Featured A Baptist church which cannot 'project' or 'merge' its sovereignty into a 'general body' of any kind

The 'Reasonable' people are 'Reasoning' with a mind affected by The sin of Adam.

 

Jesus is the Head of His churches. The last statement goes very close to very far.

 

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Two or three comments take exception to Br. Carrol's statement regarding The Lord's churches, ( Properly Structured in their Organization, with Authority to Baptise, holding the Lord's Supper, and protecting their Congregation, by church Discipline) saying those church bodies:
cannot 'project' or 'merge' its sovereignty into a 'general body' of any kind,

with objections that the first-century brothers where used by Jesus to EDIFY His churches, as He had Promised(???)

Br. Carrol is saying that for church A and church B to interact with another administrative body, such as a 'Home Office C', or 'Headquarters C', or 'Corporate C', in such a way that relinquishes their RIGHT to SELF-GOVERN, DOES NOT ANOINT that 3rd 'C' entity as 'The Most Holy'.

He was saying that a transfer of The Shekinah Glory that Publically Inaugurated The church that Jesus Built, as a Fulfillment of Daniel 9:24; "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression (The participation of the Apostate Jewish Perversion of Old Testament Christianity in The Crucifixion of Jesus), and to make an end of sins, (The Crucifixion of Jesus; "it is Finished") and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, (The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Jesus) and to seal up the vision and prophecy (end the Instantaneous Miraculous Gifts ONLY Given to The Apostle, The 70, and which Jesus Possessed and the Completion of The Inspirired Writers of The New Testament Canon, ), and to anoint the most Holy." That would be Pentecost.

The Kind of Divinely Organized and Originated church that Jesus Built is not open to capriciously re-constitute their Divine Institution, with Jesus as their Head, into an amalgamation leading their decision making to SOME OTHER BODY, i.e., sending them what choices they may choose from, for their Pastor, or forgetting it, if they think the Home Office won't publish a Commentary, or Sunday School curriculum celebrating 34 Heathen 'Holidays' out of every 52 weeks in a tear, that ALL OF THE CHURCHES OPPOSE.


The 'Reasonable' people are 'Reasoning' with a mind affected by The sin of Adam.

This statement is concerning 'Calvinism' vs 'Arminianism' and their treatment, AS IF ONE OR THE OTHER MAY BE TRUE, GIVING BOTH EQUAL MERIT in A 'DEBATE OF HUMAN, CARNAL, FINITE, FLESHLY REASONING.

How about this. You have seen this, Right? :


1 Paul, an apostle (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, Who raised Him from the dead), 2 And all the brethren who are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age {world}, according to the will of God and our Father, 5 To Whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, 7 Which is not another; but there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now seek the favor of {persuade} men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

11 But I make known to {certify} you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by {of} me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ."

'Reasoning' with a sin-cursed mind can result in such bazaar short-sightedness as referring to, JOHN 6:44-ISM, as "CALVINISM".

JOHN 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him"

Why would 'man' classify The Bible under some persons name?

Then, why would others 'claim' a name, of Arminian, under which they place their own name where Jesus' Name is, in:
"John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."

That's another Gospel.

Adam died.

God Said Adam would Die.

Was Adam "DEAD", in TRESPASSES AND SINS?????

That DEAD LIGHT BULB NEEDS SOMEONE ELSE TO FLICK THE SWITCH AND SUPPLY THE POWER OF GOD TO THEIR SOUL, IF SO.

 

This subject and the source material for it are GLORIOUS.

I look forward to returning to that title, for a continuation of the treatment, expounding: 20TH CENTURY ‘DISPENSATIONALISM’ IS PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL TO LOST 1ST CENTURY JEWS WHO CRUCIFIED JESUS, although I dunno where it came from to be referenced on this thread.

 

Great Question:

What, in The Name of God, is the proposed 'Way of Salvation' the membership is presumed to have entrusted The Safe-Keeping of their soul?

 

Yeah, you tell me not to 'define' something and how could anyone know what IN HEAVEN'S NAME you are referring to by, 'a Bible Church'?

Do they give one whit, iota, or jot, about this phenomenon, written by one of my dozens of God Fearing teachers?;

"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 will list eight but treat primarily three in this Notebook.

(1) The church's Head and Founder is Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:18; Colossians 1:18).

(2) Its only rule of faith and practice is the Bible (II Timothy 3:15-17).

(3) Its members are to be only saved people (Acts 2:41).

(4) Its government is congregational (Acts 1:23-26 - equality).

(5) Its teaching on salvation is that it is by grace (Ephesians 2:8-9).

(6) It has but two ordinances; Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and these are symbolic (Matthew 28:19-20; I Corinthians 11:24).

(7) Its commission is inclusive (Matthew 28:16-20).

(8) It is independent (Matthew 16:19; Matthew 22:21).

"Wherever, in history, in whatever age, you find churches teaching these doctrines, 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.

"What it teaches is the important thing.

"Jesus said the gates of hell would not prevail against His church so He guaranteed perpetuity."

8. 5.2: 30 A.D.> Jesus Established HIS CHURCHES During Jesus' Time in His Ministry on Earth - 8. THE GODHEAD in HIS CHURCHES.

 

Of course, 'being a Baptist', or 'in The Lord's churches', or 'Scripturally Baptized', and anything else to do with 'ecclesiology', as Squire Robertsson said.

'Baptists' never broach the subject of 'ecclesiology', prior to the Assurance of an Individual's testimony of their having experienced a Sound soteriology.

Prior to a lost soul being Saved, there is nothing really to discuss about 'ecclesiology', in any way.

Unless the discussion 'ecclesiology' involves the Spiritual Reality that

"we'd have to consider all Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Salvation Army folks to be unsaved", ONLY IF THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE TAUGHT, by those Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians,
and Salvation Army representing the specific 'ecclesiology' they are associated with.