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Promoting the truth of salvation by God's grace alone!
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 1Th 5:21
...and ask for the old paths, where is the good way... Jer. 6:16
What do Primitive Baptists Believe?
The UNDENIABLE truth of salvation by GRACE! For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. Titus 3:3-7 More on this text |
Chosen by God in Christ unto Salvation Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him: in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:3-14 |
Eternal Salvation and Time Salvation Old Line Primitive Baptists unequivocally believe in the eternal salvation of God's elect in Heaven and in the timely salvation of God's elect in this life. To help you better understand these aspects of salvation please read the next article. Temporal Salvation - A Bogus or Biblical Concept? By Michael L. Gowens |
Love and Discipleship Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:10-11 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: James 2:8 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:3 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35 |
Simplicity of Worship, the ancient rule
"Simply singing is not agreeable to children (Jews), but singing with lifeless instruments and dancing and clapping is. On this account the use of this kind of instruments and of others agreeable to children is removed from the songs of the churches, and there is left remaining simply singing"
"The use of music was not received in the Christian Churches, as it was among the Jew, in their infant state, but only the use of plain song"
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Only the Primitive Baptists
Calvinists of the Reformed tradition are one of two things, neither of which are Primitive Baptist. They are either Synergists who have high
minded notions about their actual misapplications of the scriptures thereby deceiving themselves into irrationally claiming to be Monergist, or
they are Absoluters who have fallening into the trap of redefining the Arminian requirements put upon man's part as being decreed and caused by
God, thereby trying to force Arminianism into a Sovereign Grace mold, which also leads to all kinds of irrational misapplications of the scriptures.
Simply put, having notions about doctrines such as Election and Predestination and Limited Atonement do not quailfy one as a thorough going Monergist
unless one really and trully gives up any and all notions of man having any responsibility or capability with respect to eternal salvation. In my
experience, only the Primitive Baptists, as a people, get this correct and rationally and consistently rightly divide the word of truth in this regard.
That is why I am a Primitive Baptist and will defend them with every ounce of my being. When a Primitive Baptist says Salvation by Grace, he really
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The Sufficiency of Preaching
1 Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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Steadfastly Against Arminianism
"We deny the charge as unjust made by the Arminians against the wise and good Ruler of the universe.
God did elect His people before the foundation of the world, long before any of them had a being, and
those not elected were left out, and God is not unjust. It is blasphemy to charge a God of purity and
justice with being unjust. It is a wonder that He allows His depraved creatures to live who utter such
vile epithets in denouncing Him while they pretend to worship Him." |
Committed to the Fellowship of the Primitive Baptists "Avoid them." Where men cause divisions in their own country where they live, let us not import them to carry out their designs with us. "Receive him not into your house nor bid him God speed." I am sure this is a safe rule. Where men sow discord at home we may expect them to do so abroad. If we expect to have the love and confidence of Primitive Baptist let us stand up for their principles, and while others are deserting them, let us stand more firmly for them. Where men desert them, or seek to associate with them that do, they will not receive the cordial support of Primitive Baptists. I know our people are few, and generally of the lowest walks of life, but I prize their fellowship their confidence and esteem. I want to be understood by them. I love the doctrine of sovereign grace. I love our primitive methods. I have no fellowship for a progressive spirit, nor for them that urge it upon our people. I want to be plain and outspoken, and devote my remaining energies to the maintenance of Primitive Baptists. from Church Divisions by J.H. Oliphant |
O ye that love the truth! Is it a small matter to you for Christ to be dishonored, and his truth condemned? Do ye not regard what violence is offered to the sufficiency of Christ's sacrifice? If yea, why are ye so silent as if there were none to answer? God complains, "None pleads for truth", Isa. 59:4. It might grieve us to consider that others take more pains for error than we do for truth. Can we say we love the Lord and his truth as we should and not lay it to heart? In these cold days, the love of many, too many, waxes cold to God and man. Many profess love to Christ yet few love him as will appear ere long. For the knowledge and practice of the truth shall be slighted and hated. There shall be found but a very few that will own it. The more dark or doubtful anything appears, the more narrowly search the Scriptures and consider them. The benefits will answer the pains. Set aside partiality, prejudice, and the opinions of men. Neither receive nor refuse without sufficient trial. Pray to God to reveal his truth to thee. --Samuel Richardson in Divine Consolations, Part Three. 1649 |
Concerning the Commission From: A LOVING APPEAL TO THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST by Elder John R. Daily We agree with Eld. J. W. Richardson in the following quotation from his pen: "The chief reason of the adoption of the view that the commission was given to the church was to make the members of our churches believe that if they cannot go in person, it is their duty to contribute of their means to those who can and will go, the introduction of which view led to the organization of the foreign Missionary Boards among the churches in 1792, which caused the great division in the United States in 1832." Eld. Richardson is correct in this. Now to insist upon the right to teach a doctrine in the Old Baptist church that has been a bone of contention between them and the Missionary Baptists is to insist upon the right to drive the wedge they drove. |
IF I WERE GOING TO PREACH HERESY
The above may seem like a strange thing, but strange as it is other people in whom the Baptists have had confidence have left the "old paths" and have followed after "strange gods." I was thinking if I should do as others have done I would,
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Parting Words
The parting words of the Apostle Paul to the elders at Ephesus, Acts 20:28-30, may they be heard all the more in our own perilous day. |
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