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1 | need for a bible-anyone | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 50202 | ||
Raven, hello. Well, I'm one of those sheep who has been thrown to the wolves that inhabit the Southern Baptist Church! My parents were both of them loyal members of the Church of Christ and strict believers that theirs was THE Church and all other communions were merely man-made organizations having no more to do with being a church than an aardvark does with being a rocket scientist. Raven, in my user profile I state that I subscribe to the doctrine found in the 'Baptist Faith and Message.' It is available on-line at the Southern Baptist Convention web site. I challenge anyone to prove that this statement of faith has been, to use your terminology, added to or subtracted from the teaching of the Bible. The Baptist position, by the way, on other communions is not nearly so guarded as the Church of Christ position. That is to say, Baptists don't teach or believe that the Baptist Church holds the exclusive key to heaven or has squatter's rights on the truth of God's word. Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Salvation is in Christ, not in church affiliaton... As for denominations, well we do have a bunch these days, but the differences among many of them are no more divisive or pronounced than were the differences that plagued the apostolic churches during the early beginnings of Christianity.... And by the way, the verses you cited in support of your position as a member of the Church of Christ, the Baptists also use in support of theirs! I'll end my post as you did yours: I respect your viewpoint and I would hope that you will do the same for me. --Hank | ||||||
2 | need for a bible-anyone | Bible general Archive 1 | mouse2 | 50349 | ||
Just wanted to make some points that you might find helpful. You wrote: I subscribe to the doctrine found in the 'Baptist Faith and Message.' Why make that statement? Why do you need to subscribe to any committee prescribed statement? I went to the website and clicked around here and there. What does the book of Acts mean when it says: Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." SBC holds "It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper. " It says nothing of baptism for the remission of sins. Baptism is something someone else does to you, not that you do to yourself. It is not a work you do, it is done to you. The book of Acts is church history, with numerous examples of various people becoming Christians. All taking th same route: Hearing God's word, believing that Word, Confessing Christ, Repenting, and submitting to baptism. All taking place before they are added to the Lord's church. You wrote: I challenge anyone to prove that this statement of faith has been, to use your terminology, added to or subtracted from the teaching of the Bible. So I submit to you, one item in the 2 mins I spent on the site. Mouse2 |
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