Baptist History by Baptists 1b: An Illustration of 'Distinguishing Marks'

Illustration.
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Maybe this illustration will help us.

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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.

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The mule is black, broken down, long-eared,

and thin with ribs showing.

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The wagon is of wood and is red.

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It also has white stripes on it.

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The wheels are blue with spokes.

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After the wagon and mule enter the covered bridge

we wait for about thirty minutes.

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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.

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One who has a sound mind

realizes that this is the same mule

and wagon we observed earlier.

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This is like the churches that Jesus built.
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In the Bible, we have an accurate description

of what the church looked like.

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As that church entered the covered bridge of time

we wait and watch.

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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.

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As we watched the covered bridge earlier

we may have seen several wagons drawn by mules

come out of it.

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We looked and saw they did not fit

the description of the one we saw earlier.

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They may have looked alike in many ways

but if they are not exactly alike,

we know they are different wagons and mules.

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So today, when we look at so-called churches

and see that they look a lot like the first one,

let us look closely.

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If they do not meet the Bible description,

conclude that they are

NOT ORIGINATED FROM

the first church
JESUS BUILT.
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Thus we believe that Baptist churches

are identified in history by their doctrines.

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It is where these "truths" or doctrines are stood for

and

taught that we will be able to observe the

"Trail of Blood."
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The history of these "kind" of churches is written in blood.

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Here you will find outward manifestations of the battle

between

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

 

"Bumping this reformated OP."