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Discussion in 'Baptist History' started by DocTrinsoGrace, Oct 25, 2013.

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    "What can render the state of a person worse than to be an enemy of God, Jesus Christ, and the power of godliness; and yet to think he is holy and a good Christian? Nay, because his conscience is blind in the matter, it acquits him since it lacks saving light, while he keeps up in a zealous performance of the external acts of duty and religion; by which means he is deprived of that help which some openly profane gain from the rebukes and lashes of their own consciences, which often proves a means of their conversion. But the hypocritical professor, not knowing he lacks a changed heart, nor understanding that he is without those Sacred Principles from whence should flow all he acts and does, but contrariwise he is stirred up by false Principles, and acts only by the power of natural conscience and affections, having no clear judgment to discern his own danger, nor what a state he is still in. His condition is deplorable, and this unclean spirit is worse and more dangerous than that which he was in before.

    "Their blindness and ignorance consists in that they cannot discern nor distinguish between a changed heart and a changed life, or between legal reformation and true regeneration. They think, because their behavior seems so much better than it was before, in their own apprehension, and in the apprehension of others also, their condition is good enough. They comparing themselves with themselves, beholding what a vast difference there is, or seems to be in respect of what they once were, when swearers, drunkards, whoremongers, etc., cannot but commend themselves to themselves. Once they saw themselves sinners, and called themselves so, and were ashamed of their own sinful and wicked lives; but now they are righteous in their own eyes, and so have no need of any further work, being arrived to that state of holiness (so they think) to that degree of piety, to that change, to that conversion, that they conclude they need not seek for further change and yet they are deceived." --Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
     
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    "We believe that the Baptists are the original Christians. We did not commence our existence at the Reformation, we were reformers before Luther or Calvin were born; we never came from the Church of Rome, for we were never in it, but we have an unbroken line up to the apostles themselves. We have always existed from the very days of Christ, and our principles, sometimes veiled and forgotten, like a river which may travel underground for a little season, have always had honest and holy adherents. Persecuted alike by Romanists and Protestants of almost every sect, yet there has never existed a government holding Baptist principles which persecuted others; nor, I believe, any body of Baptists ever held it to be right to put the consciences of others under the control of man. We have ever been ready to suffer; as our martyrologies will prove, but we are not ready to accept any help from the State, to prostitute the purity of the Bride of Christ to any alliance with Government, and we will never make the Church, the despot over the consciences of men."
    -- Charles H. Spurgeon
     
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    "It belongs to the perfection of God to have a purpose, a design. You cannot think of God apart from His purposes, His choices, His decrees, His decisions. You can’t think of God apart from the plan of God anymore than you can think of the sun without its heat and its light. God does not rule this universe by whim or caprice. He does not do it opportunistically or adventitiously. But God does it by purpose, by plan, and by design. God has a plan. It belongs, I say, to the perfection of God that He have a plan. It belongs to the sovereignty of God that He executes that plan. God sees it through no matter what, no matter when, no matter how, no matter the obstacles, no matter what occasion may arise, no matter what enemy may intervene or may interpose, God carries that plan through!" --W. A. Criswell (1955)
     
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    "In light of my physical condition, I am often asked the age-old question, 'How can an all-powerful God of love allow you to suffer in this way? Surely the Bible says that God always does what is right? Yes it does - and He does! I have come to see that suffering is one of the many ways in which God demonstrates His unfailing love to those who have come to put their trust in Him. Writing out of His own painful experience, the Psalmist says, 'It was good for me to be afflicted, so that I might learn Your decrees' (Psalm 119:71) -- and I gladly endorse every word of that testimony.

    "Among other things, suffering empties us of pride and self-dependence, and makes us realize our complete dependence upon God. When we reach the point where we have nowhere to turn except to God, we begin to get a clearer view of who and what He is. Day by day, I am discovering more and more of His wisdom, love and grace. I am also finding that God's power is made perfect in my weakness, and that 'when I am weak, then I am strong' (2 Corinthians 12:10)

    "Jesus went through appalling suffering, physical, mental and spiritual, yet at the end of it all He was to 'see the light of life and be satisfied' (Isaiah 53:11). I count it a privilege to experience in some small way 'the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings' (Philippians 3:10) Although I am bedridden, struggle to breathe comfortably, and often have to contend with painful bed sores, I count them as 'light and momentary troubles' (2 Corinthians 4:17). For all the difficulties they cause, I know that they are achieving for me 'an eternal glory that far outweighs them all' (2 Corinthians 4:17) How trivial they will all seem in the light of the eternal bliss that awaits God's children in the world to come!" --Johnny Farese
     
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    "It is therefore the bounden duty of those who profess to have been justified by God to diligently and impartially examine themselves, to ascertain whether or not they have in them those spiritual graces which always accompany justification. It is by our sanctification, and that alone, that we may discover our justification. Would you know whether Christ fulfilled the law for you, that His obedience has been imputed to youraccount? Then search your heart and life and see whether a spirit of obedience to Him is daily working in you. The righteousness of the law is fulfilled only in those who 'walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit' (Romans 8:4). God never designed that the obedience of His Son should be imputed to those who live a life of worldliness, self-pleasing, and gratifying the lusts of the flesh. Far from it: 'If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new' (2 Corinthians 5:17)." -A. W. Pink (1886-1952)
     
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    A. W. Pink on the incarnation, “Greatness is never so glorious as when it takes the place of lowliness. Power is never so attractive as when it is placed at the disposal of others. Might is never so triumphant as when it sets aside its own prerogatives. Sovereignty is never so winsome as when it is seen in the place of service. And, may we not say it reverently, Deity had never appeared so glorious as when It hung upon a maiden’s breast! Yes, we behold His glory — the glory of an infinite condescension, the glory of a matchless grace, the glory of a fathomless love.”
     
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    "It should fill us with joy, that infinite wisdom guides the affairs of the world. Many of its events are shrouded in darkness and mystery, and inextricable confusion sometimes seems to reign. Often wickedness prevails, and God seems to have forgotten the creatures that he has made. Our own path through life is dark and devious, and beset with difficulties and dangers. How full of consolation is the doctrine, that infinite wisdom directs every event, brings order out of confusion, and light out of darkness, and, to those who love God, causes all things, whatever be their present aspect and apparent tendency, to work together for good." --John L. Dagg (1794-1884)
     
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    “The law of creation binds when the covenant of creation is broken. Though the transgression of man has forfeited his interest in the one, yet it cannot dissolve the obligation of the other.”

    “…the world is set under a general reprieve and the full execution of the deserved curse is delayed until the day of judgement. Until that time children of men are under a dispensation of goodness and sparing mercy. So they are in a remote capacity or possibility of obtaining salvation by Christ where it pleases God to send the gospel, the dispensation of which is made effectual for the salvation of all the elect, who are in this way gathered unto the kingdom of Christ.”

    Coxe, Covenant Theology From Adam to Christ pg. 58
     
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    If, in his perfect obedience and penal death, he acted and suffered as the substitute of all mankind, they are all redeemed: but if, as the representative of the elect only, redemption must be considered as exclusively theirs. For, to imagine that the death of Christ, as the price of deliverance from the curse of the law, redeemed any for whom, as a substitute, he did not suffer; and to suppose, that any of those for whom as a surety, he sustained the penalty of death, are not redeemed,seem equally indefensible and absurd.
    ...we cannot perceive any solid reason to conclude, that his propitiatory sufferings are sufficient for the expiation of sins which he did not bear, or for the redemption of sinners whom he did not represent, as a sponsor, when he expired upon the cross. For the substitution of Christ, and the imputation of sin to him, are essential to the scriptural doctrine of redemption by our adorable Jesus. --We may, therefore, safely conclude, that our Lord's voluntary substitution, and redemption by his vicarious death, are both of them limited to those, for whom he was made SIN --for whom he was made a CURSE --and for whose deliverance from final ruin, he actually paid the price of his OWN BLOOD. Consequently, that redemption is particular, and particular to the chosen of God." (Abraham Booth,The Works of Abraham Booth,Vol. 3:60,61)
     
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    "Nothing is more difficult in our investigations of the truth than to avoid all unreasonable extremes. To maintain a just balance amidst warmly controverted opinions is one of the noblest achievements of the human mind. Many powerful causes combine their influence to betray men into error upon almost every subject that engages their inquiry. One cause is to be found in the limited powers of the human mind. How difficult, with the feeble and beclouded faculties which we posses, so to investigate important and intricate subjects in all their various relations and tendencies as to defend ourselves against mistake. With the imbecility of the human mind, how many other things co-operate. Indolence checks investigation; early education warps the judgment; the opinions of revered associates, public sentiment and the authority of great manes, often rear their formidable ramparts against the truth.

    "And how strong are the manacles which the depraved heart of man rivets upon his understanding. Pride dictates opinions with amazing power; prejudice darkens the mental eye; passion clamors for a verdict in accordance with its blind impulse; and self-interest seizes the scales of judgment and casts in her unequal weights. All these influences have deeply affected the religious opinions of men, and given origin and perpetuity to innumerable errors. Where truth has not been wholly extinguished, how often it is sadly beclouded; and even when it seems to shine forth with full-orbed brightness, prayerful and patient scrutiny may reveal upon the disk many an unseemly spot. In relation to the same point, men have entrenched themselves at a distance from each other almost infinite. Nor is it certain when we correct ourselves in one extreme, that we shall not fall into another equally absurd. How often does the human mind, when routed from one mistake, swing off like the pendulum to an opposite position just as distant from the truth, and as dangerous to the cause of Christ. The strongest intellects have put forth their might in the defense of error, and wit and learning have gathered many costly materials to embalm and consecrate the most futile delusions. And as error is often united to great intellectual attainments, so is it sometimes associated with eminent piety. It is not strange that considerations like these should suggest discouragement and fear, and induce the honest inquirer after truth to exclaim, 'who can understand his errors,' how shall I arrive to the right knowledge of divine things? Can I hope to go right where the wisest and best have wandered; can I hope to stand firm, where the mightiest have stumbled? We would say, let no man's heart fail him for fear: the views which we have presented should inspire watchfulness and self-distrust; but they should not induce despair. We have in our possession, (thanks to the Great Father of lights), an infallible standard of truth; and there is a way in which its most important instructions may be learned." --Charles D. Mallary (December 1, 1842)
     
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    “People suppose they may be followers of Christ and yet ignore the path which He traveled; that they may decline the unpleasant task of denying self and yet make sure of heaven. What a delusion!” --A. W. Pink (1886–1952)
     
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    Mary had a little lamb
    It would have grown to be a sheep
    but it joined a Baptist church
    and died of lack of sleep
     
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    Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
    He hath burst his bonds in twain;
    Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
    Alleluia! swell the strain!
    For our gain he suffered loss
    by divine decree;
    he hath die upon the cross,
    but our God is he.

    See the chains of death are broken;
    earth below and heaven above
    joy in each amazing token
    of his rising, Lord of love;
    he for evermore shall reign
    by the Father's side,
    till he comes to earth again,
    come to claim his Bride.

    Glorious angels downward thronging
    hail the Lord of all the skies;
    heaven, with joy and holy longing
    for the Word Incarnate, cries,
    "Sun and stars and earth rejoice!
    Christ is risen again!
    All creation find a voice;
    he o'er all shall reign."

    --Archer Thompson Gurney (1862)
     
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    "There is a deep-seated hatred for God and His law in the heart of every lost man. It is for this reason that 'those who are in the flesh cannot please God.' In the religious man this enmity is often well hidden, but under the right circumstances it will lash out viciously." --Charles Leiter
     
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    "Indolence is therefore one of the vices from which those whom it once infects are seldom reformed. Every other species of luxury operates upon some appetite that is quickly satiated, and requires some concurrence of art or accident which every place will not supply; but the desire of ease acts equally at all hours, and the longer it is indulged is the more increased. To do nothing is in every man's power; we can never want an opportunity of omitting duties. The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity; but the return to diligence is difficult, because it implies a change from rest to motion, from privation to reality." --Samuel Johnson (1751)
     
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    "Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." - John, circa AD 30

    Ain't that about as good, as old, and as Baptist as it gets?
     
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    George W. Truett:

    • “Lording it over the consciences of men is to the Baptist mind an insufferable tyranny in the realm of the soul, and tends to frustrate the grace of God, to destroy freedom of conscience, and terribly to hinder the coming of the Kingdom of God.”
    • “A Baptist must, in conscience, at all times, and everywhere, plead for absolute religious liberty for his Catholic neighbor, for his Jewish neighbor, and for everybody else.”
    • “That principle [competency of the individual, under God] is the keystone truth of the Baptists.”
    • “The right of private worship is the crown jewel of humanity.”
    • “Church and state must, in this land, be forever separate and free.”
    • “Religious liberty is the nursing mother of all liberty.”
    • “Toleration is a concession, while liberty is a right.”
     
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    "The gospel of Satan is not a system of revolutionary principles, nor yet a program of anarchy. It does not promote strife and war, but aims at peace and unity. It seeks not to set the mother against her daughter nor the father against his son, but fosters the fraternal spirit whereby the human race is regarded as one great 'brotherhood.' It does not seek to drag down the natural man, but to improve and uplift him. It advocates education and cultivation and appeals to 'the best that is within us.' It aims to make this world such a comfortable and congenial habitat that Christ’s absence from it will not be felt and God will not be needed. It endeavors to occupy man so much with this world that he has no time or inclination to think of the world to come. It propagates the principles of self-sacrifice, charity and benevolence, and teaches us to live for the good of others, and to be kind to all. It appeals strongly to the carnal mind and is popular with the masses, because it ignores the solemn facts that by nature man is a fallen creature, alienated from the life of God, and dead in trespasses and sins, and that his only hope lies in being born again." --A. W. Pink
     
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    The last sentence bears repeating:thumbs:
     
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    "What comes from this throne of grace is pure grace, and nothing else; clear grace, free grace; grace that is not mixed, nor need be mixed with works of righteousness that we have done. It is of itself sufficient to answer all our wants, to heal all our diseases and to help us at a time of need. It is grace that chooses, it is grace that calls, it is grace that preserves, and it is grace that brings to glory; even the grace that like a river of water of life proceeds from this throne. And hence it is, that from first to last, we must cry, Grace, grace unto it!" --John Bunyan (1628-1688)
     
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