John MacArthur on the person of Christ
One person in two natures, unconfused and undivided
"two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, the divine and the human, were joined together in one person, without confusion, change, division, or separation. He is therefore very God and very man, yet one Christ..."
THE POSITION
Textbook Chalcedonian formula, restated in language that echoes the Definition's own four negatives almost word for word — unconfused, unchanged, undivided, unseparated — fifteen centuries later.
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross.
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Pastor of Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, from 1969 until his death in July 2025. Expositional preaching, hard cessationism, dispensational premillennialism. Researched from the church's own Doctrinal Statement, covering all 15 loci in one document.
Cite this page
"John MacArthur on the person of Christ", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/macarthur/christology (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/macarthur/christology).