Featured The dreaded doctrine of election and perseverance.

Well, eternal Justification would be Hyper!

 

I would not just totally and casually ditch him as you did here, as he still was very good in much of his theology, as he was wrong in certain areas, but all are not named Apostles!

 

The problem with the BB is that there are some posters here who display cult-like posts, but calling them out would result in myself being reprimanded.

 

Total Depravity must be Revealed to the sinner, by way of Conviction, prior to a soul Being Granted Repentance of their very being and its inability to produce anything but sin against an Angry, Thrice-Holy God and Faith in Jesus Christ as Their Savior.

Once an individual soul is Saved they are Teachable by The Spirit of The Divine Nature they now Partake of.

The Doctrine of Election and Perseverance,
which are prevalent and predominant in The Scriptures, Can Rationally be Taught them, then.

Not, before.

 

Oh, that's how God Saves souls, btw, FYI, omg, smh, not lol.

The soul must be lost before it can be Saved.

Jesus Came to Seek and to Save that which was lost.

Not the well, who need not a Physician.

If a soul has not experienced being 'sick' unto death, a putrifying soar, God-hating, and Justly Hellbound, they may very well have not experienced Salvation.

The test would be whether they have a Spirit that Bears Witness with The Words of God, Who is Spirit.

"There are none that does good".

Then, they are Teachable, to the Things of God.

Otherwise, they are 'ever learning' Wizards of Smart who look down on God, still, and do not bring Him Praise or Glory, as evidence of their Total Depravity to which they are oblivious and Totally Depraved.

They worship Satan, indirectly through the Beast,
by worshipping the Creature, rather than The Creator.

"For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:" Isaiah 14:13.

Sin is dreaded.

 

This is a twisted rejection of God's elect being from every nation, tribe and tongue as expressed in scripture.

I am not sure why you cannot accept God's choosing of people from all nations, tribes and tongues. Perhaps you can explain your disgust since this is a truth clearly taught in scripture, within context.

 

from: CHURCH CHARACTERISTICS.
Was the First Church a Baptist Church?

1. The First Church was Composed of Saved Persons.

If John the Baptist had baptized the multitude who applied for baptism (see Matthew 3:7-10 and Luke 3:7-9), it would perhaps have sealed their damnation. Why? Because they were destitute of the Spiritual prerequisites to baptism, and hence their baptism could only have been in "form" or, "according to the letter."

A man must first believe in Christ, and "whosoever believeth in the Son of God hath the witness in himself " (1 John 5:10); "hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation" (John 5:24); "has been born of God" (1 John 5:1) and "overcometh the world" (1 John 5:4-5), "is justified" (Rom: 5:1). Yea, he must have the blessings predicated of Repentance, Faith, Love, Confession, or baptism will lead him away and astray, and that to his own destruction. How can a man obey in Spirit without Spiritual qualification? If Spiritual fitness is not inquired into, then soon it will not be required. You need not expect it if you don’t enact it; if not taught it will not be sought; if not held it will not be had. If candidates go down into the water without having died to sin, and that means freedom from sin, and with no newness of life, then his baptism, so called, would be a solemn profession of falsehoods. Romans 6:1-11 has no reference to baptism of the Holy Spirit, or by the Holy Spirit, or in the Holy Spirit, yet it is Spiritual baptism. It is not the natural man conforming to the letter, but the Spiritual man conforming to both better and Spirit of baptism.



2. They Were Discipled Before They Were Baptized (Matthew 28:19-20 and John 4:10). Others, as a rule, believe in discipling by baptizing. See A. Campbell, and Pedobaptist writers generally, and especially their practice.

3. They Repented Before They Were Baptized (Matthew 1:2, 7, 8; Luke 3:6, 8; Mark 1:4; Acts 13:24, etc). Baptist churches require evidence of Repentance before baptism. No others do.

4. They Were Convicted Before They, Repented (John 16:8-9; Acts 2:37; 1 Cor. 14:26-27). Baptist churches only make enquiry about this work of the Holy Spirit. All Baptists do not, but they violate the old-time rule of Baptists.

5. They Repented Before They Believed (Mark 1:15; Matthew 21:22; Acts 2:38 and 19:4; Heb. 6:1). Baptists believe the order is of vital importance. The order reversed is fatal to both repentance and faith.

6. They Were Baptized When They Believed (Acts 2:41; 8:12 ; 18:8). Not when they repented, or when eight days old, etc., as the custom of some is, or when born of a believing parent or parents, as the rule of others is. When they believe, is the time. This is characteristic only of Baptist churches.

7. They Experienced Conversion Before They Were Baptized (Acts 2:37 and 41; 10:43-47; Matthew 3:8-10). "Works meet for repentance" are the voluntary fruits of a good tree.

 

The Father chose us in Him to be found from eternity past!

 

God exists outside of time, correct?