Pastor Del Wray
The mystery of mysteries;
Happiest they of human race
To whom their God has given grace
To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,
To lift the latch, to find the way;
And better had they ne'er been born
Who read to doubt, or read to scorn."
Sir Walter Scott
is everlasting life through Jesus Christ, His Son
There is no greater love then this...
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
Acceptance of these truths has given great peace, joy and thankfulness in my life. I have received everlasting salvation by faith in Jesus Christ and by God's marvelous grace. Saved Now and Forever.
"God Almighty never has saved a man on man’s terms. God always saves sinners on His own terms!"
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Thank you again for visiting our site. "Not just any church or denomination" is a recent study which we at VBBC are going through on Sunday Morning. We thought it would be good to share this study with you. There are some who might say that it does not matter where you go to church or which religion you believe, because it's all the same God, only being reached in different ways. A quick look at the teachings will show that there is a difference - that all are not worshipping the same God. The Bible, being the only true judge of what is true, is therefore being used to prove what we believe about God, His desires and plans for man. If there is something that we hold to which is not in the Word of God, then we have no reason to hold to it.
We are historical Baptists not because it is a good denomination but because of the historical Baptist doctrine, the only one which is absolutely consistent with the revealed truth of God's Word. Hence our study. We will learn in this study, first of all why we are Baptist, and then why we are not another denomination. It is important for us to know and to convey why we are not Roman Catholics, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. It is not our intent to share this with any kind of malice. As Baptist, we are not against anybody choosing to worship God differently than ourselves, but to convey that there are differences, and to show from the Word of God, how the Heavenly Father wants man to approach the subject of God. This study is meant to be a defense of the true faith that was once delivered to the saints, and to reveal some of the common errors which have since crept in (Jude 1:3-4).
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Del Wray, Pastor Victory Bible Baptist Church
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who has so graciously blessed us with the greatest of all gifts His Holy Word., The King James Bible
Conscience in man says "Thou shalt! Thou shalt not! I ought! I ought not!" These mandates are not self-imposed. They imply the existence of a Moral Governor to whom we are responsible. Conscience,--there it is in the breast of man, an ideal Moses thundering from an invisible Sinai the Law of a holy Judge. Were it not for the voice speaking so clearly in my conscience and my heart, I should be an atheist, or a pantheist, when I looked into the world. Some things are wrong, others right, love is right, hatred is wrong. Nor is a thing right because it pleases or wrong because it displeases. Where did we get this standard of right and wrong Morality is obligatory, not optional. Who made it obligatory? Who has a right to command my life? We must believe that there is a God, or believe that the very root of our nature is a lie. That being so, we publish this web site, declaring the truth of the Word of God
and exposing falsehood by the light and plumb line of only one book, the King James Bible.
This domain is designed to reinforce biblical truth and stores resources, free for christians and preachers alike, who bear the soul saving testimony of Jesus Christ. Originality is not claimed for these materials and sermon outlines. It would be impossible to give every man credit for every thought, for no matter what you have thought or said, some other man of God in the past or even today has said, written, or thought whatever you may think you are originating. May these sermons and material prove to be a blessing to you and to your ministries as we serve our blessed and wonderful Lord. I am going to seek to provide for you some of the best materials, as well as sermon helps from some of the greatest men of God with which I am acquainted. Remember, these are just men and their sermon material. It will take the Lord burning these truths into your heart to make them come alive as real life changing facts. Jeremiah the prophet said. "But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay." Jeremiah
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The Bereans heard Paul and Silas preaching in the synagogue, and they were commended for listening and searching the scripture as to whether or not the things that they had heard were true Acts 17:10-11 With that in mind, there are many things that Christians do that don’t always line up with the Bible. It is the responsibility of every Christian to see if what they are doing is glorifying to God, so if a Christian who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, they will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. Since most Christians react with hostility to information that contradicts what they know to be true. It is our hope that you would re-examine your assumptions of truth through the clear lens of a sincere Biblical analysis. One of the most wonderful aspects of the Good News is the fact that, "God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6 The truth is, the Strong Delusion the LORD promised he would bring is closely related to the lies that have been told and God warned them that I will choose their delusion Isaiah 66:4 because they received not the love of the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
" When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest." That said, you will find a list of cults, false religions and false teachers on this site. I do not propose to publish the entire list. My purpose is to admonish truth seekers and exhort God's people to desire discernment and knowledge, in obedience to the Word of God. For all will give an account! I’m not saying that these are bad people or that I hate them, I do not. On the contrary I love them in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and hope by exposing their error to win them over to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone. These folks, do much good in society helping people, and I’m not denying that. I do deny that they are leading people to the truth and to Jesus Christ alone for salvation. I respect all of these people and they each certainly have a right to their own beliefs and religions. And, I certainly would not raise my hand against any of those persons. As all of these religious sects and their forefathers have done, martyring and murdering millions of my Bible believing ancestors. Yet at the same time I have a right as a child of God to warn others against false teachers and false religions. In fact, I have been commanded to do so from the Word of God. Much harm has been brought upon the true church of Jesus Christ by their counterfeit traditions and false religious teachings. As Jesus Christ warned us, we are now living in the last days of the church age, the dispensation named in the Bible as the Age of Grace. Awaiting the rapture and soon return of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Just before the world is thrown into the Great Tribulation under a one world dictator, the Antichrist. A time of suffering never before known to mankind, when over two-thirds of the people on earth will lose their lives. Closing with the Battle of Armageddon and Christ reigning as King of Kings over planet earth. Rev. 21
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GOD'S SIMPLE PLAN OF SALVATION by Ford Porter
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
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When one considers the awfulness of man's sin against GOD and GOD's Omnipotence which includes the power to create another being to take the place of man, if and when he were destroyed by GOD's judgments, there comes a question that demands an answer. It is this. Why does GOD SAVE MAN?
I That Man Shall Not Perish:
The first answer to this question is found in John 3:16. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Here GOD's purpose is in consideration of man. GOD knows as no one else the awfulness of an everlasting destruction from His presence and from the glory of His power (II Thessalonians 1:9)which shall be the lot of those who are not saved. His love, and that at the cost of His Own SON, would spare the creature from this punishment even though through sin he had
become an enemy. The importance to man of being saved from perishing is so great that no one this side of eternity shall ever realize it even in a small degree.
II Unto Good Works:
Some lightly and mistakenly say that to them salvation is more than "a fire escape from hell!." Its importance to them is for the present life. It is true that one of GOD's purposes in saving man relates to man's life on this earth,but the eternal values of salvation far outweigh any temporal advantages as the infinite is greater than the finite. Furthermore, GOD's purpose for the earthly life of the saved person is that eternal values may result there from. In connection with the statement that salvation is by grace and not of works it is also stated that it is so in order that there may be good works by those who are saved. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which GOD hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). GOD does not save man because of man's good works, but that it may be possible for man to do good works. Neither does GOD save man and deliver him out of an evil world and the power of darkness, to continue a life of sin as before. While GOD's ultimate purposes in salvation are eternal, the new nature given to one who has been saved is necessarily reflected in his present earthly existence. Paul said "How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?" (Romans 6:2) and in writing to Titus he said, "I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works" (Titus 3:8). It was to be a constant affirmation by Titus that good works were to be maintained. Certainly GOD's purpose for the life of every saved person is that he do good works. Even His grace abounds toward the saved that they "always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work" (II Corinthians 9:8). It is important to recognize just what constitutes good works. First of all, there are only certain ones who can perform good works. They are those who are "created in Christ Jesus" thereto. Only those who are saved can do works that GOD will accept as good. Again, not all of the works by those who are saved are "good works." The "good works" of the saved were "afore prepared that we should walk in them." That which has been prepared by GOD beforehand must be according to His will and purpose. Therefore many seemingly good works by saved people which are self-willed and planned do not come under GOD's "good works." Evidently these works, in order to be good, must be to the glory of GOD and not for the glory of man. ". . . whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God" (I Corinthians 10:31). "And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him" (Colossians 3:17). Much of the present day social welfare work which is often prompted by deeply sympathetic feelings and carried out with much sacrifice cannot be included in GOD's good works because GOD is entirely left out. It is not done by saved people. The works are not "afore prepared by God" and the objective is not the glory of GOD. It cannot be denied that these works have an unmistakable value, but that value is a temporal one and has no relation to GOD's work of salvation which involves eternal values. If and when the social work is done as a means of bringing to the needy not only temporal help but also spiritual and eternal aid through salvation, then it becomes "good works" according to GOD's purpose in salvation. The good works are good because they have a part in the carrying out of GOD's whole program of salvation, and are not in themselves the ultimate objective. They are, as it were, a link in the chain of things that shall finally culminate in the praise of the glory of GOD.
III To the Glory and Praise of His Grace:
If GOD had only had in mind the matter of salvation from everlasting separation from Himself and unto good works, His work of salvation could have stopped far short of what it does. It would only have been necessary to have restored man to Adam's original condition in the Garden of Eden. He could there continue in everlasting bliss and fellowship with GOD and carry on good works. But, as has been seen, GOD does far more than restore man to Adam's original state. Consequently there must be another and even far greater reason for GOD to save man. And so there is. That it was the love of GOD that caused Him to save man suggests the possibility that in salvation GOD found a way to express His love as in no other way. JESUS in His prayer to His FATHER said; ". . . the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one . . . that the world may know that thou hast . . . loved them, as thou hast loved me" (John 17:22-23). That part of GOD's work of salvation through which the glory of CHRIST is given to those who accept Him is here expressly said to be in demonstration of GOD's love for them.
Ephesians 2:7 teaches that salvation is in order "that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." Ephesian 1:5-6 declare that the saved have been predestinated "unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself . . . to the praise of the glory of his grace." "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1). That glory is the glory of His creative power. When GOD's work of salvation has been consummated and they who are saved during this age have been brought into a perfect unity with GOD then shall there be praise, not only to the glory of His creative power, but to the glory of His grace. This is the very highest pinnacle of GOD's glory, and to accomplish this is the greatest reason why GOD in this age saves man. Lucifer, in sinning, refused to give unto GOD His due glory. So also Adam and the entire human race, because of sin, have not glorified GOD as GOD. In saving man, His lost and rebellious creature, GOD does so, not only to restore the lost glory due Him as CREATOR, but to gain a far greater glory, the glory of the REDEEMER and the SAVIOUR. If man could contribute the least bit to salvation, by just that much would the praise of the glory of the grace of GOD is reduced. He could not be praised for that which man contributed. The glory of His grace must be absolute. It cannot be marred. An infinite GOD cannot be infinite if His glory is diminished by the slightest amount. That is why human merit and the works of man are excluded as a contributing factor in salvation. That is why no flesh shall glory in His presence (I Corinthians 1:29) and that is why the basic principle of salvation is by grace through faith.
In salvation GOD does not salvage something that is good in man. He takes an utterly lost and condemned sinner, and raises him apart from any of his own merit to His own divine level and glory, all to the end that the glory of His grace may be praised.
Only as it is seen that the great purpose of GOD in salvation is to the praise of the glory of His grace, is it at all possible to understand why GOD does not destroy man (who in rebellion against Him tried to make himself like GOD) but instead actually transforms him into that exalted condition that he, in rebellion, sought to gain. There can be no greater manifestation of grace than that. Nothing could call forth praise to the glory of GOD's grace more than that action. Herein is also a reason why GOD permitted man to sin. "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counselor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen."
(Romans 11:33-36)
IS THE GLORY OF GOD’S GRACE BEING PRAISED IN YOUR SALVATION?
Please read two or three times that you may understand what the Bible teaches on true saving grace! Your servant standing at the gates of Hell and the doors of our churches pleading for lost souls to be saved!
Pastor Del Wray
"We see many Baptists, so-called Baptists, in our day of compromise, saying the name Baptist is not important.
If it’s not, why is our history full of Baptists? If it’s not important, why did God call John,
“The Baptist”? Take away the name Baptist, and you take away history.
Multitudes died because they were Baptist, not members of some no-name church.
The name Baptist tells the world who we are and what we believe.
If there was ever a time that Baptists needed to know their history,
or where they came from, it's today.
Secular history would have us believe we came out of the Reformation. Sad!
To say the average Baptist is ignorant concerning our heritage,
would be an understatement."
Here are a few of the reasons why, in the midst of the dissolution of the basic institutions of civilization, being a Baptist increasingly gives me a feeling of spiritual and intellectual anchorage.
Baptists are a people. They have a historical identity. They have an historical image. Their continuity is the longest of any Christian group on earth. Their doctrines, principles, and practices are rooted in the apostolic age.
I am not a Pharisaical sectarian. But I don’t confuse Baptists with the Reformers. The Reformers wanted to reform the Roman Catholic Church; the Baptist were against the church. Because it was not a New Testament church, Protestantism originated in the Reformation. Protestantism is protestism. That’s negative. Negativism has within it the seed of its own disintegration.
The Baptists were not reformers. They were not protestors. They were positive.
Freedom of conscience is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine.
Religious liberty is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine.
Believer’s baptism is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine.
Baptism of the believer by immersion in water, symbolizing the believer’s death, burial and resurrection with Christ, is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine.
The local, visible, autonomous assembly, with Christ as its only head and the Bible as its sole rule of faith and practice, is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine.
Worldwide missions is not a Reformation doctrine; it is a Baptist doctrine. The Reformers had no missionary vision and no missionary spirit. For almost two hundred years after the Reformers, the Reformation churches felt no burden to implement the Great Commission.
What kind of a world would the Western world have been had Protestantism become its master?
Who but the Baptists kept Protestantism from becoming master?
The general attitude today is that truth is determined by the passing of time; that there are no eternal, abiding truths. "You can’t turn the clock back. Time invalidates all truth. Time invalidates one set of truth and fastens another set upon us."
Baptist history repudiates this philosophy of fatalism. Baptists today are believing, teaching, preaching, and practicing the truths that were believed, taught, preached, and practiced two thousand years ago.
It gives me a feeling of stability to reflect that I, as a Baptist, am in the stream of this long continuity of faith and practice.
The Baptist people are a great continuity. They are a great essence. They are a great dignity.
The world never needed them more than it needs them today. Pastor Noel Smith
Why I Am an Independent Baptist
Our Articles of Faith
1. God
We believe that there is one, and only one, true and living God; that He is absolute in nature,
perfect in attributes, holy in character, the maker and supreme ruler of heaven and earth; that He
is infinite in wisdom, marvelous in power, and amazing in love; that He is holy, righteous, and
true, worthy of all confidence and love; that He unites in Himself the infinite, the eternal, and the
Almighty Three – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit; that the three persons
of the Godhead subsist in the same divine nature, essence and being; and that they are co-existent
and co-equal in every divine attribute, each one executing distinct but harmonious offices in the
great work of redemption. Gen. 1:1; Deut. 4:39; Mark 12:29; Gen. 17:1; Matt. 5:48; Isa. 6:3; 1Chronicles 29:11-12; Psalms 103:19; Rom. 11:33-34; Matt. 19:26; Psalms 19:9; Matt. 28:19; 1Peter 1:2-3; 1John 5:7; Ex.
3:14; Gen. 1:26; Titus 3:3-7.
2. The Divine Trinity
A. God the Father: We believe that God the Father is the first person set forth in the Divine
Trinity; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that He is
eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and
omnipresence; and that He, in harmony with His divine office, loves, provides, and protects, thus
exercising providential watchcare over the sons of men, and especially a fatherly care over the
children of God. Matt. 28:19; Gen. 17:1; Matt. 19:26; Psalms 19:9; Isaiah 19:23; Psalms 100:5; Proverbs 15:3;
Psalms 139:1-4; Psalms 103:13; Matt. 6:25-28; Matt. 10:29-31; Matt. 7:11.
B. God the Son: Virgin Born: We believe that god the Son is the second person set forth in the
Divine Trinity; that He is Very God of Very God; that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He
is holy, righteous, and true; that He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the
attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence; that God the Father, through the
Holy Spirit, is actually and eternally His divine father, and Mary the Virgin is actually and
innocently His human mother; and that He, in harmony with His divine office, mediates, seeks,
and saves, thus exercising the mediatorial office of redemption. Matt. 28:19; John 1:1-3; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 28:18; Titus 3:5-6; John 8:15-16; II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 13:8; Phil. 2:6; John 2:24; Matt. 28:20; Luke 1:35; Luke 2:7-14; I Tim. 2:5-6; Luke 19:10; John 3:16.
C. God the Holy Spirit: We believe that God the Holy Spirit is the third person set forth in the
Divine Trinity: that He is almighty, merciful, and just; that He is holy, righteous, and true; that
He is eternally existent, glorious in nature, possessing the attributes of omnipotence,
omniscience, and omnipresence; that He restrains the world, the flesh and the devil; that He
witnesses to the Truth, convicts the lost, extols the Christ, and testifies to the righteous
judgments of God; that He, in harmony with His divine office, comforts, teaches, testifies,
preaches, guides; regenerates, empowers, sanctifies, and anoints, thus exercising the quickening
role in the works of saving the lost and the supervising role in the life of the saved.
John 14:16-17 and John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7-10; Hebrews 9:14; 1Peter4:14; Isaiah
40:14-15; 1Cor. 2:10-12; Psalms 139:7-10; 2Thess. 2:6-7, John 3:6; Eph. 1:13-14; Acts 1:8;
1Peter 1:2; Isa. 61:1.
3. The Devil
We believe that Satan is an actual being, and not an imaginary influence; that he once enjoyed
high heavenly honors and glorious heavenly privileges; that he, through pride, ambition, and
self-will attempted to betray the Almighty and brought down upon his head the judgment of
God; that he operates today as the god of this world and the prince of the power of the air; that he
is a diabolical inventor, and arch-deceiver, and the father of all lies; that he is the greatest enemy,
the mightiest tempter, and the most relentless accuser of the saints; that he shall one day be
incarnated in the person of the Anti-Christ and in that role will finally meet the Christ in the
battle of Armageddon; that there "The seed of woman shall bruise the serpents' head;" and that
he shall eventually be cast into the lake of fire, the eternal place of punishment, prepared for the
devil and his angels. Job 1:6-9; Ezek. 28:12-15; Isa. 14:12-15; Gen. 3:14; II Cor. 4:4; Eph. 2:2; Matt. 24:11; 2Thess. 2:7; John 8:44; 1Peter 5:8; Gen. 3:1-6; Rev. 12:10; Dan. 7:8; Rev. 19:20; Gen. 3:15; 2Cor.
11:13-15; John 14:30.
4. The Holy Bible
We believe that the Holy Bible is a supernatural Book; that it is the very God-breathed Word;
that it is the full, the final, and the complete revelation of God's will to man; that it has God the
Holy Spirit for its author, salvation for its end, and truth without any admixture of error for its
matter; that it was written by holy men of old as they were moved by the Holy Spirit; that it is
verbally inspired and a perfect treasure of holy instruction; and that it reveals the principles by
which God will judge us, and is, therefore, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme
standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and opinions shall be tried. We believe the
Authorized King James Version of 1611 to be the preserved Word of God for the English
speaking people, faithful and true to the original autographs; that other versions are inferior and
flawed, with some being outright perversions of God's Word; that other versions are totally
unnecessary, as the King James is not only faithful, but an absolutely effective conveyance of
God's message to mankind. Ps. 119:89; 2Tim. 3:16-17; Rev. 22:18-19; John 17:17; John 3:32-34; 2Peter 1:20-21;
1Peter 1:10-12; Zeph. 1:1; Psalms. 19:7-10; Ex. 20:3-6 and thru verse 17; Psalms. 1:2; John 12:48.
5. Creation
We believe that the Genesis record of creation is literal, and not allegorical or figurative; that
God personally created the heaven and the earth in six literal days; that He miraculously brought
forth all original matter out of nothing; that He actually fashioned all organic forms as specific
creations subject to limited changes within the specie; that He definitely ordained each specie to
bring forth after its kind; that He finally formed man out of the dust of the ground, not by any
process of evolution but by instant action, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and
man became immediately a living soul; that He created man in the image and likeness of God;
that His every creative act was complete and perfect in itself; and that not one of His creations
was conditioned upon antecedent changes naturally wrought during interminable periods of time.
Gen. 1:1; John 1:1-3; John 1:14; Heb. 11:3; Gen. 1:21; Gen. 1:24-27; Gen. 2:7; Col. 1:16.
6. The Fall of Man We believe that man, originally created in holiness and actually associated
with God in innocence under His law, did, by voluntary transgression of the Lord's command,
fall from the high and happy state in which he was created, and as a consequence, became a
sinner alienated from God and brought upon himself and all mankind just condemnation; and
that he is now, by virtue of his fallen nature, utterly devoid of holiness, positively inclined to
evil, and actually condemned to eternal ruin, without defense or excuse. Gen. 1:26-27; Ecc. 7:29; Gen. 3:6; Gen. 3:23-24; Ezek. 18:4; Rom. 5:12; Rom. 1:21-24; Rom. 3:21-23 Rom. 3:14-17; Rev. 21:8.
7. The Blood Atonement
We believe that the lost sinner is guilty and already under just condemnation; that he is by nature
alien to God and because of sin condemned to die; that atonement for sin was effected through
the mediatorial office of the Son who by divine appointment, freely took upon Himself our
nature, yet without sin; that He, through obedience during His earthly walk, personally honored
the divine Law by keeping it, and, through His death on the cross, actually satisfied the penalty
of the offended Law by suffering in the sinner's stead; that He, through His obedience and
sacrificial death, made full and vicarious atonement for all sin; that He died, the just for the
unjust, bearing our sins in His body on the tree; and that His blood shed on the cross of Calvary
provides for eternal cleansing, for pardon, for peace and rest. Isa. 53:6; Rom. 6:7; Rom. 8:23; I Tim. 2:5-6; Heb. 2:17; II Cor. 5:21 Matt. 5:17-18; I Pet. 2:24; Heb. 10:10-12; I Pet. 3:18; Rev. 1:5; Isa. 55:7;John 14:27; Matt. 11:28; I John 1:7; Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:22.
8. Repentance and Faith
We believe that repentance and faith are solemn and inseparable prerequisites of salvation; that
they are inseparable graces wrought in the heart by the quickening Holy Spirit; that the alien
sinner, being deeply convicted of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come by the personal
ministry of the Holy Spirit, and by Him having his understanding enlightened so that he can see
the way of salvation through Christ, does actually repent, turning to God with unfeigned
contrition, confession, and supplication, and does actually believe, surrendering himself
wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus, immediately receiving Him as personal and all-sufficient
Saviour and openly confessing Him before all men. Acts 20:21-22; Mark 1:15; Acts 11:18; Eph. 2:8; John 6:44; John 16:8-11; Matt. 3:1-2; Matt. 3:8; Acts 3:19; Luke 13:3; Luke 18:9-12; Acts 9:6; Rom. 10:10.
9. Salvation by Grace
We believe that grace is elective and saving; that it embraces the personal triune and redemptive
ministry of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; that it comprehends all of the labors put forth
by the Almighty in the interest of perfect righteousness and the salvation of the lost soul; that it
and it alone, saves even unto the uttermost all who repent toward God and believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ; and that salvation thus wrought is wholly by grace, "The free gift of God."
requiring neither culture nor works in any form to secure it or to keep it; that it is God's plan that
those who are saved be "Holy and without blame before him in love;" that ALL who believe will
receive the adoption, which is related to the redemption of the body (cf. Rom. 8:22-23), when all
our inheritance based upon sonship is received; that predestination pertains to God's plan that we
be conformed to the image of Christ; that we are to begin that process in this life, but God's
sovereign purpose will be performed in perfection when all who have been saved are changed and are in the presence of Christ. II Tim. 1:8-9; Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:3-7; I Pet. 1:2-5; Matt. 23:37; Rom. 8:28-30; Heb. 7:25; Acts
20:20-21; Rom. 6:23; Rom. 11:6; Rom. 5:20; Isa. 1:18; Isa. 55:1.
10. Regeneration
We believe that in order to be saved lost sinners must be regenerated, or born again; that
regeneration is a recreative act, far beyond comprehension, wrought in the believer's heart by the
direct personal ministry of the Holy Spirit; that it is instantaneous, miraculous, and not
evolutionary or cultural; that it embraces the divine acts of cleansing the heart from all inward
sins and of pardoning the soul of all outward guilt, in connection with the work of begetting a
new creature in Christ Jesus; that the dead sinner is made to live through the new birth, becoming
thereby a regenerated spirit, possessing eternal life, the gift of God; that the new birth comes
after the Holy Spirit secures voluntary repentance and belief in the gospel; that it is the actual
impartation of the divine life, not a mere transformation of the human life; and that the proper
evidence of regeneration appears in the holy fruits of obedient followers of the Lord Jesus.
John 3:3-5; John 3:7; II Cor. 5:17; John 3:8; John 3:16; John 1:12-13; Isa. 1:18; Titus 3:5-7; Eph.
2:1, 5; Rom. 6:23; John 16:8-11; Matt. 7:16-18; James 2:17-20.
11. Justification
We believe that justification is one of the great gospel blessings secured through Christ for all
who trust Him; that it is a legal and divine decree, declaring the believing sinner just; that it is
thus a state of being free from condemnation, including forgiveness for inward sins and pardon
from outward sins; that it secures through faith freedom from legal bondage, exemption from the
wrath of God, and possession of peace which passes all understanding; that it is bestowed, not in
consideration of any works of righteousness which we have done, but solely upon the evidence
of faith in God and the Redeemer's blood; and that it brings us into a state of unchanging peace
and favor with God and secures every other blessing needful for time and for eternity.Rom. 3:24-25, Rom. 3:28; Rom. 8:33; Rom. 8:1; John 5:24; Rom. 4:3-6; Rom. 6:6; Rom. 5:9; Rom. 5:1; Phil. 4:7; Rom. 8:31-33; Gen. 15:6; Heb. 2:4.
12. Security of the Believer
We believe that salvation wrought by grace is everlasting; that the saved soul journeying through
the valley of the shadow of death need fear no evil; that the Holy Spirit-begotten and born are
kept by the power of God; that the believer in Christ Jesus shall not be brought into judgment;
that no one can lay anything to the charge of God's elect; that they are securely held in both the
hand of the Father and the Son; and that the age-old Baptist doctrine, "Once saved, always
saved," is heavenly and gloriously true. John 3:16; John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:35, John 6:44; Ps. 23:4; Isa. 37:23-24; Phil. 1:6; 1Pet. 3:5; John 5:24; Rom. 8:1; John 10:27-29; Rom. 8:35-38; Rom. 8:39; II Tim. 1:12.
13. Sanctification
We believe that sanctification is a divine work of grace; that it is not a state of sinless perfection
attained through a "second blessing" or through a special "Baptism of the Holy Ghost;" that it is
an act of grace by which the believer is separated unto God and dedicated unto His righteous
purpose; that by it we enter into divinely appointed privileges and thus become larger partakers
of His holiness; that it is a progressive work, begun in regeneration, and carried on in the life of
every believer by the presence and the power the Holy Spirit and the Word of God, and that it is
nurtured only by heaven's appointed means, especially by the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and
the saved through his self-examination, obedience, self-denial, watchfulness, and prayer. 1Thes. 4:3; 1Thess. 5:23; Rom. 15:16; Jer. 1:5; Prov. 4:18; John 17:17; 2Cor. 3:18; 1John 2:29; Rom. 8:5; 1Tim. 4:5; Luke 9:23; Matt. 24:42; Matt. 7:7-10.
14. The Resurrection
We believe that Christ Jesus arose bodily from the grave on the first day of the week, which day
we now observe as the Lord's Day, a day of worship; that His miraculous emergence from the
tomb forecasted a like bodily resurrection for every member of the Adamic race; that the dead in
Christ, those of the first resurrection, shall be raised, and we which are alive and remain shall be
changed and taken out of this world preceding the seven years of tribulation; that those who are
of the Bride of Christ will be united to the Bridegroom at the marriage to be witnessed by the
friends of the Bridegroom (John 3:29; Rev. 19:9) who will share in the marriage supper of the
Lamb after being rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ, and await completion of the first
resurrection as the dead Tribulation saints are rewarded at the close of the seven years; that all
the saved will then rule and reign with Christ in His Millennial Kingdom; that the Bride of Christ
is the local Baptist church; that those who are saved and not members of a local Baptist church
will be present as "Friends of the Bridegroom;" that the dead in trespasses and sins, or the dead
out of Christ, shall rise at the close of the Millennium; and that they shall be brought before the
Great White Throne Judgment and there face the Judge of the quick and the dead. Matt. 28:6; Luke 24:1-12; I Cor. 15:12-22; I Thes. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:5-6; Rev. 11:15; Dan. 12:3; 1Sam. 2:6; Isa. 26:19; Hosea 13:14; Isa. 25:6-8.
15. The Lord's Return
We believe that Christ Jesus is coming back again; that His return shall be personal, audible,
visible, and bodily and that the saved shall be caught up together with Him in the clouds; that
this return shall precede the tribulation and millennium; that He shall return to earth at the end of
the tribulation; and He shall at that time turn the tables on Satan, take up the throne of David, put
down all His enemies, rule with a rod of iron, triumph over sin, and give the world an example of
righteous government during His thousand years of personal reign on earth.Job 18:25-26; Isa. 9:6-7; Zech. 14:4; Mal. 4:2; Luke 1:31-33; Matt. 25:31-34; Rev. 19:11-14 thru Rev. 19:21; Acts 1:11; 1Thes. 4:16-17; Rev. 1:7; 2Pet. 3:10; Rev. 20:4-6; Rev. 19:20; Rev. 20:1-3, Rev. 20:10; Isa. 9:7; 1Cor. 15:25-27; Ps. 2:9; Rev. 12:5; Rev. 19:15; 1John 3:8; Ps. 72:1-4; thru Ps. 72:20.
16. The Righteous and the Wicked
We believe that there is a radical and essential difference between the righteous and the wicked.
We believe the righteous are they who believe in Christ Jesus, are justified by faith, and
sanctified by the Holy Spirit and the Word; that the righteous are heirs of God and joint-heirs
with the Lord Jesus Christ; and that eternal life, the gift of God, is the matchless possession of
the just. We believe that the wicked are they who do not believe in Christ Jesus, condemned
because of unbelief and corrupted by the god of this world; that the unjust spurn the privileges of
God's grace, choosing the life of sin and rebellion; and that eternal damnation is the inescapable
portion of the unjust. Mal. 3:16-18; John 3:6; Rom. 3:22; Rom. 3:24; Rom. 4:3; Rom. 1:17; Rom. 8:1-4 thru Rom.
8:17; Acts 20:32; John 15:3; Rom. 8:17; Rom. 6:23; 2Cor. 4:4; Rev. 21:8; Matt. 23:37;Prov. 29:1; Matt. 25:41.
17. The Local Church
We believe that a Baptist Church, according to divine purpose and plan, is a visible, local,
organized body; that it is composed of baptized believers associated together by a covenant of
faith and fellowship in the Gospel; that New Testament validity flows from strict obedience to
essential principles of New Testament Law; that it is a sovereign, independent, democratic, and
militant body; that its ministry is gloriously blessed with the presence and leadership of the Holy
Spirit and the light and revelation of the written Word; that its work should ever be from within
to without and never from without to within; that it is a self-governing body and is the sole
judge, under the limitations of the Scriptures, of the measure and method of co-operation; that it
is the only ecclesiastical tribunal the Lord has on earth; that its judgment concerning
membership, missions, benevolence, and support is final; that it was personally founded by
Christ Jesus during His ministry on earth; that it is the only organization with authority to
administer the Lord's Supper and Baptism; that it is subject to His laws and is the custodian of
His ordinances; that the perpetuity of our faith, our doctrines and practices, ordinances and
ordinations, has been effected through the Holy Spirit personally planting and preserving local
Baptist Churches of like faith and order down through the centuries even until now; that the local
Church is the only body with authority to carry out the Lord's work upon the earth in this age,
and as such, all authority over membership, affairs, and missions is autonomous to the local
Church; that the only organization authorized to do mission work is the local Church, and that
the pattern of Acts 13 is the only one sanctioned and permitted by God; that the authority to send
out missionaries is not in name or formality only, but is a matter of the practical aspects of
sending, supervising, and authorizing missionaries to win souls, baptize, and teach, with the goal
of establishing a New testament Baptist church; that no place in Scripture allows for mission
boards, fellowships, or conventions to do this work; that a sponsoring church is responsible for
the activities and doctrine of missionaries authorized by her, and is responsible to the missionary
for his needs and well-being; that the Local church cannot surrender this authority and
responsibility to any organization and remain faithful to Scripture. We believe that the Bride of
Christ is comprised of only, and all the members who have been scripturally baptized into a New
Testament Baptist Church, and that Christ will present this Bride to Himself at the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb. We totally reject the false doctrine of the universal invisible church.
Matt. 28:19-20; 1Cor. 1:1-3; Acts 2:41-42; 2Cor. 8:5; Matt. 16:19; Matt. 18:15-17; John 14:16-17, John 14:26;
Acts 1:8; Acts 13:1-4; Matt. 18:17-18; Matt. 26:19-20; 1Tim. 3:15; Mark 3:13-14; Luke 6:12-13; Eph. 5:27;
Rev. 19:21; Rev. 21:9
18. The Ordinances
We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances personally set in the church of the
living God by the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that Baptism is the burial of a believer in water
by the authority and instruction of the local Baptist church; that it symbolizes the death and the
burial and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ; that it also typifies the believer's death to sin,
the burial of his old nature, and his resurrection unto a new life; and that it is administered in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; that Baptism places a believer into the
membership of a New Testament Baptist Church. We believe the Lord's Supper is a memorial
spread and administered by the authority and instruction of the local Baptist church; that
participation in the observance of the Lord's supper is restricted to a closed communion within
the membership of our local Baptist church; that it symbolizes the broken body and the shed
blood of the Son of God; that its observance points backward to the crucified Lord on Calvary
and forward to the returning Lord in glory; that the elements of the Lord's Supper are unleavened
bread and grape juice, referred to as "The cup" and "The fruit of the vine;" We believe that these
ordinances are not sacraments, but are sacred symbols, pointing to the world's only Saviour, and
bidding the sons of men to look unto and everlasting fellowship with the King of kings and Lord
of lords when He shall return to take over the reins of all government. Matt. 26:26-29; Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:3-5; Matt. 16:19; Acts 10:47; Acts 2:41-42; 1Cor. 11:23-26; Prov. 20:1; Isa. 28:7; Lev. 10:9-10.
19. Church Administration
We believe that the local Baptist church and the State should be kept completely separate; that
civil officers should be prayed for, conscientiously honored and obeyed; that diligence should be
had in seeking the will of God in all church matters; that missionary endeavor should ever be
executed from within the local church to without; that pastors and deacons are the only divinely
appointed church officers; that the Lord's Day, the first day of the week should be honored by the
saints; that the Bible teachings should be constantly and consistently fostered by local Baptist
churches; that members should be voted into the fellowship of the local body by the local body;
that unruly church members should be prayerfully and Scripturally disciplined by the local
Baptist church; and that letters of membership should be granted to sister local Baptist churches
of the same faith and practice.Acts 1:8; Acts 13:1-4 thru Acts 13:35; Rom. 13:1-4; Acts 14:23; Acts 6:1-4;
Acts 2:42; Rev. 1:10; Matt. 16:19; Acts 10:47; Matt. 18:15-17; Acts 15:19-23; Acts 18:27; Rom. 16:1-2;
Matt. 28:19-20.
20. Church Co-operation
We believe that it is the privilege and the right of local Baptist churches to co-operate with each
other in carrying out the commission of the Lord; that such co-operation is righteously effected
only when the principles of Christ are preserved in the work fostered; and that all associated
endeavors of local Baptist Churches should be carried on in such a way as to preserve the
sovereign integrity of each local Baptist Church in all matters of faith and practice.
2Cor. 8:1-6, 2Cor. 8:16-19 thru 2Cor. 8:24; 2John 1:1-4; Matt. 16:18-19; Acts 15:19-23.
21. Civil Government and Religious Liberty
We believe that civil government is of divine appointment, for the interests and good order of
human society; and that all civil authorities are to be prayed for, conscientiously honored and
obeyed; except only in the things opposed by the Word of God which reveals the will of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Lord of the conscience, and the Prince of the kings of the
earth. That church and state should be separate, the state owing the church protection and full
freedom. No ecclesiastical group or denomination should be preferred above another by the state.
The state should not impose taxes for the support of any form of religion. A free church in a free
state is the Christian ideal.
22. Heresy and Apostasy
We believe in total and complete separation as taught in the Word of God, from all heresy and
ecclesiastical apostasy. We believe the Scripture teaches that we are to:
Try them, I John 4:1. Mark them, Rom. 16:17. Rebuke them, Titus 1:13. Have no fellowship,
Eph. 5:11. Withdraw ourselves, II Thes. 3:6.Receive them not, 2John 1:10-11. Have no company
with them, II Thes. 3:14. Reject them, Titus 3:10. Separate ourselves, II Cor. 6:17.
23. Missions
The command to give the gospel to the world is clear and unmistakable and this Commission
was given to the churches, not individuals.
Mat. 28:18-20, Mark 16:15, John 20:21, Rom. 10:13-15
24. Giving
Scriptural giving is one of the doctrines of the faith. II Cor. 8:7
We are commanded to bring our gifts into the storehouse (common treasury of the church) upon
the first day of the week. I Cor. 16:2
We are commanded to bring the tithe into the common treasury of the church. Jesus said
concerning the tithe "these ye ought to have done".Mat. 23:23.
"Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils" Heb. 7:2 and Heb. 7:4 this was four hundred years before
the law.
Lev. 27:30. "The tithe ... is the Lord's".
Mal.3:10. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and
prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven
and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it."
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Why We Are Not Another Denomination
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To understand why we are not some other denomination, religion or faith - We must first understand what we believe - At least the core beliefs - Held thru the centuries!
As far as the Christian religion is concerned, all but two of the denominations that are known today had their beginning in the last four hundred years. Only two denominations of faith can trace their roots all the way back to the NT times - One is Catholicism - The church from Rome started from real Baptist churches. Beginning around the 200s heresy began to creep in - they began perverting the Scriptures and by 350 A.D. they became fully apostate (Ceased to be truly Biblical or possibly even Christian). The other branch is the Baptist - historical Biblical Baptist - Not the Freewill Baptist (they were an off shoot of the Protestants)
Every other denomination that is known today, had its beginning in the last four hundred years. Everyone of the them - whether it be the Church of Christ; the Church of England; the Lutheran; Anglican; Methodist; Episcopal; Church of God; Christian Church and right down through the line - who have all claimed to have the only correct doctrine - this raise some serious question. If their doctrine is the only correct doctrine - why were they only recently established? Was the Biblical truth not known before that time? - Gee I wander how people got saved before they were established - A legitimate question to ask these other groups - But yet we know people have continued to be saved, long before.
The roots of the Baptist can be traced back to apostolic times, not just by Baptist, but by the enemies of the Baptists - Historians testify that "local churches: which hold doctrine, beliefs, and practices of today’s Bible believing, separatist Baptist; have had a continuous existence since the days of Christ. This can not be said of any other church, churches, or religious organization."
Here are a few statements by historians and religious leaders (only one of them a Baptist): These are people who have no particular sympathy for the Baptist:
Sir Isaac Newton said, "The Baptist are the only body of known Christians that have never symbolized with Rome."
Ypeij and Dermount, eminent historians of the Dutch Reformed Church said, "The Baptist may be considered as the only Christian community that has stood since the days of the Apostles, and as a Christian society has preserved pure the doctrine of the Gospel through all the ages."
Alexander Campbell, founder of the Campbellites / Church of Christ who rigulously opposed Baptist during the 19th century, wrote, "The sentiment of Baptist and their practice of Baptism from the Apostolic age to the present have had a continued chain of advent and public monuments of their existence in every century can be produced."
Robert Barkley a Quaker historian says "We shall afterwards show that the rise of the Anna-Baptist took place prior to the reformation of the Church of England and there are also reasons for believing that the continent of Europe small hidden Christian societies who have held many of the opinions of the Anna-Baptist have existed from the times of the Apostles. In the since of the direct transmission of Divine truth and the true nature of spiritual religion it seems probable that these church have a lineage or succession more ancient than that the Roman church. All Christian were then Baptist."
John Clark Rippath said "I should not readily admit that there was a Baptist church as far back as 100 A.D. Although without doubt there were Baptist Churches then, as all Christian were then Baptist."
Mosheim said "Before the rise of the Lutheran Calvin, there lay secreted in almost of the countries of Europe persons who adhered tenacious to the principle to the modern Dutch Baptist. The origin of Baptist is lost in the remote depths of antiquity, the first century was a history of Baptist."
Zwingli said, "An institution of the Ana-Baptist is no novelty, but for thirteen hundred years has caused great trouble in the church (the Catholic and Presbertirian) Baptist are known as trouble maker because we hold to the purity of doctrine of the NT and we don’t apologize for it - If you spend any time witnessing you’ve witnessed it."
Catholic Cardinal Hoseios President of counsel of Trent from 1545 - 1564 said, "were it not for the fact that the Baptist have been grievously tormented and cut off with the knife during the past 1200 years, they would swarm greater than all the Reformers. If the truth of religion were to be judged by the readiness and boldness of which a man or any sect shows in suffering, than the opinion and persuasions of no sect can be truer and surer than those of the Anna-Baptist. Since there have been none for the 1200 years past that have been more generally punished or have been more cheerfully and steadfastly undergone and have offered themselves in the most cruel sort of punishment than these people."
It is unlikely that the Reformers stumbled upon the great truth of "justification by faith" on their own - these were men who were well aware of Anna-Baptist. If they were not directly involved with some of the tortures, they certainly witnessed the testimonies of those people as they were tortured and died. It is more likely that the Holy Spirit used it and worked in their hearts as they studied the Word of God and they concluded that what the Anna-Baptist were saying was true.
Baptist Christians must understand why they believe what they believe, then they will see the error of the other denominations and religions as such. We believe that God has maintained a church in every age that has held to the pure doctrine of the Scripture. History shows that it is the Baptist.
Spurgeon said, "history has hitherto been written by our enemies, who never would have kept a single fact about us upon record if they could have helped it. And yet it leaks out every now and then the a certain poor people called Anna Baptist - Anna-Baptist a name given to the Baptist before the sixteenth century. "Anna" means again - but the entire name was applied what Bible believing separatist Baptist do today. They were brought for condemnation ... heretics who were hated of all men for the true sake that was in them ... burned for the crime of Anna-Baptistism ... were protesting for the one Lord, one faith, one baptism. No sooner did the visible church begin to depart from the Gospel than these men arose to keep fast then by the good old way ... calling men to the errors of their ways ... our histories forbid discouragements."
We know that the Baptist were very much involved in the founding of this nation - especially as to religious freedom. Those Baptist founding Fathers understood this, given the freedom of the gospel of grace some people might be saved - we have a superior message that changes life. Through the history of Baptist the enemy (Satan) has always tried to coerce and hold down and stifle the true preaching of the Word of God - Given the opportunity through the reasoning of the Scriptures, God will have the victory.
Baptist Perpetuity (Permanence)
I. The Origin and History of the Baptist:
A. Origin: Started with Jesus (Not at Pentecost as many have been taught) Mark 3:14-18 - This
is a principle - the church began right here - You see all the mixture that establishes a church,
the head Jesus Christ; a called out assembly; a treasure is appoint; they sent out to preach;
(the church didn’t start at either Matt 28 or Acts 2) to establish and organized them into His
church.
1. Forerunner was John the Baptist (Luke 3:1-4).
2. Jesus Christ
B. History:
1. Baptist can be easier traced by blood than by baptism.
2. They were named by their enemies - Anabaptist from infant baptism).
a. Montanists
g. Petrobrussians
b. Novations
h. Henricians
c. Donatists
i. Arnoldists
d. Paulicians
j. Waldenses
e. Albigigenses
k. Anabaptist
f. Paterins
l. Baptist (in England before the Reformation)
C. Sources of History
1. Trail of Blood - J.M. Carroll
2. Baptist Church Perpetuity or History - W.A. Jarrell
3. A History of the Baptist - Armitage (Classic)
II. Distinctive:
A. Doctrinal.
1. The Bible is the complete Word of God (the final authority for faith and practice) Matt. 24:35;
Rev 22:18-19.
2. Salvation is thru Christ alone. Eph. 2:5-8; Acts 4:12; Rom. 5:1-8
3. Assurance of salvation now - Eternal Security. 1 John 3:2
4. Jesus Christ
a. He is God - Deity of Christ (1 Tim. 3:16).
b. He arose bodily from the dead - The Resurrection (Luke 24:39).
c. He is coming back literally - The Second Coming (Acts 1:11).
B. Organizational
1. Christ the author, originator, and Head of the Church (Matt. 16:18; Col. 1:18).
2. Two kinds of officers and only two - Pastors and Deacons (1 Tim. 3:1-13).
3. Only the saved are to be received as members (Acts 2:47; Eph. 2:21; 1 Pet. 2:5).
4. Churches in their governments & discipline to be entirely separate and independent of each
other (Matt. 16:18; Rev. 22:16).
5. It’s polity - Congregational - all members are equal (Matt. 20:24).
6. Two ordinances and only two - Baptism and the Lord’s Supper - They are memorial only
(Matt. 28:19-20).
7. The inspired Scriptures to be the only guide of faith and practice for the church organization
(2 Tim. 3:15-17).
8. The churches to be executive only in carrying out the Lord’s commands, never legislative - to
make new ones (Matt. 16:18; Col. 1:18).
9. Converts to be made purely voluntarily or through persuasion; never physical or
governmental compulsion (Rom. 10:13).
10. Complete separation of Church and State - In their respective administrations - "Religious
Liberty" (Matt. 22:21).
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