8.5.2c iii “How is it that you do not understand?”; Mark 1:4 “Baptism of Repentance”? The Genitive of RELATION AND OBJECT.

5. The Genitive of

RELATION AND OBJECT.
…

Adapted from

FIGURES OF SPEECH. 

USED IN THE BIBLE. 

EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED.

By E. W. Bullinger, D.D.

…

The Genitive Case of

RELATION AND OBJECT.

is perhaps the most interesting of all the usages.

It offers a great variety in the

in the manner of

expressing the peculiar relation intended;

and

this relation of

‘the peculiar relation intended’

can be gathered
only from the context,

and from

the general analogy of Scripture Truth.
…

It must be borne in mind

that it is often impossible to define

and determine the exact sense,

in which the genitive case is used.

…

And very frequently the genitive case

may be used in more senses than one.

…

For example,

The Gospel of Christ

may either refer to origin the Gospel

which has Christ for its author, or relation ,

which has Christ for its subject.
…

Both in Hebrew and Greek

great attention must be paid

to the presence or absence of the article,

in judging of the sense.
…

Each example must be interpreted by the context.
…

Gen. 2:9 . The tree of life:

i.e. , which preserved life.
…

Gen. 3:24 . The way of the tree:

i.e. , the way pertaining (or leading) to the tree of life.

…

Gen. 50.4. The days of his mourning:

i.e. , of mourning (lit., weeping)

with respect to him or for him.
…

Judges 13:12 . What shall be the manner (or ordering)

of the child, and of his work: 

i.e. , what shall be the ordering of the child,

and what shall we do with reference to him.
…

2 Sam. 7:19;. And is this the manner of man,

O Lord GOD?

The Heb. is: And this is a law of humanity ( ):

i.e. , the law for, or relating to,

or extending to all mankind.

Thus is indicated the fact that

the blessing given in grace to David was to
embrace the whole world in its scope.
…

Ps. 4:1 ( 2 ). O God of my Righteousness.

This may be, by Antimereia, my righteous God.

But it is this, and more:

because it is the God Who Justifies

and Who Defends my Righteous Cause.

All, in fact, that has relation to my righteousness is included.
…

Ps. 44:22 ( 23 ). As sheep of slaughter:

i.e. , destined for slaughter.
…

Ps. 102:20 ( 21 ). The children of death:

i.e. , persons destined to die.
…

Ps. 149:6 . The exaltations of God are in their throat:

i.e. , their praises, exalting God.
…

Prov. 1:7 . The fear of the LORD:

i.e., the fear which is felt with reference to the
Lord, as is so beautifully expressed in Ps. 5:7 ( 8 ).

…
Prov. 30:24 . Little of the earth:

i.e.,  the least in the earth: or, earth’s little ones.

…
Isa. 3:14 . The spoil of the poor:

i.e. , which they have taken from the poor.

Observe that poor is singular: the poor one.

…
Isa. 34:5 . The people of my curse:

i.e. , the people devoted to destruction.

…
Isa. 55:3 . The Sure Mercies of David:

i.e. , pertaining to David, which Jehovah
promised to him in 2 Sam. 7. Compare Acts 13:34 .

…
Jer. 50:28 . The Vengeance of His Temple:

i.e. , the Vengeance of God connected with His Temple,

Avenging its destruction on those who had destroyed it.

…
Ezek. 20:7 . The abominations of his eyes:

i.e. , pleasing in his eyes.

…
Joel 3 ( 4 ): 19 . On account of the violence

of the sons of Judah:

i.e. , the violence against them, as in A.V.

This is described in Hab. 2:8 .

…
Zech. 9:1 The eyes of man.

One sense of the Heb. may be For Jehovah hath an eye
of man: i.e. , with respect to man.

So that it may be rendered,

For the LORD hath respect to men,

and to all the tribes of Israel,

and thus we have a Periphrasis ( q.v. )

for the Divine Providence and Care.

…
Matt. 3:8 . Fruit meet of repentance:

i.e. , fruit worthy with respect to repentance.
…

Matt. 4:23 ; 24:14 . The Gospel of the Kingdom:

i.e. , the Good News connected with,

or relating to the coming Kingdom.
…

The Bible Defines

‘The Gospel’,

as

‘The Death, Burial and

Resurrection of Jesus Christ’,

in 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4;

 …

“1 Moreover, brethren,

I declare to you

The Gospel

which I preached to you,

which also ye have received,

and wherein ye stand;

…

“2 By which also you are Saved,

if you keep in memory

what I preached to you,

unless you have believed in vain.

…

“3 Because I delivered to you

first of all

that which I also received,

that

Christ Died for our sins

According to the Scriptures;

…

“4 And that He was Buried,

and that He Rose again

The Third Day

According to the Scriptures;”

…

The Gospel means good news,

in 1 Corinthians 15: 1 & 4;

 …

“1 …The Gospel…

:4 …”Christ Died for our sins

According to the Scriptures;

…

“4 And that He was Buried,

and that He Rose again

The Third Day

According to the Scriptures;”

and this good news may be concerning Christ,

or the Kingdom,

or the Grace of God, or the Glory.

And, if words are used to reveal God’s Mind and Thoughts,

we must not confuse or join together things

which he has separated.

The Gospel (or good news) of the Kingdom

was preached when the King Appeared; 

“1 …The Gospel…

:4 …”Christ Died for our sins

According to the Scriptures;

…

“4 And that He was Buried,

and that He Rose again

The Third Day

According to the Scriptures;”

and after His rejection, that Good News

is necessarily preached to sinners,

both of Jews and Gentiles,

until

The Time of the King’s Second Appearing Will Come,

“1 …The Gospel…

:4 …”Christ Died for our sins

According to the Scriptures;

…

“4 And that He was Buried,

and that He Rose again

The Third Day

According to the Scriptures;”

( Br. Bullinger has some talk here about

‘The Gospel’ and Matthew 24:14

that needs to be returned to its context,

…

“14 And this Gospel of the Kingdom

i.e., The Good News of The Promised Messiah

which would come to be known as; 

“Christ Died for our sins

According to the Scriptures;

…

“4 And that He was Buried,

and that He Rose again

The Third Day”

…

Matthew 24:14b;

shall be preached in all the World

for a witness unto all Nations;

and then Will the end come.”

This ‘end’ being of Jerusalem and The Temple,

which He was

Answering the Apostles question,

regarding,

His Statement to them

about

The Destruction of Jerusalem

and The Temple,

here in Mattew 24:1,2 & 3a; 

“1 And Jesus went out,

and departed from the temple: 

and his disciples came to him

for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

…

“2 And Jesus said unto them,

See ye, not all these things?

verily I say unto you,

There shall not be left here  

one stone upon another,

 that shall not be thrown down.

…

3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives,

 the disciples came unto Him privately,

saying,

Tell us, when shall these things be?

and what shall be the sign of thy coming,”

( IN JUDGMENT

UPON JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE

PROPHECIED BY DANIEL,

as The Abomination of Desolation), 

i.e., Jesus

Does Not begin to answer the Apostles question

about,

‘what shall be the sign of …

The End of The World’,

in Matthew 24:3b

until Matthew 24:35-37;

 when Jesus Answers the Apostles

with regard to,

‘when will The End of The World be’

and Jesus Answers them,

Saying;

“35 Heaven and Earth shall pass away,

but my words shall not pass away.

Be Ready at Any Hour

…

“36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man,

 no, not the angels of heaven,

but my Father only.

“37 But as the days of Noe were,

so shall also

the Coming of the Son of man be.

…

“Please see:

AWARE of The GODHEAD 9.0.3.1b

I Can Tell You Exactly

When The END of The WORLD

Will Be: “as the days of Noah were”.

…
Matt. 6:26 . Fowls of the air:

i.e. , which fly in the heaven or sky.

…
Matt. 6:28 . Lilies of the field:

i.e. , which grow in the field.
…

Matt. 10:1 . Power of unclean spirits:

i.e. , with reference to or over them.

…
Matt. 14:1 . The fame of Jesus:

i.e. , in connection with, or concerning Jesus.
…

Mark 1:4 . Baptism of repentance:

i.e. , Baptism which had reference to repentance,

or Baptism stood in connection with repentance.
…

Mark 11:22 . Have faith of God:

i.e. , with respect to God, toward Him,

such faith as his faithfulness demands and warrants.

Compare Col. 2:12 .
…

Luke 21:4 . The gifts of God:

i.e. , pertaining to God, and which He accepts.

This is quite different from Eph. 2:8 ,

which is the genitive of origin .
…

John 2:17 . The zeal of thy house:

i.e. , with respect to it, for or concerning it.
…

John 5:29 . Resurrection of life:

i.e. , with a view to life.

Resurrection of damnation:

i.e. , for the purpose of judgment.
…

John 7:35 . The dispersion of the Gentiles:

i.e. , among. The dispersed people (of the Jews)

among the Greeks (Gentiles).
…

John 17:2 . Power of all flesh:

i.e. ( exousia ), power:

Matt. 10:1 . Mark 6:7 . 1 Cor. 9:12 .
…

Acts 4:9 . A good work of an impotent man:

i.e. , as in the A.V. , the good deed done to him.
…

Acts 23:6 and all other passages

where we have the expression

resurrection of (the) dead,

it means the resurrection of dead bodies:

i.e. , the resurrection

connected with dead bodies as such.

Acts 24:15 , 21 . Rom. 1:4 . 1 Cor. 15:13 . Heb. 6:2 .

…

1 Pet. 1:3 . But when the resurrection of Christ,

or that of ( ek ), out of or from among , is always used.

See Acts 4:2 . 1 Cor. 15:8 , etc.
…

With regard to Phil. 3:11 : The resurrection of the dead,

there is more than one thing to remark.

First, note that the word resurrection here

is not the ordinary word.

It ( exanastasis ), out-resurrection.

Secondly , that the reading (teen ek ),

which is from or out of , must be inserted in the Text,

according to the R.V. and all the Critical Greek Texts.

So that the words read:

If by any means I may arrive at the out-resurrection,

that which is from among the dead.

We must note, further,

that Paul’s standpoint here is that of a Jew.

He has been showing all through the chapter

what was his standing in the flesh,

and what his gains were as a Jew.

He is willing, he says,

to give up all that he once counted gain as a Jew,

that he might attain to this blessed

and new revelation of a resurrection from among the dead,

which was a secret not before revealed

brought to light by Christ and His Gospel

(see 1 Cor. 15:51 ).

It is not that he,
as a Christian, having this hope,

desired to attain to something higher,

which other Christians (or all of them)

would not enjoy;

but that he, as a Jew,

counted his gains but loss,

that he might enjoy this blessed hope

of the out-resurrection at Christ’s appearing.
…

Rom. 3:22 . By Faith of Jesus Christ:

i.e. , faith which has respect to,

or which embraces or rests on Him.

Some take it as the genitive of Origin ,

Faith which is the Gift of Jesus Christ,

according to Eph. 2:8 .

Compare Gal. 3:22 and Rev. 14:12 .
…

Rom. 8:17 . Joint-heirs of Christ:

i.e. , in relation to Christ,

and hence partaking with Christ.
…

Rom. 8:36 . Sheep of slaughter:

i.e. , sheep devoted to slaughter.

See Ps. 44:22 ( 23 ) above.
…

Rom. 9:9 . For, of promise is this word:

i.e. , this word is relating to the promise

( i.e. , the promise made to Sarah).

Lit, For, of promise, the word is this.
…

Rom. 10:2 . They have a zeal of God:

i.e. , a zeal for God, or with respect to Him.

A person may have this;

and yet be destitute of God’s Righteousness,

which He has Provided for us,

and which is in Christ only,

apart from all our Zeal

and all our works of Righteousness

which we have done.
…

Rom. 13:3 . Not a terror of good works:

i.e. , in respect to them.
…

Rom. 16:2 . Worthily of the saints:

i.e. , in connection with,

or in a manner becoming to the saints.

A.V. : As becometh saints.
…

2 Cor. 10:5 . Obedience of Christ:

i.e. , rendered to the Christ:

i.e. , loyalty to Him.
…

Eph. 4:16 . Every joint of the supply:

i.e. , every joint or sensation for the purpose of supply,

or with a view to supplying.
…

Col. 1:24 . The afflictions of Christ:

i.e. , the afflictions pertaining to Christ Mystical,

the apostle having an abundant measure of them

as a member of that Body of Christ.

So that, if other members had fewer afflictions,

Paul made up any deficiency by
having more than the average share.

…
Col. 2:18 . Worship of angels.

Here, the word rendered worship is (threeskeia )

which never means worship ,

but always religion , or religious ritual. See

See
Acts 26:5 . Jas. 1:26 , 27

(its only occurrences in the New Testament),

and Wisd. 14:16 ,
18 , 27 in the Septuagint.

Then, the Greek reads: Humility and religion,

which, by Hendiadys ( q.v. ), means
religious humility (with emphasis on religious).

So that the genitive, here, means
pertaining to:

  i.e. , the religious humility pertaining to,

Or entertained by angels in their
access to God.
…

The context teaches

that this is not proper Christian standing,

which is that of sons,
not of servants

(which angels are.

See Heb. 1:14 ; 2:5 ; and 1 Cor. 6:3 ).
Verses 18 , 19  may thus be rendered:

Let no one defraud you of your prize,

having endered:

Let no one defraud you of your prize,

having pleasure in the religious humility

entertained by angels,

taking his stand on the things
which he hath seen,

vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh

( i.e. , his Old nature), and
not holding fast the Head, etc.
…

Tit. 2:14 . Zealous of good works:

i.e. , with respect to good works.
…

Heb. 3:12 . An evil heart of unbelief:

i.e. , an evil heart in respect to unbelief.
…

Heb. 5:13 . Unskilled of

the word of righteousness:

i.e. , in respect of

the word of righteousness.
…

Heb. 9:21 . Vessels of the ministry:

i.e. , pertaining to the ministering.
…

Heb. 11:26 . The reproach of Christ:

i.e. , reproach in connection with Christ.
…

Jas. 1:13 . Cannot be tempted of evil ( marg. , evils ):

i.e. , is not to be tempted with
respect to evil things.
…

1 Pet. 2:19 . Conscience of God:

i.e. , conscience toward God.
…

1 John 2:5 . The love of God:

i.e. , either our love which goes out to God;

or, His love with regard to us

( cf. especially John 14:23 ).
…

Rev. 3:10 . The word of my patience:

i.e. , My word, which enjoins a patient waiting.
…

Rev. 19:10 . The testimony of Jesus:

i.e. , the testimony concerning Jesus.
marg. Margin.
cf. Compare (for Latin, confer ).
…

Figures of Speech in the Bible

– Biblical Research Journal

http://www.biblicalresearchjournal.org/brj-pages_pdf/001ewb_figures_of_speech.pdf

 

FIGURES OF SPEECH. 

USED IN THE BIBLE. 

EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED.

By E. W. Bullinger, D.D.

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do not understand?”

…

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“ADOLF HITLER

was

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8.5.2f BLACK PEOPLE Have NEVER HAD IT ROUGH, Compared to Those Who WON THEIR FREEDOM.

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BLACK PEOPLE

HAVE NEVER HAD IT ROUGH.

The ONES DOING THE TORTURING

and MURDER of

BELIEVERS in

JESUS CHRIST,

as THEIR SAVIOR

are FALSE,

MAN-MADE RELIGIOUS

COUNTERFEITS of SATANS.

…

 CATHOLICS.

BLACK PEOPLE Have NEVER HAD IT ROUGH,

Compared to Those Who WON THEIR FREEDOM.

AWARE of The GODHEAD 8.1.0.0 Bibliography:

The HISTORY of

THE CHURCHES JESUS FOUNDED,

as The GODHEAD BODILY.

My Subject is ETERNAL LIFE

Through JESUS CHRIST.

…

In addition to

THE CALL of GOD on BAPTISTS

who have

HISTORICALLY CARRIED

THE MESSAGE of ETERNAL LIFE

Through The Blood of

JESUS CHRIST,

as

George W. Truett

has said;

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

“is the chiefest contribution

that AMERICA

has thus far made to civilization.

And historic justice compels me to say

that

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

was pre-eminently a Baptist contribution.”

” Freedom of conscience,

unlimited freedom of mind,

was from the first the trophy

of the Baptists.”

…

Ringing testimonies like these

might be multiplied indefinitely.”

“Baptists and Religious Liberty,”

preached by George W. Truett (1867-1944)

“And such historian

will concur with the noble John Locke

who said:

“The Baptists

were the first propounders

of absolute liberty,

just and true liberty,

equal and impartial liberty.”

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8.5.0 Bibliography: The HISTORY of THE CHURCHES JESUS FOUNDED, as The GODHEAD BODILY.

My Subject is ETERNAL LIFE

Through JESUS CHRIST.

…

In addition to

THE CALL of GOD on BAPTISTS

who have

HISTORICALLY CARRIED

THE MESSAGE of ETERNAL LIFE

Through The Blood of

JESUS CHRIST,

as

George W. Truett

has said;

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

“is the chiefest contribution

that AMERICA

has thus far made to civilization.

And historic justice compels me to say

that

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

was pre-eminently a Baptist contribution.”

“Indeed, the supreme contribution of the new world to the old

is the contribution of religious liberty.

…

“This is the chiefest contribution

that America has thus far made to civilization.

And historic justice compels me to say

that it was pre-eminently a Baptist contribution.

…

“The impartial historian,

whether in the past, present or future,

will ever agree with our American historian,

Mr. Bancroft, when he says:

” Freedom of conscience,

unlimited freedom of mind,

was from the first the trophy

of the Baptists.”

…

“And such historian

will concur with the noble John Locke

who said:

“The Baptists

were the first propounders

of absolute liberty,

just and true liberty,

equal and impartial liberty.”

…

Ringing testimonies like these

might be multiplied indefinitely.”

“Baptists and Religious Liberty,”

preached by George W. Truett (1867-1944)

on the steps of the Capitol Building,

Washington, DC, May 16, 1920, 3:00 PM.  

 

Church History – Baptist History

• Address to Southern Baptist Slaveholders, An
• Albigenses, The
• America, You Owe the Baptists a Lot
• Anabaptists, The
• Anabaptists of the 16th Century, The
• Baptist Churches Alone Find Their Beginning with Christ
• Baptist Contributions to Religious Liberty in America
• Baptist History: 16th Century Switzerland
• Baptist Perpetuity
• Baptist Principles and History
• Baptists and Religious Liberty in United States
• Baptists and the Rewriting of History
• Baptists in America
• Communism Was Not the Social Theory of the Primitive Church
• Did You Know?: Historical Facts About the Baptists
• Donatists, The
• Early Baptists Required Faithful Church Attendance
• Early Christian Sects, The
• Early English Baptists, The
• Faith of the Ancient Church, The
• Fasting by the English Baptists in the 17th Century
• Gnostic Corruption in the 4th Century
• “Great Plague” Preachers, The
• History and Belief in Inspiration
• How the “Fathers” of New England Baptists Regarded Pedobaptists
• Hymnology
• In Defense of Biblical, Historical Christianity
• Invincible Armada of Spain, The
• Judgments on the Anabaptists
• Lutherans Become Baptists
• North America Owes its Religious Freedom to the Baptists
• Novatians or Novatianists
• “O Canada” and Poetic Judges
• Origin of the Baptists
• Origins of the Church, The
• Our Forefathers – We Owe Them
• Paterines, The
• Primitive Churches, The
• Public and Private Life of Ancient Baptists, The
• Quebec Act of 1774, The
• Religious Liberty
• Religious and Political Liberty
• Some Interesting Quotes
• Spurgeon’s View of Baptists
• Story of the Waldenses,  A
• Tabernacle of the Hebrews, The
• Testimony Of Alexander Campbell as to the History of Baptist Churches, The
• Testimony of Great Men and Women, The
• Three Great Foundation Principles
• Trail of Blood, The (The entire booklet by J. M. Carrol)
• Waldenses and Their Contemporaries, The
• Welsh Baptists, The
• What the Southern Baptist Believed Concerning the Bible in 1914

Persecutions – Martyrs

• Anabaptist Martyrs
• Anabaptists Who Suffered for the Truth’s Sake
• Anne Askew: Martyred in 1546
• Arnold of Brescia
• Balthazar Hubmeyer and His Wife
• Baptist Martyrology
• Church in the Desert, or Huguenot Heroes and Martyrs, The
• Dissenters Hunted Down in London in the 17th Century
• Eelken and Fye
• Elizabeth: Martyred in 1549
• English Baptists and Religious Liberty
• Execution of Elizabeth Gaunt in 1685, The
• Felix Mantz
• Homosexuals in San Francisco Stage Riotous Protest
• Inquisition: The Worst of the Persecutions, The
• Jerome of Prague
• Joan Boucher: Martyred in 1550
• John Deswarte and Family: Martyred in Flanders in the 16th Century
• Martyrdom of William Tilsworth, The
• Martyred in Rotterdam: A Young Lady of Fourteen and Others
• Matthias Servaes of Kottenem (1565 A.D)
• Maximus: Stoned to Death at Ephesus in 255 A.D.
• Mr. Painter: Persecuted for Truth in 1644
• Persecuted Baptists in England in the 16th Century
• Persecution by Edward VI
• Persecution in the Valley of Piedmont, in the Seventeenth Century
• Persecution of Benjamin Keach, The
• Persecution of Daniel Defoe, Author of Robinson Crusoe
• Persecution of Obadiah Holmes in America, The
• Persecution of the Waldenses in France
• Polycarp: Martyr of Smyrna
• Richst Heynes: A Christian Woman Martyr in Europe in 1547
• Second Century Persecutions
• Some Martyred Heroes Of Our Faith
• Story Of Tyndale,  The
• Tyndale’s New Testament
• Waldensian Church of Northern Italy, The
• Waldensian Martyrs
• Weynken: A Widow Burnt to Death in The Hague
• Who Was Hated?
• Wife of John Bunyan, The

The Church

• Baptist Church Government
• Baptist Church is a Gospel Church, The
• Baptized By One Spirit Into One Body
• Christ’s Church
• Christ’s Last Commission to His Disciples
• Christ’s True Church
• Christian Ministry, The
• Church Action is Final
• Church Constitution is Derived from the Scriptures, The
• Church Government
• Church of Laodicea, The
• Church Succession, Perpetuity, and Continuity
• Church That Jesus Built, The:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Did Jesus Found the Church? If So, When?

Chapter 3: The Kind of Church Jesus Built

Chapter 4: The Family, Kingdom and Church of God Differentiated

Chpater 5: The Master’s Promise

Chapter 6: The Search for the True Church

Chapter 7: The Doctrinal Test

Chapter 8: Points to be Remembered

Chapter 9: Baptists Under Different Names

Chapter 10: Statements of Historians

Chapter 11: What is the Mission of the Church that Jesus Built?

Chapter 12: The Church That Jesus Built Justifying Its Existence

Chapter 13: Conclusion to The Church That Jesus Built

• Church That Jesus Loved, The:

Chapter 1: When Is a Baptist Church Independent?

Chapter 2: “Close” Communion

Chapter 3: Fundamental? Missionary? Independent? Bible? New Testament? Premillennial?

Chapter 4: What Kind of Baptist?

Chapter 5: Who is Baptist?

Chapter 6: Let’s Pull The Trigger

Chapter 7: The Baptist and the Catholic

Chapter 8: What Church Should I Join?

Chapter 9: God’s Blessings Are Upon Independent Baptists

Chapter 10: A Much Needed Answer to an Oft Repeated Criticism

Chapter 11: Are Baptists Independent Because They Oppose Conventions?

Chapter 12: God’s Way Versus Man’s Way

Chapter 13: In the Church…Out of the Church

Chapter 14: Every Bible-Believing Baptist Should Belong to an Independent Baptist Church

Chapter 15: The New Testament Way – It Really Works!

Chapter 16: How to be a Baptist

Chapter 17: Why Are We Called Baptist?

Chatper 18: Who Were the First Baptists?

Chapter 19: A Brief History of the Baptists

Chapter 20: Cooperation Among Baptists

Chapter 21: An Urgent Call to for a National Meeting of Indpendent Baptists

Chapter 22: The Authority to Baptize

Conclusion: Let Independent Baptists Beware

• Difference Between Church and Kingdom, The
• Ecclesia: Church or Assembly?
• Ecclesia – The Church
• Ecclesia of Christ, The
• Ekklasia: “Church”, “Assembly” or “Congregation”?
• “Heart Disease” and “The Body of Christ”
• Heresy of the Universal Church, The
• In Search of the Lord’s True Church
• Independency of the Local Church,The
• Independent Churches Shoulder Their Responsibility
• Labourers Together With God
• Local Church and Fundamentalism, The
• Local Church of the New Testament, The
• Local Church vs. The Universal Church, The
• Lord on the Outside, The
• Mark of a Divine Model, A
• Mission of the Church, The
• Nature of the Church, The
• Nature of Succession, The
• Need For A Mother-Church, The
• Oops! There Goes the Local Church
• Origin of the Church, The
• Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches
• Promises to the Church of Philidelphia
• Questions From a Local-Church-Only-Ite
• Reformation And Baptist Compromise, The
• Republican Backwards
• Scriptural Church, The
• Spiritual Membership, A
• Spiritual Democracy
• Twelve Hard Nuts For Universal Church Proponents
• Universal Body Equals Universal Church
• Universal Church Heresy, The
• Universal Church Theory, The
• Universal Invisible Church Fallacy, The
• Universal Invisible Church Versus The Local New Testament Church, The
• Visible – Not Invisible
• What Makes a Baptist Church an Independent Baptist Church?
• What Makes a Church a New Testament Baptist Church?
• When Did Christ Build His Church?
• When Did the Church Start?
• Who are Unaffiliated Baptists?
• Why 1 Corinthians 12 Does Not Refer to the Church Universal
• Would the REAL Baptist Churches Please Stand Up?
• Your Place In His Church

 

 

8.5.2e THE INQUISITION. Everyone who opposes The False Roman Catholic ‘church’ IS MURDERED.

Video set the Start and Stop with the discussion of

THE INQUISITION.

Crimes of The Roman Catholic False ‘church’.

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Click here for 5 and a half minute Video

THE INQUISITION.

Crimes of The Roman Catholic False ‘church’.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LClaSilFlA8?start=1151&end=1467

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THE INQUISITION

was the Most Infamous and

Devish Thing in HUMAN HISTORY.

…

THE INQUISITION

was devised by

The ROMAN CATHOLIC POPES.

THE INQUISITION

was used by

The ROMAN CATHOLIC POPES,

FOR FIVE HUNDRED YEARS, 

to KEEP them in POWER.

…

“REVELATION 17:5

 On her forehead

a mysterious name was written:

Babylon the Great,

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth.

…

6 “I could see that the woman

was drunk with the blood of the saints

and of the witnesses for Jesus.

And I was greatly astonished

at the sight of her.

…

7 “Why are you astonished?”

said the angel.

“I will tell you

the mystery of the woman

and

of the beast that carries her,

which has the seven heads

and ten horns.”

…

Note: While the

Biblically Epic,

ASTONISHING EVIL

of The Organised False Church

of The ROMAN CATHOLIC ‘CHURCH’

may have

THE SUPERNATURALLY INSPIRED

EVIL CHARACTERISTICS of the Title,

“Babylon the Great,

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth”,

and

this expression By God

may certainly be

‘APPLIED’

to The Organised False Church

of The ROMAN CATHOLIC ‘CHURCH’,

however,

God Does NOT ‘IDENTIFY’

Specific Institutions

IN PROPHECY.

 …

God Does ‘IDENTIFY’

SUPERNATURAL CHARACTERISTICS

AS ‘PRINCIPALS’,

IN PROPHECY,

such as those of

“Babylon the Great,

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth”,

which has

SUPERNATURALLY INSPIRED

EVIL CHARACTERISTICS.

…

Therefore,

God HAS REVEALED to MANKIND,

that

WHEN WE SEE

SUPERNATURALLY INSPIRED

EVIL CHARACTERISTICS

IN PROPHECY,

such as those of

“Babylon the Great,

the mother of prostitutes

and of the abominations of the earth”,

EXHIBITED and DISPLAYED

in the ASTONISHING EVIL

of The Organised False Church

of The ROMAN CATHOLIC ‘CHURCH’,

WE ARE SEEING A REAL LIVE

EVIL INSTITUTION

that has The EVIL CHARACTERICS,

Described by God, as

“Babylon the Great”.

…

However, 

“Babylon the Great”,

Described by God,

that has

SUPERNATURALLY INSPIRED

EVIL CHARACTERISTICS

AS PRINCIPALS,

by which God Uses to Guild us,

IN PROPHECY,

TO WHAT GOD BLESSES US

to

KNOW and UNDERSTAND,

by WAY of REVELATION,

MAY ALSO

‘APPLY’

to OTHER GREAT

EVIL ORGANIZATIONS,

WHO SERVE SATAN,

depending on the Time in History,

IN ADDITION to THE EVIL,

GOD-HATING, ANTICHRIST,

FALSE CHURCH of ROMAN CATHOLICISM.

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How ’bout Now?

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8.5.2d INDULGENCES; The Synagogue & “Seat of Satan” begins & Proudly Allows​ you to ‘Purchase The Kingdom of Heaven.’

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LClaSilFlA8?start=1&end=1154

 

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8.5.2c ii Replies on ‘Infant Baptism’, re: DISCUSSION on TWITTER: The third great Anti-Christian error, introduced by Satan in FALSE RELIGIOUS ‘churches’ THAT SEPARATED FROM JESUS’ CHURCHES.

•  Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 6

  8.1.2c ‘Infant Baptism’: The third great Anti-Christian error,

  introduced by Satan in FALSE RELIGIOUS ‘churches’… 

  THAT SEPARATED FROM JESUS’ CHURCHES.

  Apparently, what has taken place in this discussion thread is a DE-CONSTRUCTION of man-made ‘thinking’, which resulted in an actual ‘Protestant’ HERESY called, ‘Covenant Theology’.

  In a nutshell, when the women in the religious social gathering

  ( WITHOUT GOD, although they are quite happy

  calling themselves a ‘church’,

  or part of a Big FAKE ‘church‘)

  ‘decide’

  they ‘don’t want their innocent looking kid

  going to Hell’,

  then the HIERARCHY ‘BOSSES’

  of these FALSE RELIGIONS

  LEAD the BLIND into the Ditch,

  by saying,

  ‘O.K., God can’t be too serious about what He Says, let us just throw our own reasonings of our finite, carnal mind, which been affected by the Fall of Adam into this ‘THINKING’ and see what we can INVENT and COME UP WITH’.

  And, so, NOT TO BE OUTDONE

  by THE FALSE, SATAN-INSPIRED HERESIES of CATHOLICISM,

  they put on THEIR “SERIOUS” ROBES

  and start Twisting The Eternal Words of God

  into Eternally Fatal False Teachings,

  ADDING and SUBTRACTING from GOD’S ETERNAL WORDS,

  AS THEY GO, HAND IN HAND with THE DEVIL, himself.

  …

  For example; God’s Word used to ‘attempt’ to associate ‘Infants’ with ‘being Saved through Baptising them’ contain

  A.) A Scripture with A word for ‘baby’ and none for ‘Baptism’,

  or B.) A word for ‘Baptism’ and none for ‘baby’,

  or C.) A Scripture with No word for ‘Baby’ or ‘Baptism’ in them…,

  as pointed out by Rosco Brong.

  That is the weakest of grounds for building a Blind, weak heresy, by the Spiritually Dead, weak minds of men and women,

  who’s Carnal, Finite, Sin-Cursed Flesh just

  WANTS TO BE SYMPATHETIC FOR THEIR CHILD

  WHILE DENYING GOD’S CHILD,

  JESUS CHRIST,

  THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD,

  WHO LIVED FOREVER

  IN ETERNITY PAST,

  TOOK UPON HUMAN FLESH

  IN THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,

  WAS VIRGIN BORN,

  LIVED A PERFECT LIFE

  UNDER THE MORAL LAWS

  of ALMIGHTY GOD,

  THEN DIED

  THE JUST FOR THE UN-JUST,

  WAS BURIED

  AND ROSE AGAIN THE THIRD DAY,

  ACCOMPLISHING

  EVERLASTING SALVATION

  for THE CHOSEN CHILDREN of GOD,

  WHO BELIEVE and TRUST

  in JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR.

  …

  Taking a LOST SOUL, BABY or NOT

  and getting them wet,

  or cutting them in circumcision,

  in a False, Religious Ritual

  INSPIRED BY SATAN,

  LEAVES THEM LOST.

  …. 

  AND DECEIVED

  BY SATAN.

  8.1.2c ‘Infant Baptism’:

   The third great Anti-Christian error,

  introduced by Satan

  in FALSE RELIGIOUS ‘churches’…

  THAT SEPARATED FROM JESUS’ CHURCHES. 

• Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 7

  the last time that I read my my bible,

  that Christ has commanded baptism for all people to include infants.

• Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 20

  Hi, Lutheran Rocker.

  LET GOD & Peter INTERPRET God’s Own Words,

  where BELIEVERS ARE COMMANDED TO BE BAPTIZED.

  DIVINE INTERPRETATION of ACTS 2:38, where BELIEVERS ARE COMMANDED TO BE BAPTIZED.

Alan Gross‏ @alangross

Replying to @alangross @jzks316

Jesus Founded His churches during His Earthly Ministry

and Promised to Be with Them, not Evil, man made Religion

2:55 PM – 20 Jul 2017

 

 New conversation

1. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 20

   Replying to @alangross

   What’s baptism for and who are the recipients?
2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 21

   ‘Baptism’ is an Entrance

   and Identification with a Specific Group of Organized believers,

   picturing what Jesus DID FOR THEM. Jesus Saves.

3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 20

   Lutheran Rocker Retweeted Alan Gross

   Can little children to include infants believe in God?
4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 21

   John The Baptist leaped in his mother’s womb when he heard of Jesus.

   Lost babies don’t ‘leap’ for Jesus. God Saves.

   One Baptism In Water. DISOBEDIENCE TO DIVINE COMMANDS IS NOT A WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

5. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

   Babies can believe. Matthew 18:6
6. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

   Replying to @jzks316

   ‘Baby’ is not in that verse or context or any other verse that mentions ‘Belief’,

   or the implication of Salvation. Salvation is Spiritual.

   1:04 PM – 21 Jul 2017
7. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

   Really?? A baby is not consider to be little one.

   Look at 2 Timothy 3:15 in the NIV. Look at the Greek too.
8. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

   Replying to @jzks316

   It is “the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation

   through faith in Christ Jesus”.

   Mental knowing unto Spiritual Able

   3:04 PM – 22 Jul 2017

   1. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

      A Grammatically possible ‘translation’

      that is not contextually possible

      is NOT a ‘Translation’.

      The NIV knows they print corrupted heresy.
   2. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

      Look at the nasb or the esv
   3. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

      I don’t know what you want me to look up in these, but I know better. ‘Bibles’ based on currupt texts are in error, http://www.baptists.net/history/2011/10/part-6-the-true-and-the-false/ …
      New conversation
   4. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

      Replying to @alangross

      God’s word is not bound. It’s efficacious. Faith is purely trust.
   5. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 22

      God’s Word is not bound. It’s efficacious. “the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus”
   6. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 22

      If we have already been chosen, we do have the free will to reject. Acts 7:51

   7. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 23

      the resistance of these lost souls was not to the Spirit of God in them because they had none but to His Minister’s Stephen’s Spirit of God

   8. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

      Baptism is for the forgiveness of sins. Acts 2:38 and for all Acts 2:38
   9. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

      Replying to @jzks316

      Stand before Jesus at The Great White Throne Judgment

      and you will find out there is no debate about it.

      Down here there is, by Lost souls.

      1:06 PM – 21 Jul 2017
      1. New conversation
         Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

         Replying to @alangross

         I don’t have to debate this. I stand on the clear words of Christ.
      2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 22

         Yes, Jesus Christ is The Law Giver by His Words Saying,

         “You Must Be Born Again”.

         Without The New Birth nothing regarding tokens is relevant.

      3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

         The earliest church fathers would disagree

         with the postmodern version of baptism.
      4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

         Replying to @jzks316

         Bible.

         1:07 PM – 21 Jul 2017

      5. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

         In the OT, babies were circumcised into the covenant.

         In the NT, its baptism. Colossians 2:11-12
      6. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

         Replying to @jzks316

         ‘Covenant’ for what?

         those who do not know how God Saves souls,

         to teach abominations?, i.e., one and all?

         Lost cut

         and

         lost wet

         are lost.

         1:10 PM – 21 Jul 2017

         1. New conversation
            Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

            Replying to @alangross

            The covenant of circumcision in genesis 17
         2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 22

            “17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;

            and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.”

            A token like baptism

         3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

            The great commission “all nations” includes everyone.

            We make disciples(commands) by teaching and baptizing.

            The very words of my lord.
         4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

            Replying to @jzks316

            The Great Commission to Jesus’ Own church HE ORGANIZED

            and Promised to BE with and He Has Been.

            Teach lost souls and those Saved, Baptize.

            1:12 PM – 21 Jul 2017 

            1. New conversation
               Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

               Replying to @alangross

               The command: to make disciples

               by means of baptism and teaching.

               It doesn’t mention the word “saved” in that verse.
            2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 22

               A follower of Jesus, or disciple, that is ‘made’ is ‘made’,

               when they accept The Blood of Jesus

               to Save them from their personal sins.

               Saved
            3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 22

               Christ has already chosen us. Eph 1.

               We do not choose him, he chooses us john 15
            4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 23

               The evidence of being chosen is Repentance of personal sin

               & Faith in Jesus Blood

               “unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself”

            5. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 21

               The Greek word for “for” in Acts 2:38

               doesn’t mean because of.

               It means to , into or towards.
            6. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

               Replying to @jzks316

               Leave it to Satan to have a deceived mind

               hang the Safe-Keeping of their Eternal soul,

               on their expertise in mistranslating a proposition.

               1:15 PM – 21 Jul 2017
               Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 22

               Our salvation belongs with God.

               Eph 2:1-10; James 1:18

               and not by our decision John 1:12-13
               Alan Gross‏ @alangross

               Replying to @jzks316

               James 1:8 He chose to give us birth

               through the word of truth/

               Eph 2:10 Created in Christ Jesus/

               John 1:12 to them that believe on His Name

               6:00 PM – 23 Jul 2017

               1. New conversation
                  Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 23

                  Replying to @alangross

                  Don’t forget John. 1:13.

                  Our will and flesh have no part in our salvation.
               2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

                  Salvation ‘born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,

                  nor of the will of man, but born of God’,

                  when The Holy Spirit GIVES ABILITY.
               3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

                  The spirit gives life and not urself. John 6:63
               4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

                  John 6:63 It is the Spirit that Quickeneth;

                  the flesh profiteth nothing:

                  the Words that I Speak unto you, they are Spirit,

                  and they are Life

9. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 22

   We can’t come to Christ by our own natural powers. John 6:44
10. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

    Replying to @jzks316

    “John 6:44 No man can come to Me,

    except the Father Who hath sent Me draw him.”

    Mental belief,

    being circumcised or Baptised are natural

    6:04 PM – 23 Jul 2017
    1. New conversation
       Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 23

       Replying to @alangross

       Can god call us thru baptism? Yep. Acts 2:39
    2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       Peter’s Command is to those God has Called and Saved to be Baptised.

       As John The Baptist said, ‘bring forth fruit meet for repentance’

       Nope.
    3. New conversation
       Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 23

       Replying to @alangross

       Both circumcision and baptism are instituted by god. Both are his works.
    4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       Salvation is by Works.

       The Works of God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit,

       apart from works He Commands Saved souls to do.
    5. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

       Justification, sanctification and washing are God’s doing. 1 Cor 6:11.

       Upon conversion we try to live a godly life. But we still struggle.
    6. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       The Washing and Renewing of The Word are Spiritual Sanctification

       Setting Apart those who are Saved & Know God

       TO GOD in Spiritual Worship.

    7. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 22

       I guess you are having hard time of understanding

       what I’m talking about re the great commission.
    8. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 23

       The Great Commission Commissioned Jesus’ church JESUS BUILT

       & Organised during His Earthly Ministry.

       Jesus Commissioned NO OTHER ORGANIZATION
    9. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 23

       Right Christ has given us explicit instructions re the great commission.
    10. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

        Replying to @jzks316

        Jesus Commissioned HIS CHURCHES:

        1. Go Preach Jesus.

        2. When they are Saved they are to be Baptised to join His Kind of church

        3. Teach them

        12:24 PM – 24 Jul 2017

        1. New conversation
           Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           Replying to @alangross

           Ugh. Command=to make disciples.

           By means of=baptism and instruction.

           Ancient churches has always baptized infants. Ex. Col 2:11-12
        2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

           ‘you are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God’

           SPIRITUALLY,

           LIKE ‘circumcision made without hands’

           SPIRITUALLY.

           Saved.
        3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           It’s Christ that does circumcision. Baptism is a sacrament.
        4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

           ‘The Faith of the Operation of God’

           is SPIRITUAL Belief.

           ‘Circumcision made without hands’ is Belief by the Operation of God’,

           SPIRITUALLY.

12. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 23

    Right Christ has given us explicit instructions re the great commission.
    New conversation
13. 1. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

       Replying to @alangross

       Ur theology is all messed up.
    2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       ‘Theology’ has to do with ‘The Study of God’.

       The Study of how Omnipotent God can be resisted

       & have myriad false ‘Gospels’ is accursed.

    Alan Gross‏ @alangross

    Replying to @jzks316

    As demonstrated by The Bible, alone,

    but ALSO BY THE RECORD of HISTORY,

    WRITTEN BY Lost Religious UNBELIEVERS.

    https://wordpress.com/post/awareofthegodhead.wordpress.com/9519 …

    12:34 PM – 24 Jul 2017

    Alan Gross‏ @alangross

    Replying to @jzks316

    The Great Commission of Jesus, whatever it is,

    has exactly NOTHING to do with The Roman Catholic ‘church’

    or any Protestant daughters of her

    12:36 PM – 24 Jul 2017

    • 1 Retweet
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    1. New conversation
       Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

       Replying to @alangross

       The great commission applies to christs church.

       The one true church.
    2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       This GREAT COMMISSION was not given to the Apostles as individuals,

       but to them in their ORGANISED church capacity.

       8.0.2: The Recorded History of True Baptists are JESUS’ True churches that JESUS Promised a Continual Existence.

        
    3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

       The great commission was given to his church.
    4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

       The Synagogue of Satan gave herself ever pagan, idolatrous,

       superstitious, mystical heresy and technique of torture

       and murder known to man

    5. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

       Replying to @jzks316

       Peter says, the forgiveness of sins is by,

       “The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead”

       & “by the Word of God” in I Peter 1:3 & 23.

       Alan Gross‏ @alangross

       Replying to @jzks316

       Peter says, “To Him give all the Prophets witness,

       that through His Name whoever Believes in Him

       Will Receive Remission of sins.” Acts 10:43

       Alan Gross‏ @alangross

       Replying to @jzks316

       Peter said, “God has fulfilled what He foretold …

       Repent ye therefore, and be Converted,

       that your sins may be blotted out.” Acts 3:19

       1:33 PM – 24 Jul 2017

       Alan Gross‏ @alangross

       Peter says in I Peter 3:21

       that Baptism is NOT a “putting away of the filth of the flesh,

       but the answer of a good conscience toward God.”

       1. New conversation
          Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Bc of baptism, he cleanses our conscious.
       2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

          not everyone that is baptized not a putting away flesh,

          but he that believeth & baptized into Christ & His death,

          shall be saved Mark 16:16

          Alan Gross‏ @alangross

          The Holy Spirit Can USE THE WORD of GOD

          to Save a Soul

          that has the Ability to mentally ‘know’ what it Says

          by MAKING them Spiritually Able

          1. 1. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

                Faith comes by hearing and not of a human decision.
             2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

                So, if I tell a mother and father

                that I have something to do

                with the Salvation of their lost baby,

                by wickedly twisting The Bible, I lie.
          Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Look at Matthew 11:25

       3. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Babies can believe. I don’t know how, but they can. Faith is a miracle.
       4. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

          “He that Believes Not Will Be Damned Mark 16:16”

          CIRCUMCISING or Not CIRCUMCISING;

          BAPTIZING or Not BAPTIZING

          Do Not FORCE a MIRACLE FAITH

       5. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Look at Matthew 21:16 Jesus is quoting from psalms.
       6. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

          Jesus Said, ‘the very stones will cry out’

          and God’s putting Praise in babies cries, in their weakness,

          Made His Praise the More Glorious.

       7. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

          you have established strength because of your foes,

          to still the enemy and the avenger. – Psalm 8:2
       8. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

          Jesus Knows His Bible.

       9. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

          Yet you are he who took me from the womb;

          you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. – Psalm 22:9
       10. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

           ‘You Made me Trust you’

           and No False Teacher Deceived me

           by telling me I could trust in their religious ritual,

           EVEN WHEN I COULD LISTEN.

       11. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.

           – Psalm 71:5
       12. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

           Youth, good.

           My Hope, good.

           My Trust, good.

           Trusting The Lord, good.

       13. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;

           you are he who took me from my mother’s womb.

           My praise is continually of you. – Psalm 71:6
       14. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

           Since, DAVID LEARNED God had sustained him from before his birth

           there was reason and grounds to pray

           that God would still strengthen him.

       15. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           Faith comes by hearing and not of a human decision.
       16. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

           So, if I tell a mother and father

           that I have something to do with the Salvation of their lost baby,

           by wickedly twisting The Bible, I lie.

       17. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

           Babies can believe.

           I don’t know how, but they can.

           Faith is a miracle.
       18. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

           The carnal mind is at enmity against God

           and has imagined any number of heresies & abominations

           using the reasonings of a mind cursed by sin

           1. New conversation
              Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

              Ru a Christian?
           2. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

              My subject is Eternal Salvation,

              as Planned & Agreed in Eternity Past

              and Accomplished by The Triune Godhead, in Time,

              on lost souls of Adam

              Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

              8.5b TEN SCRIPTURAL PROOFS of ‘The Churches that JESUS BUILT’ AND PROMISED TO BE WITH, “ALWAYS”.

              8.0.5b TEN SCRIPTURAL PROOFS of ‘The Churches that JESUS BUILT’ AND PROMISED TO BE WITH, “ALWAYS”.

           3. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

              If a baby can Believe in a Miracle of Saving Faith

              then they don’t need your false religious error

              of an un-Scriptural Baptism on a lost one

           4. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

              What false religion?
           5. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              A lost infant, naturally born into the world, as a Child of Adam,

              is lost and MUST BE BORN AGAIN.

              Infants without Christ go to Hell if dead
           6. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

              The Greek word for childhood, 2 Timothy 3:15 is brephos (1025)

              which means infant.

              How can an infant know the scriptures? Hmmm..
           7. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

              Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk,

              that by it you may grow up into salvation- – 1 Peter 2:2
           8. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              Simile “like” to show a comparison

              between an infant longing milk

              and a Believer longing Spiritual Growth

              from milk & meat of God’s Word
           9. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              Jews, as Timothy’s mother, & Christian Parents

              are to Teach their children The Bible from infancy/ Proverbs 22:6,

              so God May Save their soul

              Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              God Can Do What He Wants.

              It is Just as Possible for John the Baptist

              to Be Brought Out of Darkness, in his mother’s womb,

              as for me, EVER.

              Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              II Timothy 3:15 teaches that a Jewess as Timothy’s mother was

              would teach a child from their infancy.

              At age 5 the Jews officially set it up

              Alan Gross‏ @alangross

              Arguing from Silence is Presuming on God & error.

              God Saves all O.T.& N.T. exactly the same way.

              Adam was Saved by Faith in the Blood.

              Second reply to:

           10. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

               What false religion?
           11. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

               ‘False religion’

               Before Abram,

               after Abram,

               New Testament before John,

               then after John

               but not the thief on the cross.

               Judas Baptised went to hell.

               Lost babies read

           12. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

               Lutheran Rocker Retweeted Alan Gross

               Salvation belongs to the lord. Jonah 2:9b
           13. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

               The ‘arguing from Silence’ was a reply to

               the fantasy of ‘All Babies Believe’

               and *you saying in so many words*, ‘I don’t know how,

               so I made it up. Jesus is The Savior.

               *you saying in so many words*

               was added for clarity to this blog post of the tweet.

           14. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

               Plus faith has to be nurtured even for adults.
           15. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

               If you are saying

               that “Faith” has to be nurtured in adults to keep them Saved,

               we add that to the false heresies that are ‘another Gospel’
           16. Lutheran Rocker‏ @jzks316 Jul 24

               Faith is like a plant. if u don’t water it, it will die.
           17. Alan Gross‏ @alangross Jul 24

               Cute, but a God-Awfully, Godless, Anti-Christ,

               Blasphemy of The Holy Spirit

               and, pure, in-stage, bone-fide heretical

               Denial of God’s Word.
           18. Alan Gross‏ @alangross

               If you experienced The New Birth from Above

               and are a Partaker of The Divine Nature,

               as an Adopted Child of God, You’re Teachable

               but if not

               End of copied Tweeter thread.

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

               AND ‘WHEN’,

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR,

               JESUS SAVES

               TO THE UTTERMOST

               THEM THAT BELIEVE.

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

               …

               We are studying

               The History of those

               who BELIEVE

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

               … 

               As we are studying

               The History of those

               who BELIEVE

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR,

               we learn of Billions

               of Proment, World-Wide

               LOST ‘CHRISTAIN-named-only’

               RELIGIOUS souls,

               who DO NOT BELIEVE or TEACH

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR

               and…..

               who, through the Centuries

               have MURDERED

               10’s of MILLIONS of BELIEVERS in JESUS CHRIST

               who DO BELIEVE and TEACH

               JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

               *****

               *****

               “Come out of her …”

               *****

8.5.2c i: ‘Infant Baptism’: The third great Anti-Christian error, introduced by Satan in FALSE RELIGIOUS ‘churches’ THAT SEPARATED FROM JESUS’ CHURCHES.

‘Infant Baptism’

     The third great error, 

introduced by Satan in the primitive churches

was that of ‘infant baptism’.

---

[p. 18]
It is very easy to see how

THE INVENTION by ‘man APART from GOD’

of THE FALSE HERESY of ‘infant baptism’

would rapidly follow after

THE INVENTION by ‘man APART from GOD’

of the FALSE doctrinal ‘teaching’

of ‘baptismal regeneration’.

…

If a FALSE CONCEPTION of ‘baptism’

 IMAGINES that:

 ‘baptism’ washes away sin and regenerates,

then shouldn’t that ‘baptism to save a soul’

be ‘applied’ as early as possible (?).

…

THAT was the

CARNAL Reasoning of men’s sin-cursed minds,

WITHOUT GOD, or THE BIBLE.

…

To say and believe:

“People die because of sin.”

IS TRUE.

…

To say and believe:

“Sometimes, Babies die.”

IS TRUE.

…

And to Conclude and say and believe:

“Babies must have sin.”

IS CERTAINLY ALSO TRUE.

…

So,…’baptize’ them quick

to ‘wash that sin away’

& ‘they will go to heaven if they die’.

ARE ABSOLUTE

ETERNALLY FATAL LIES

of SATAN, himself,

THAT SATAN INTRODUCED,

as FALSE TEACHING, at this time, into

SATAN’S FALSE ‘CHURCHES’.  

…

JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

…

BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL

of what Jesus Did

WHEN JESUS ACCOMPLISHED SALVATION;

JESUS DIED,

JESUS WAS BURIED,

and JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD.

…

Whan A BELIEVER

COMES to KNOW JESUS in SALVATION,

AND TRUSTS THAT JESUS DIED,

WAS BURIED AND ROSE AGAIN,

FOR THEIR SINS,

….

THEN, they Will Follow the Lord

in Picturing what He Did FOR THEM,

by allowing Submitting to be Baptised in Water,

AS THE BIBLE COMMANDS:

“BE BAPTISED”.

…

JESUS IS THE SAVIOR.

To ‘teach’ ANOTHER GOSPEL is the Carnal,

FINITE,  

reasoning with a sin-cursed mind,

WITHOUT GOD, or THE BIBLE, 

that Satan placed in the heads of many,

then and now.

   … Satan can place is False ‘connection’

between ‘The SPIRITUAL REBIRTH,

in a lost Individual’s Soul

by The Holy Spirit,

based on God The Father’s

ACCEPTANCE of JESUS PAYMENT

for THE SINS of MANY,

when JESUS DIED,

WAS BURIED

and ROSE AGAIN,

by suggesting to the carnal minds of souls,

whose reasoning has been affected by The Fall of Adam

and who may VERY WELL BE SPIRITUALLY DEAD,

by saying, “Jesus Invented Baptism”.

  …

So, a lost religious person

comes up with, “Jesus Invented Baptism”.

 Hey everybody, “Jesus Invented Baptism”,

so “when I ‘BAPTISE YOU’

that equals THE ‘SALVATION of JESUS’.

…

AND THAT IS

SATANIC.

…

This

ETERNALLY FATAL,

FALSE LIE,

of ‘infant baptism’

error began,

probably at the start of the third century,

to be taught by some.

…

In this area of church history,

we are blessed with several worthy histories,

on the subject of

SATAN’S FALSE TEACHING of

 ‘infant baptism’.

…

Check the Bibliography at the end of this notebook

for a partial listing.

The historians (most of them) are in agreement

that this practice originated about the third century.

    …

G. H. Orchard writes,

“We conclude this chapter

with the words of Curcellus,

‘Paedobaptism ( ‘Infant Baptism’ )

was not known in the world

the two first ages after Christ;

…

in the third and fourth it was approved by few;

at length, in the fifth and following ages,

it began to obtain in divers places;

and therefore, we (paedobaptists)

( ‘Infant Baptisers’ )

observe this rite indeed,

as an ancient custom,

( which is Satan-Inspired

and man-made HERESY)

but not

as an apostolic tradition.

…

The custom of baptizing infants

did not begin before the third age after Christ,

and that there appears not the least footstep of it

for the first two centuries.'”⁸

    …

This FALSE TEACHING

of ‘infant baptism’

is of the Devil

and

The FALSE TEACHING

of ‘infant baptism’

is evil beyond description.

…

D. B. Ray quotes J. Newton Brown

(from Baptist Martyrs).

“Infant baptism

is an error from beginning to end;

corrupt in theory,

and corrupting in practice;

born in superstition,

cradled in fear,

nursed in ignorance,

supported in fraud,

and spread by force:

doomed to die

in the light of the historical investigation,

and its very memory

to be bathed in all future ages

by a disabused church.

…

In the realms of despotism,

( or, the exercise of absolute power,

especially in a cruel and oppressive way),

The FALSE TEACHING

of ‘infant baptism’

has shed the blood of martyrs in torrents:

…

That blood cries against

This FALSE TEACHING

of ‘infant baptism’

to Heaven:

and a Long-suffering God

will yet be The Terrible Avenger. 

…

The book before us is a swift witness against

The FALSE TEACHING

of ‘infant baptism’.”⁹

     …

NOTE: Many, many TRUE churches 

of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

opposed this error from the start.

…

Not all churches

were carried away by

the satanic invention

of ‘infant baptism’.

…

These who stood firm

were the True churches of our Lord.

…

[p. 19]

In the history we are to study

we will see that these three errors

which the True churches stood against

brought them much persecution and death.

…

It is my opinion that the Roman Catholic Church

is built upon this unholy trinity of doctrine:

1.) An episcopal government,

based on recognizing a governing order of ‘bosses’

and ‘sub-bosses’, IN A HIERARCHY, etc.

2.) The FALSE HERESY of ‘baptismal regeneration’,

and 3.) THE FALSE HERESY of ‘infant baptism’.

…

These errors have led to hundreds more

FALSE HERETICAL ‘TEACHES,

INSPIRED by SATAN.

…

We detest and protest these FALSE ‘doctrines’.

We cry out against them as the arsenal of antichrist.

…

Our Baptist ancestors died crying out against them!

BY THE 10’S of MILLIONS.

Can we do less?

…

Notes on Chapter Two

¹ Baker’s Dictionary of Theology, page 184

– Article by Leon Morris. 

² Mosheim’s Church History, pages 22-23.
³ Mosheim’s Church History, page 41.
⁴ Mosheim’s Church History, pages 63-64. 
⁵ Baptist Succession, pages 306-307. 
⁶ Baptist History, page 47. 
⁷ A History of the Baptists, volume 1, page 28. 
⁸ A Concise History of the Baptists, page 50. 
⁹ Baptist Succession, page 311. 

---

Chapter 3
Baptist History Notebook 
Baptist Because Home

8.5.2b The Baptist History Notebook by Berlin Hisel, Chapter 2: JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCHES. Satan Establishes his Counterfeit “Church Message” by Changing Jesus’ Churches’ Plan of Salvation.

AFTER,

JESUS ESTABLISHES

HIS CHURCHES,

Satan Establishes

Satan’s own Man-Made

Counterfeit “Churches”,

with Satan’s own 

Counterfeit “Church Message”,

TO OPPOSE

THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE of

JESUS’ CHURCHES 

by Changing Jesus’

ORIGINAL MESSAGE of

The ETERNAL PLAN of SALVATION,

through

THE BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST,

to their ‘Lost Individual’s Version’

of Various

FALSE, and FAKE ‘RELIGIOUS’ Rituals

and

Pagan Superstitions,

which leave lost souls,

LOST 

and ONLY FALSELY ‘MIMIC’

THE TRIUNE GODHEAD’S

ETERNAL PLAN of SALVATION. 

…

ORIGINAL AUDIOS HERE:

The Trail of Blood

BAPTIST HISTORY SERMONS:

all 12 messages are here, in reverse order;

12 of 12, down through to 1 of 12, etc.

 | Berlin Hisel

This current page is the continuation of Audio Study 2 of 12:

The Characteristics

of The Lords churches

THAT JESUS BUILT.

AWARE of The GODHEAD 8.1.2b

…

Adapted from

The Baptist History Notebook

by Berlin Hisel,

Chapter 2, Part 2.

…

During the First 3 Centuries A.D.,

following

Jesus’ Ascension

to His Throne in Heaven, 

 THE TRIUNE GODHEAD’S

ETERNAL PLAN of SALVATION

began to be perverted,

BY LOST TEACHERS,

as Satan Influenced them

to Changed

The Message of Jesus’ Death,

Burial and Resurrection 

into 

A FALSE “GOSPEL” MESSAGE

TO DECEIVE LOST SOULS

THAT IS TAUGHT BY

SATAN’S COUNTERFEIT “CHURCH(ES)”.

   

…

THIS

‘CHANGE in THE MESSAGE’

of THE ETERNAL PLAN

of SALVATION

is

The Second Satanic Error

SATAN INFLUENCED 

in

SATAN’S FALSE,

COUNTERFEIT ‘CHURCHES’,

by which

SATAN’S FALSE ‘CHURCHES’

MAY BE IDENTIFIED. 

  …

Satan began this perversion

of The Gospel of Jesus Christ,

by working on those of Jewish background

who had always emphasized rites and ceremonies.

…

The Whole Jewish religion

laid stress on ceremony.

Originally, of course,

The Triune Godhead’s Old Testament

Message of Jesus Christ,

 was to BE SHOWN ,

BY THE RITES and RITUALS

in THE CEREMONIAL LAW

Given, by God, to JEWISH

OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS,

TO POINT THEM FORWARD,

to GOD’S PROMISED MESSIAH,

JESUS CHRIST, their SAVIOR.

…

However, as The Old Testament Jews

had become more and more

rebellious against God

and more and more of them and their leaders

were simply LOST SOULS

‘PRACTICING RELIGIOUSLY LOST’

“rites and ceremonies”,

those practices

AND THE OLD TESTAMENT JEWS

had become

A PERVERSION of

GOD’S ORIGINAL CHOSEN PEOPLE,

in The Nation of Israel

who were

OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS. 

…

THE LOST JEWISH SOULS

who were

‘PRACTICING RELIGIOUSLY LOST’

“rites and ceremonies”,

and who were now just 

A PERVERSION of

GOD’S ORIGINAL

OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY,

HAD BEGUN PARTICIPATING in

THE SAME TYPE of FALSE ‘RELIGIOUS’

RITES AND CEREMONIES

AS THE PAGAN WORLD.

…

Both Jews and Gentiles (apart from Christianity)

Upheld

“The Shadows”,

of The Original Intent of

God’s Message to Mankind,

more than

The ACTUAL SUBSTANCE

of GOD’S PLAN of SALVATION, in

THE WORK of HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST,

which

ANY CHURCH ORDINANCE,

or

GENUINE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY’S

ONLY EXISTENCE is TO EXPRESS

and POINT TOWARD !

…

It is easy to understand why

Satan may be able to Influence and tempt Lost Souls

to place too much emphesis on 

and give too much importance to baptism,

which is a rite or ceremony.

…

Their Lost-Person’s reasoning,

within their sin-cursed minds

( again, because of their background)

ran something like this:

…

“There is a lot is ‘said about’ baptism;

so (?) it must have some “saving” ability.”

…

THAT is SATANIC.

…

So many in our own day

place their sin-cursed reasoning

‘above’

The Revelation God has Given

in HIS HOLY BIBLE.

     …

D. B. Ray, in his great book on Succession, tells us:
   …

  “The second leading error which originated

in this period is

the FALSE doctrine of ‘baptismal salvation’.

…

This FALSE doctrine

was based upon the false interpretation

of those Scriptures which speak of baptism

for a remission of sins;

WHEN “for”

MAY BE CORRECTLY INTERPRETED,

AS:

“BECAUSE OF THE REMISSION OF SINS

( you have ALREADY RECEIVED ).”

…

HOW ?

In the Exact Same

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

used when ‘interpreting’ someone

“going to the Store

FOR A LOAF of BREAD”,

AS:

“going to the Store 

BECAUSE of

THE LOAF of BREAD

( THAT IS ALREADY THERE.)”

…

Easy, Simple Words.

…

TWISTED BY SATAN.

…

Also, in The Book of John,

as Naturally born

Human Beings, 

Jesus Says 

must be, first:

“born of water”,

( which is actually the water breaking forth,

from inside their mother’s womb,

as a part of The NATURAL

BIRTH of A HUMAN BEING into This World.)

 …

The context of the discussion,

between Jesus and Nicodemus,

in John 3, is exactly that being:

“born of water”,

IS REFERRING TO:

“CHILD BIRTH”.

…

John 3:4-6:

4 Nicodemus said to Him,

How can a man be born when he is old?

can he enter the second time

into his mother’s womb,

and be born?

…

“5 Jesus Answered,

Truly, Truly, I Say to you,

Except a man be born of water

( as a Natural Element

of “CHILD BIRTH”)

and of the Spirit,

( BY THE HOLY SPIRIT of GOD

REGENERATING NEW,

SPIRITUAL LIFE,

INTO THEIR SOUL )

he cannot enter

into The Kingdom of God.

…

“6 That which is

born of the flesh is flesh…”

( by Natural 

“CHILD BIRTH”).

…

JESUS SAID,

The Meaning of  

“born of water”,

in John 

IS:

“That which is born of the flesh

is flesh”,

AT THE TIME

AN INDIVIDUAL LEAVES:

“his mother’s womb,

and be born”,

WHEN,

AS Nicodemus ASHED, 

“a man… born of water”,

WHICH IS 

The NATURAL

BIRTH of A HUMAN BEING

into This World.

…

SATAN CHANGES THE MESSAGE

of HIS COUNTERFEIT “CHURCH”

to teach that “Jesus said, 

“Except a man be born of water”

to mean “baptism”

and 

THAT IS WHEN

SATAN INVENTED

a FALSE PLAN of “SALVATION”,

TO BE:

“Get Baptized

IN ORDER TO

Enter into The Kingdom of Heaven”,

which is:

AN ETERNALLY FATAL LIE.

…

It is admitted that the “SYMBOL” of Baptism

represents:

“The ACTUAL WORK OF JESUS CHRIST,

WHO WAS DEAD and BURIED

and RESURRECTED”,

( as “PICTURED” IN BAPTISM

when a Saved Individual is

 “Put Under The Water”,

i.e., “dead and Buried”

and then, “Raised Again”,

to EXPRESS and DEMONSTRATE,

IN A PICTURE,

WHAT JESUS

HAS ACCOMPLISHED in THEIR SOUL).

…

 JESUS’ PERFECT BLOOD SACRIFICE,

PERFECTLY ACCOMPLISHED

THE ETERNAL GODHEAD’S

ETERNAL PLAN of SALVATION,

BY A GENUINELY SPIRITUAL

washing away of sins,

THAT IS ACCEPTED

BY

THE JUDGE of THE UNIVERSE.

…

The same principles of FALSE “interpretation”,

with which Satan influenced Lost Souls,

in INVENT A FALSE GOSPEL

of “baptismal salvation”

were also employed by The Devil,

to INVENT ANOTHER PAGAN RITUAL,

that “says” , that

“the Unleaven Bread”,

which is to

REPRESENT JESUS’ BODY

BEING “BROKEN” IN DEATH,

‘SOMEHOW’

TURNS INTO (?)

THE REAL BODY of JESUS (??).

…

THIS IS

SATANIC PAGANISM

which is called, “transubstantiation”.

…

When speaking,

concerning this defection from The Truth

on the part of some,

Miall said:

“In the ante-Nicene period,

sin was regarded much more

in its overt ( outward ) demonstrations

( that Religiously Lost People

ARE ABLE TO EASILY SPOT

and

SEE WITH THEIR NATURAL 

RELIGIOUS EYEBALLS )

than in its spiritual destructiveness;

repentance had degenerated

into penance;

regeneration

into baptism;

justification by faith,

into just what the ninetieth number of

‘The Tracts for the Times’

ON ARGUING CONCERNING

THE APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION

declare it to be;

and sanctification was lost

in the names of sacred persons,

sacred things, and sacred places.

…

All this was before the Papacy

had begun to blazon its triple crown,

or to set its feet upon the necks of kings.”

…

It is difficult to ascertain

at what precise point of time

the error of baptismal “salvation”

was first advocated; it is certain,

however,

that it was advocated by a large number

as early as the middle of the third century;

and it is likely that some embraced this view

as early as the close of the second century.

…

Baptismal “salvation”

was an innovation brought in,

in some places,

along with

the change of the form of “church” government

to a hierarchy.

…

Neander and Waddington

both testify that baptismal salvation

was a departure from the original doctrine

of the design of baptism.

…

And when this superstitious error concerning baptism

was established,

it opened the way for other superstitions,

which tended to clothe the baptismal ceremony

with a mysterious grandeur and importance

which excited the admiration of the people.

…

Among the attending superstitions

added to baptismal salvation,

may be mentioned the sign of the cross,

blowing in the mouth of the candidate,

the use of crism,

and the giving of the new “baptized” persons

milk and honey,

as a symbol of the new life.”⁵

   …

 Almost all the historians

agree that baptism,

at first,

WHEN JESUS ESTABLISHED,

FOUNDED

and

COMMISSIONED

HIS CHURCHES,

was for adults who

expressed Faith in Jesus Christ.

…

Baptizing “adults who

expressed Faith in Jesus Christ”

 is Believer’s Baptism.

…

Hence, to baptize someone

in order to get them saved

is a departure from truth.

…

All of this was, and still is,

a SUPERNATURALLY EVIL

 invention of Satan

to build for himself a false “church”

with which to persecute

the true churches of our Lord.

     … 

NOTE: It is to be remembered

that hundreds of churches

did not go off after

the “baptismal regeneration” heresy.

…

They continued preaching

that baptism is a symbol – not substance.

…

Thus they were the true Baptist churches

keeping pure the doctrine

as our Lord had given it to them.

     …

Before passing from this point,

let us hear from a couple of church historians.

…

J. M. Cramp says,

“The figment of baptismal regeneration,

one of the earliest corruptions of Christianity,

was an outrage on morals and religion.

…

It encouraged men in sin,

and bolstered them up with a false hope,

substituting the outward form for repentance,

faith and a changed heart and life.”⁶

    …

Dr. John T. Christian writes,

“One of the earliest and most hurtful errors

was the dogma of baptismal regeneration.

…

This error, in one form or another,

has marred the life and colored the history

of all the Christian ages.

…

It began early

and the virus may be traced to this day,

not only among ritualists,

but likewise in

the standards of evangelical Christians.

…

Tertullian was influenced by it

to oppose infant baptism,

and under other conditions

it became the frightful origin of that heresy.”⁷

^*****

to be continued

…

Notes on Chapter Two

¹ Baker’s Dictionary of Theology,

page 184 – Article by Leon Morris.
² Mosheim’s Church History, pages 22-23.
³ Mosheim’s Church History, page 41.
⁴ Mosheim’s Church History, pages 63-64.
⁵ Baptist Succession, pages 306-307.
⁶ Baptist History, page 47.
⁷ A History of the Baptists, volume 1, page 28.
⁸ A Concise History of the Baptists, page 50.
⁹ Baptist Succession, page 311.

*****

Also see:

Baptist History

Homepage

A Source for

Original Baptist Documents.

&

“Our Baptist Heritage”

*****

8.5.2a The Baptist History Notebook Chapter 2: JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCHES. Satan Establishes his Counterfeit “Church” by Changing Jesus’ Church Government.

 

The Baptist History Notebook

by Berlin Hisel

Chapter 2

JESUS ESTABLISHES

HIS CHURCHES

…

AUDIO AVAILABLE HERE:

The Trail of Blood –

       …

We have observed

the persecution of truth,

first of Israel

and secondly of The Lord’s churches.

…

Satan persecuted

the churches of Jesus Christ

first by the Jews.

…

This persecution

is recorded in the book of Acts.

…

It is also mentioned

in some of the Epistles

of the New Testament.

     

…

Next, Satan used the Roman Empire

to persecute the churches

of the Lord Jesus Christ.

…

There were at least ten severe persecutions

beginning with Nero

and ending with Diocletian.

…

We will devote space to these

in the next chapter.

…

These persecutions resulted in the death

of a very large number of Christians.

…

Satan used the Roman Empire

to persecute the Lord’s churches

while Satan was establishing

a “church” of his own

with which to oppose

and

persecute

the true churches of Jesus Christ.

…

Much of this Baptist History Notebook

will deal with

the development of Satan’s church;

…

Biblically speaking:

“the synagogue of Satan”,

Revelation 3:9,

and its persecution

of the churches of our Lord.

…

The Church

Jesus Christ Built.

     …

In Discussing how

JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCHES

and HOW AFTERWARD

Satan Establishes his Counterfeit “Church”

by Changing Jesus’ Church Government,

we must begin with the churches

which Jesus built

and

observe how Satan

sought to corrupt it from within

which resulted in a separation

by the pure churches

from the corrupt churches.

     …

“And I say also unto thee,

That thou art Peter,

and

upon this rock

I will build My church:

and

the gates of hell

shall not

prevail against it”

(Matthew 16:18).

…

The word “church” means assembly.

…

The Lord said He would build

“His” (My) church.

…

This was to distinguish

THE CHURCH

THAT JESUS BUILT

from all other kinds of assemblies.

…

JESUS CHRIST

Built His “kind” of assembly.

…

That which distinguishes

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly

from all the rest are the doctrines

He Gave to

JESUS’ kind of church.

…

Those doctrinal peculiarities

make

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly

JESUS’ kind of church.

  …

  What are those marks

or doctrinal peculiarities?

…

Dr. J. R. Graves in his book

“Old Landmarkism“

lists seven.

…

Dr. Clarence Walker,

in his introduction to the

“Trail of Blood”

(page 5) lists seven.

…

Dr. D. B. Ray, in his

“Baptist Succession“

lists seven.

…

To these could be added or subtracted,

depending on the historian

and what his purpose might be.

…

Where one would list

two doctrines under one head

the next may list them separately.

…

I list eight

( and I will primarily

expound on of three of these

‘MARKS of The TRUE CHURCH’

in detail,

with emphesis, in this Notebook.)

…

…

(1) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The church’s Head

and

Founder is Jesus Christ

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

…

Matthew 16:18;

“And I say also unto thee,

That thou art Peter,

and upon this rock

I will build my church;

and the gates of hell

shall not prevail against it.”

…

Colossians 1:18;

“And he is the head of the body,

the church:

who is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead;

that in all things

he might have

the preeminence”.

…

(2) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built’s

Only Rule of Faith

and

Practice is The Bible

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

…

II Timothy 3:15-17;

 15 “And that from a child

thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

 16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 

17 “That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”

…

(3) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built’s

 members are to be

only saved people,

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly; 

…

Acts 2:41;

41 “Then they

that gladly received his word

were baptized:

and the same day

there were added unto them

about three thousand souls..

…

(4) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built’s

Government is Congregational, 

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

(Acts 1:23-26 – equality).

…

(5) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built’s

Teaching on Salvation

is that it is by Grace 

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

(Ephesians 2:8-9).

…

(6) THE BIBLE DOCTRINES

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built

has but two Ordinances;

Baptism

and The Lord’s Supper,

and these are symbolic, 

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly

(Matthew 28:19-20; I Corinthians 11:24).

…

(7) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built’s

Commission is Inclusive, 

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

(Matthew 28:16-20).

…

(8) THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

STATING:

The Church that Jesus Built

is Independent, 

DISTINQUISHES

JESUS’ “kind” of assembly;

(Matthew 16:19; Matthew 22:21).

     

…

Wherever, in history, in whatever age,

you find churches teaching these doctrines,

LISTED ABOVE

you have a Baptist church,

no matter what name it may go by.

…

It matters not if we cannot,

from church to church,

trace it back to

the First Baptist Church of Jerusalem.

…

The succession is there

but records may hinder

or stop our search.

…

THE BIBLE DOCTRINE

IDENTIFYING WHAT

The Churches

that Jesus Built

teaches

is the important thing.

…

Jesus said the gates of hell

would not prevail against His church

so He guaranteed perpetuity.

…

Illustration.

…

   Maybe this illustration will help us.

…

Suppose we have a covered bridge

one mile long.

As we look at this bridge

we see a wagon drawn by a mule

enter one end of the bridge.

…

The mule is black,

broken down, long-eared,

and thin with ribs showing.

…

The wagon is of wood and is red.

…

It also has white stripes on it.

…

The wheels are blue with spokes.

…

After the wagon and mule

enter the covered bridge

we wait about thirty minutes.

…

We see the wagon and mule

come out at the other end of the bridge

that fits exactly the description

of the ones we saw enter the bridge.

…

One who has a sound mind

realizes that this is the same mule

and wagon we observed earlier.

…

This is like

the churches that Jesus Built.

…

In the Bible

we have an accurate description

of what Jesus’ churches looked like.

…

As that church

entered ‘the covered bridge of time’

we wait and watch.

…

If we look and see

a church fitting the description

of the one we saw earlier in the Bible

we are forced to conclude

that it must be the same church.

…

As we watched the covered bridge earlier

we may have seen several wagons

drawn by mules come out of it.

…

We looked and saw they did not fit

the description of the one we saw earlier.

…

They may have looked alike in many ways

but if they are not exactly alike,

we know

they are different wagons and mules.

…

So today, when

we look at so called churches

and see that

they look a lot like the first one,

let us look closely.

…

If they do not meet the Bible description,

we must conclude that they are

NOT ORIGINATED FROM

the first church

JESUS BUILT.

  …

  Thus we believe that Baptist churches

are identified in History by their Doctrines.

…

It is where these “truths”

or doctrines are stood for

and

taught that we will be able to observe the

“Trail of Blood.”

…

The History of these “kind” of churches

is written in blood.

…

Here you will find outward manifestations

of the battle between

The Kingdom of God

and

The Kingdom of Satan.

…

THE FIRST SATANIC ERROR

INVENTED

for THE DEVELOPMENT

of SATAN’S

FALSE ‘CHURCH’,

was to influence men

to

‘come up

with’ their own ‘idea’

of ‘church’ government, 

WITHOUT GOD,

APART from GOD

and

in DENIAL

and OPPOSITION

to THE ETERNAL

WORD of GOD.

…

1. Church Government

was Changed

by Satan,

to form

Satan’s own “church”

( while the Church Government

of The Church that Jesus Built

REMAINS THE SAME

as when Jesus Founded

His Churches ,

UNTO THIS DAY

and

the Church Government

in The Churches that Jesus Built

WILL CONTINUE to,

REMAIN THE SAME

UNTILL JESUS COMES AGAIN).

      …

In developing his FALSE ‘church’

Satan began

by corrupting the doctrinal teachings

of the Lord’s churches

from within.

…

Satan has his servants in all churches.

…

The first corruption came

in Satan seeking to change

the form of church government

that Christ gave.

…

Satan’s subtility is seen in this.

  …

    There was a plurality of elders (preachers)

in the early churches.

 …

“And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus,

and called the elders of the church”

(Acts 20:17).

 …

It seems that today

we have a scarcity of preachers

but not then.

 …

These elders were to be equal,

one was not to lord it over another.

 …

“The elders which are among you

I exhort,

who am also an elder.

. . .

“Feed the flock of God

which is among you,

taking the oversight thereof,

not by constraint, but willingly;

…

“not for filthy lucre,

but of a ready mind;

…

“Neither as being lords

over God’s heritage (clergy),

but being examples to the flock”

(I Peter 5:1-3).

 …

See our Lord’s instruction on equality

(Matthew 23:1-12).

       …

Early in history Satan

led some away from that Truth.

 …

Diotrephes is an example

given in 3rd John 9.

 …

We read in Revelation 2:15,

“So hast thou also them

that hold

the doctrine of the Nicolatians,

which thing I hate.”

 …

Without being positive

what this doctrine was,

I think the meaning lies in the name.

 …

It comes from two Greek words.

 …

The first is nikaw

which means “to conquer.”

 …

The second is laos

which means “people.”

 …

So then it means

“to conquer the people or laity”.

 …

Thus we have a ruling clergy.

 …

Thus developed

an episcopal church government

in place of a congregational one.

 …

“What kind of government is this?

 …

“Episcopacy, Episcopal.”

 …

These terms are derived

from the Greek ‘episcopos,’

meaning ‘bishop.’

 …

They refer accordingly

to that system of church government

in which the principal officer

is the bishop.”

Note 1

 …

Big Preachers

– Big “Churches”.

    …

   Thus, some bishops with big egos

began to feel

more importance attached to them

than to others.

 …

Their strong personalities helped them

“climb the ladder.”

 …

Bishops of the larger city churches

became known as Metropolitans.

 …

They began to preside

over the smaller country churches.

 …

The development

of this kind of “church” government

was gradual.

 …

The result is what we see

in Roman Catholicism

in the past and today.

       …

I will quote from

the Lutheran historian, Mosheim,

who is known as

the father of modern church history:

     …

  “Let none, however,

confound the bishops

of this primitive

and golden period of the church

with those of whom we read

in the following ages;

for though they were both distinguished

by the same name,

yet they differed in many respects.

…

A bishop during the first and second century

was a person

who had the care of one Christian assembly,

which, at that time was, generally speaking,

small enough to be contained in a private house.

…

In this assembly he acted,

not so much with the authority of a master,

as with the zeal

and diligence of a faithful servant.

…

He instructed the people,

performed the several parts of divine worship,

attended the sick, and inspected the circumstances

and supplies of the poor.

…

He charged, indeed, the presbyters

with the performance of those duties and services,

which the multiplicity of his engagements

rendered it impossible for him to fulfill;

but he had

not the power to decide

or enact any thing

without the consent of the presbyters

and people;

and though the episcopal office was both laborious

and singularly dangerous,

yet its revenues were extremely small,

since these newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

had no certain income,

but depended on the gifts or oblations of the multitude,

which were, no doubt, inconsiderable,

and were moreover to be divided

among the bishops, presbyters, deacons and poor.

…

   The power and jurisdiction

of the bishops

were not long confined to these narrow limits,

but were soon extended by the following means.

…

The bishops, who lived in the cities,

had, either by their own ministry,

or that of their presbyters,

erected

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

in the neighboring towns and villages.

…

These

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

continuing under the inspection

and ministry of the bishops,

by whose labors and counsels they had been engaged

to embrace the Gospel,

grew imperceptibly into ecclesiastical provinces,

which the Greeks afterwards called dioceses.

…

But as the bishop of the city could not extend his labors

and inspection to all those

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

in the country

and in the villages,

he appointed certain suffragans or deputies

to govern and to instruct these new societies;

and they were distinguished by the title

chorepiscopi, i.e. country bishops.

…

This order held the middle rank

between bishops and presbyters.   

…

The TRUE CHURCH ASSEMBLIES

of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,

SCRIPTURALLY ORGANIZED

and

CONTAINING and HOLDING TO

THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIONS

LISTED ABOVE,

in those early times,

were entirely independent,

none of them being subject to any foreign jurisdiction,

but each governed by its own rulers and its own laws;

for, though the churches founded by the apostles

had this particular deference shown to them,

that they were consulted in different and doubtful cases,

yet they had no juridical authority,

no sort of supremacy over the others,

nor the least right to enact laws for them.

…

Nothing, on the contrary, is more evident

than the perfect equality

that reigned among the primitive

 TRUE CHURCH ASSEMBLIES

of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,

SCRIPTURALLY ORGANIZED

and

CONTAINING and HOLDING TO

THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIONS

LISTED ABOVE,

nor does there even appear, in the first century,

the smallest trace of that association of provincial churches,

from which councils and metropolitans derive their origin.

…

It was only in the second century

that the custom of holding councils

commenced in Greece,

whence it soon spread through the other provinces.“²

…

Again:

Concerning the Doctors

and Ministers of the

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN,

and the Form of its Government

BEGINING to BE CHANGED,

by THE INFLUENCE of SATAN

to DEPART from

THE TEACHINGS of GOD’S WORD:

…

    “The form of ecclesiastical government,

whose commencement we have seen in the last century,

was brought in this

to a greater degree of stability and consistence.

…

One inspector, or bishop,

presided over each

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

assembly,

to which office he was elected

by the voices of the whole people.

…

In this post he was to be watchful and provident,

attentive to the wants of this

newly invented FALSE ‘church’ of SATAN

and careful to supply them.

…

To assist him in his laborious province,

he formed a council of presbyters,

which was not confined to any fixed number;

and to each of these he distributed his task,

and appointed a station,

in which he was to promote the interests of the

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

…

To the bishops and presbyters,

the ministers or deacons were subject;

and the latter were divided into a variety of classes,

as the state of the

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

required.

…

During a great part of this century,

The TRUE CHURCH ASSEMBLIES

of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,

SCRIPTURALLY ORGANIZED

and

CONTAINING and HOLDING TO

THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIONS

LISTED ABOVE,

were independent

with respect to each other;

nor were they joined by association, confederacy,

or any other bonds than those of charity.

…

Each TRUE Christian Assembly

of THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,

SCRIPTURALLY ORGANIZED

and

CONTAINING and HOLDING TO

THE DOCTRINAL DISTINCTIONS

LISTED ABOVE,

was a little state,

governed by its own laws,

which were either enacted, or at least,

approved by the SCRIPTURLLY ORGANIZED

and ASSEMBLED CONGRAGATION society.

…

But, in the process of time,

all the

newly invented

FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

‘Christian churches’ of a province

were formed into

one large ecclesiastical body,

which,

like confederate states, assembled at certain times

in order to deliberate

about the common interests of the whole.

…

This institution had its origin among the Greeks,

with whom nothing was more common

than this confederacy of independent states,

and in the regular assemblies which met,

in consequence thereof, at fixed times,

and were composed of the deputies of each respective state.

…

But those ecclesiastical associations

were not long confined to the Greeks;

their great utility was no sooner perceived,

then they became universal,

and were formed in all places

where the gospel had been planted.

…

To these assemblies,

of newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

in which the deputies

or commissioners of several

newly invented FALSE ‘churches’ of SATAN

consulted together,

the names of synods was appropriated by the Greeks,

and that of councils by the Latins;

and the laws

that were enacted in these general meetings,

were called canons i.e. rules.

 …

 These councils of which we find not the smallest trace

before the middle of this century,

changed the whole face of

the ORIGINAL,

SCRIPTURAL ORGANIZATION

of JESUS’ CHURCH ASSEMBLIES,

and gave

newly invented

FALSE ‘church’ of SATAN

a new form of GOVERMENT:

for by them the ancient privileges of the people,

in the ORIGINAL,

SCRIPTURAL ORGANIZATION

of JESUS’ CHURCH ASSEMBLIES

were considerably diminished,

and the power and authority of the bishops

greatly augmented.

…

The humility, indeed, and prudence of these pious prelates,

prevented their assuming all at once the power

with which they were afterward invested.

…

At their first appearance in these general councils,

they acknowledged that they were no more

than the delegates of their respective

newly invented

FALSE ‘church’ of SATAN

and that they acted in the name,

and by the appointment of their people.

…

But they soon changed this humble tone,

imperceptibly extended the limits of their authority,

turned their influence into dominion,

and their counsels into laws;

and openly asserted, at length,

that Christ had empowered them

to prescribe to his people

authoritative rules of faith

and manners.”

…

THAT IS SATAN DOING THAT.*

…

Another effect of these councils

was the gradual abolition

of that perfect equality

which reigned among all bishops in

the ORIGINAL,

SCRIPTURAL ORGANIZATION

of JESUS’ CHURCH ASSEMBLIES,

in the primitive times.

…

For the order and decency of these

newly invented

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN

 required,

that some one of the provincial bishops,

meeting in council,

should be invested

with a superior degree of power

and authority;

and hence the rights of Metropolitans derive their origin.

…

In the mean time the bounds of the

newly invented

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN

were enlarged;

the custom of holding councils was fallowed

wherever the sound of the gospel had reached;

and the

newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN

had now the appearance

of one vast republic,

as the newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

were formed by a combination

of a great number of little states.

…

This occasioned the creation of a new order of ecclesiastics,

who were appointed, in different parts of the worlds

as heads of these

newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

( WHICH IS IN TOTAL OPOSITION TO

THE LORD

JESUS CHRIST AS

“THE HEAD OF JESUS’ CHURCHES”,

WHICH IS WHERE THE TRIUNE GODHEAD

PLACED JESUS,

as we see in Ephesians 1:22 

And [ God The Father ]

Has Put all things under His [ JESUS ] Feet,

and gave Him to be The Head over all things

to the church”

…

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST is THE HEAD

of THE CHURCHES JESUS BUILT,

because

THE SOVERIEGN GOD The FATHER

PLACED JESUS CHRIST

as THE HEAD of JESUS CHURCHES )*

…

Continueing:

…and whose office it was to preserve the consistence

and union of that immense body, of this

newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

whose members

were so widely dispersed throughout the nations.

…

Such were the nature and office of the patriarchs, 

among whom, at length, ambition,

having reached its most insolent period,

formed a new dignity, investing the bishop of Rome,

and his successors,

with the title and authority

of prince of the patriarchs.”³

…

Again

      “The face of things

began now to change in the

newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

‘Christian church’.

…

The ancient method of ecclesiastical government seemed, in general,

still to subsist, while, at the same time, by imperceptible steps,

it varied from the primitive rule,

and degenerated toward the form

of a religious monarchy;

for the bishops aspired to higher degrees of power

and authority than they had formerly possessed,

and not only violated the rights of the people,

but also made general encroachments

upon the privileges of the presbyters;

and that they might cover these usurpations

with an air of justice, and an appearance of reason,

they published new doctrines

concerning the nature of the

newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

and of the episcopal dignity, which, however,

were in general so obscure,

that they themselves seemed to have understood them

as little as those to whom they were delivered.

…

One of the principal authors of this change,

in the BIBLICAL Government

of the LORD’S church ORGANIZATIONS,

into these newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

was Cyprian,

who pleaded for the power of the bishops

with more zeal and vehemence

than had ever been hitherto employed in that cause,

though not with an unshaken constancy and perseverance;

for in difficult and perilous times,

necessity sometimes obliged him to yield,

and to submit several things to the judgment

and authority of 

 these newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

     …

This change in the form

of ecclesiastical government,

was soon followed by a train of vices,

which dishonored the character and authority

to those to whom

the administration of

these newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

was committed;

for, though several yet continued to exhibit to the world

illustrious examples of primitive piety and Christian virtues,

yet many were sunk in luxury and voluptuousness,

puffed up with vanity, arrogance, and ambition,

possessed with a spirit of contention and discord,

and addicted to many other vices

that cast an undeserved reproach upon the holy religion,

of which they were the unworthy professors and ministers.

…

This is testified in such an ample manner,

by the repeated complaints

of many of the most respectable writers of this age

that truth will not permit us to spread the veil,

which we should otherwise

be desirous to cast over such enormities among an order so sacred.

The bishops assumed, in many places, a princely authority,

particularly those who had the greatest number of

 these newly invented

universal

FALSE ‘church’

assemblies of SATAN 

under their inspection,

and who presided over the most opulent assemblies.

…

They appropriated to their evangelical function

the splendid ensigns of temporal majesty; a throne,

surrounded with ministers,

exalted above his equals the servant of the meek

and humble Jesus;

and sumptuous garments dazzled the eyes

and minds of the multitude into an ignorant veneration

for this usurped authority.

…

An example which ought not to have been followed

was ambitiously imitated by the presbyters,

who, neglecting the sacred duties of their station,

abandoned themselves to the indolence

and delicacy of an effeminate and luxurious life.

…

The deacons,

beholding the presbyters thus deserting their functions,

boldly invaded their rights and privileges;

and the effects of a corrupt ambition

were spread through every rank of the sacred order.”⁴

     …

I realize this is a long quote but one that is necessary.

…

This will be one area

where

The History of the Baptists

and

The History of the Synagogue of Satan

separates.

….

For those who would like to further study

this changing of church government by Satan,

please read

Agustus Neander

General History

of the Christian Religion and Church,

Volume 1, pages 179-201.

SECTION SECOND	179
The charisma of government’s  Unsuitableness	182
Office of the deacons 188189	188
Revolt of the Christian consciousness against the pretensions of	196

…

For a most interesting statement

of the development of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy,

read

Dowling’s History or Romanism,

pages 36-64.

  …

  NOTE:

It is to be remembered

that hundreds of churches

kept to the original plan

of church government

Given by our Lord.

…

They did not follow the ungodly form

of Episcopal Church Government devised by Satan.

…

These churches,

keeping to the original form

were the True Baptist churches.

…

to be continued

…

Notes on Chapter Two

¹ Baker’s Dictionary of Theology, page 184 – Article by Leon Morris.
² Mosheim’s Church History, pages 22-23.
³ Mosheim’s Church History, page 41.
⁴ Mosheim’s Church History, pages 63-64.
⁵ Baptist Succession, pages 306-307.
⁶ Baptist History, page 47.
⁷ A History of the Baptists, volume 1, page 28.
⁸ A Concise History of the Baptists, page 50.
⁹ Baptist Succession, page 311.

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8.1.2b The Baptist History Notebook

by Berlin Hisel,

Chapter 2:

JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCHES.

Satan Establishes his

Counterfeit “Church Message”

by Changing Jesus’ Churches’

Plan of Salvation.

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