're fine. But these churches seem to have missed the point of the law. The law commands what is supposed to be done and what is not to be done. We are commanded not to worship idols but to worship God alone. What is commanded is both in the negative and positive light. So desiring to do x has no bearing at all. Sin is law breaking. All have sinned and have fallen short of God's glory, therefore the only hope for salvation is found in Christ work on the cross alone on behalf of his chosen sheep alone.