Alan Gross
Well-Known Member
I believe the KJB.
from: The Baptist Bride
"New Testament Baptist churches are not bibliolatrists;
they do not worship the Bible,
but they worship the infallible Author of the Bible, that is GOD.
"And they honor His counsel with the utmost sincerity.
"Their blessed Head and Groom have admonished them, saying:
“Prove all things: hold fast that which is good; ..."
"Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine; ..."
"Try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world”
(I Thessalonians 5:21; Titus 2:1; I John 4:1)."
In the body of the work below, I have added "(each individual local New Testament church, faithful to The Great Commission)", for clarity, next to Bible references expressing The Kind of churches Jesus Built.
I added "(each individual local New Testament church, faithful to The Great Commission)" next to Bible references expressing The Kind of churches Jesus Built because Jesus Founded His kind of church assembly and Promised to be with her.
But, Satan has changed the definition of a Biblical 'church' assembly, in the world's perspective, to mean "The Kingdom of All Living Saints of God", however, Jesus Commissioned HIS KIND of LOCAL CHURCH ASSEMBLIES, to make disciples, get folks saved by preaching the Gospel, baptize them into a congregating assembly for membership, and then teaching them all things Jesus Commanded'.
When you find a church assembly organized and Biblically faithful to doing all those very things, you have a Supernatural Organization/ Organism doing the business of God.
Our church assembly was organized by succession authority in 1786.
"Our authority came, according to the Biblical doctrine of “church succession,”
through particular New England “separate” Baptists
who had sought out existing Baptist churches for this arm of authority."
Our History – Bryan Station Baptist Church
We have organized 38+ other Missionary Baptist churches,
along with a robust publications ministry, etc., etc.,
and currently support 23 missionaries on the field, around the world, full-time.
Churches Organized – Bryan Station Baptist Church
from: file:///C:/Users/fundi/Downloads/BaptistSuccession_10213136.pdf
"THE Angel said to Daniel that, in the last days,
Many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.”
"This prophecy is especially being fulfilled as regards church history;
"for a number of the ripest scholars of Europe and America
are devoting their energies to this great work,
with the prospect of much good as the result.
"It has ever been the policy of Rome to destroy, as far as possible,
not only the true church itself but every vestige of its history.
"This fell design has led Romish authors to make the effort
to blacken the character of the Church of Christ,
by accusing its members of almost every crime
which Satanic malice could invent.
"And they have so far succeeded in their purpose,
as to make an impression on the multitude,
that there is no church succession independent of Rome,
and that all other churches came out of the Catholic Church!
"Baptists have with one voice denied any connection with the Romish apostasy,
and claimed their origin as a church from Jesus Christ and the apostles.
"If this claim of the Baptists is true, they should ever be willing
and able to furnish the evidence upon which they rest their claims to antiquity.
"But, owing to the scarcity and cost of old ecclesiastical histories
and documents, the people are deprived of the means of knowing the facts of history
which ought to be within the reach of everyone."
...
A man I know fasted and prayed to God,
asking which of the many 'churches' was the right one.
Although, a former Catholic, he wound up disciplining me for years
on what he had learned.
Of the many subjects that you learn are 'more true the more you study them',
this is one of those.
As Independent Missionary Baptists we base our heritage on 90%
thoughtful prayerful acquiescence to the Eternal Word of God
and The Lordship of Jesus
and 10% on ancient and overwhelming historical evidence
of 'Baptist-like' 'like faith and order' congregations existing throughout the world,
since the time of Christ"
(individual local New Testament churches, faithful to The Great Commission)."
The 10% of historical evidence is not advisedly contended for
as a historical 'Pedigree',
which is indefensible, since Baptists want to,
and need, to see the church business, 'minutes' recorded,
in order to review "by what church's authority a certain member(s),
with Scriptural Baptism, were voted on
to advise and organize the new starting congregation?"
Just like in the Bible, from:http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/hisel.holy.spirit.admin.church.html;
1. The Holy Spirit appoints human leaders over the churches (Acts 20:28).
These men are to be "filled with the Spirit" (Acts 6:3).
2. Second, The Holy Spirit helps a church to decide
important cases of doctrine and practice (Acts 15:28).
3. Third, The Holy Spirit selects men as missionaries (Acts 13).
a. The Holy Spirit sends them out (Acts 13:14).
b. The Holy Spirit determines their field of labor (Acts 16:6-10).
4. Fourth, The Holy Spirit rebukes, warns, or encourages the churches.
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches"
(Revelation 2:17, 29, and 3:13).
a. In the Scriptures (letters to the churches),
the Spirit is carrying on His ministry of governing the churches.
b. Each letter is authoritative because
it is the voice of the Spirit unto the churches.
II. THE HOLY SPIRIT EQUIPS HIS CHURCHES.
A. Churches Today Must Function Through Human Instrumentalities.
1. The Spirit calls men into this body
(l Corinthians 12:13, 18).
2. The Spirit gives the needed spiritual gifts
to them to enable them in the work of the Lord
(l Corinthians 12:23-24).
So, by God's Promises in The Bible, in the 90% scripturally based
faith in church succession,
there is a Supernatural Superintendence of The Holy Spirit,
i.e., Another Comforter, that ensures church succession.
Yet, for the 10% historical faith in church succession,
where are those detailed records,
of church business, 'minutes' recorded,
from the first century through to the 21st?
that we all need to verify that history?
.... Right.
While there was an actual existence of these 'Baptist-like' congregations
they were outside of the Roman Catholic and Protestant (often political) hierarchies,
and this left them hounded and persecuted, WITHOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,
thereby leaving much of their history written in a trail of blood, rather than 'documents'.
So although, we do believe in a chain-link succession,
of 'Baptist-like' congregations,
it is by 90% faith in God's Promises in the Bible
and 10%, by faith, observing what history records
that God has Permitted to be preserved.
I ask for your Thoughtful, Prayerful,
Acquiescence to The Eternal Word of God,
of the 90% of God's Promises in the Bible, below,
in consideration of the following
SCRIPTURE PROOFS of 'BAPTIST-like' PERPETUITY.
con't
from: The Baptist Bride
"New Testament Baptist churches are not bibliolatrists;
they do not worship the Bible,
but they worship the infallible Author of the Bible, that is GOD.
"And they honor His counsel with the utmost sincerity.
"Their blessed Head and Groom have admonished them, saying:
“Prove all things: hold fast that which is good; ..."
"Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine; ..."
"Try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world”
(I Thessalonians 5:21; Titus 2:1; I John 4:1)."
In the body of the work below, I have added "(each individual local New Testament church, faithful to The Great Commission)", for clarity, next to Bible references expressing The Kind of churches Jesus Built.
I added "(each individual local New Testament church, faithful to The Great Commission)" next to Bible references expressing The Kind of churches Jesus Built because Jesus Founded His kind of church assembly and Promised to be with her.
But, Satan has changed the definition of a Biblical 'church' assembly, in the world's perspective, to mean "The Kingdom of All Living Saints of God", however, Jesus Commissioned HIS KIND of LOCAL CHURCH ASSEMBLIES, to make disciples, get folks saved by preaching the Gospel, baptize them into a congregating assembly for membership, and then teaching them all things Jesus Commanded'.
When you find a church assembly organized and Biblically faithful to doing all those very things, you have a Supernatural Organization/ Organism doing the business of God.
Our church assembly was organized by succession authority in 1786.
"Our authority came, according to the Biblical doctrine of “church succession,”
through particular New England “separate” Baptists
who had sought out existing Baptist churches for this arm of authority."
Our History – Bryan Station Baptist Church
We have organized 38+ other Missionary Baptist churches,
along with a robust publications ministry, etc., etc.,
and currently support 23 missionaries on the field, around the world, full-time.
Churches Organized – Bryan Station Baptist Church
from: file:///C:/Users/fundi/Downloads/BaptistSuccession_10213136.pdf
"THE Angel said to Daniel that, in the last days,
Many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.”
"This prophecy is especially being fulfilled as regards church history;
"for a number of the ripest scholars of Europe and America
are devoting their energies to this great work,
with the prospect of much good as the result.
"It has ever been the policy of Rome to destroy, as far as possible,
not only the true church itself but every vestige of its history.
"This fell design has led Romish authors to make the effort
to blacken the character of the Church of Christ,
by accusing its members of almost every crime
which Satanic malice could invent.
"And they have so far succeeded in their purpose,
as to make an impression on the multitude,
that there is no church succession independent of Rome,
and that all other churches came out of the Catholic Church!
"Baptists have with one voice denied any connection with the Romish apostasy,
and claimed their origin as a church from Jesus Christ and the apostles.
"If this claim of the Baptists is true, they should ever be willing
and able to furnish the evidence upon which they rest their claims to antiquity.
"But, owing to the scarcity and cost of old ecclesiastical histories
and documents, the people are deprived of the means of knowing the facts of history
which ought to be within the reach of everyone."
...
A man I know fasted and prayed to God,
asking which of the many 'churches' was the right one.
Although, a former Catholic, he wound up disciplining me for years
on what he had learned.
Of the many subjects that you learn are 'more true the more you study them',
this is one of those.
As Independent Missionary Baptists we base our heritage on 90%
thoughtful prayerful acquiescence to the Eternal Word of God
and The Lordship of Jesus
and 10% on ancient and overwhelming historical evidence
of 'Baptist-like' 'like faith and order' congregations existing throughout the world,
since the time of Christ"
(individual local New Testament churches, faithful to The Great Commission)."
The 10% of historical evidence is not advisedly contended for
as a historical 'Pedigree',
which is indefensible, since Baptists want to,
and need, to see the church business, 'minutes' recorded,
in order to review "by what church's authority a certain member(s),
with Scriptural Baptism, were voted on
to advise and organize the new starting congregation?"
Just like in the Bible, from:http://baptisthistoryhomepage.com/hisel.holy.spirit.admin.church.html;
1. The Holy Spirit appoints human leaders over the churches (Acts 20:28).
These men are to be "filled with the Spirit" (Acts 6:3).
2. Second, The Holy Spirit helps a church to decide
important cases of doctrine and practice (Acts 15:28).
3. Third, The Holy Spirit selects men as missionaries (Acts 13).
a. The Holy Spirit sends them out (Acts 13:14).
b. The Holy Spirit determines their field of labor (Acts 16:6-10).
4. Fourth, The Holy Spirit rebukes, warns, or encourages the churches.
"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches"
(Revelation 2:17, 29, and 3:13).
a. In the Scriptures (letters to the churches),
the Spirit is carrying on His ministry of governing the churches.
b. Each letter is authoritative because
it is the voice of the Spirit unto the churches.
II. THE HOLY SPIRIT EQUIPS HIS CHURCHES.
A. Churches Today Must Function Through Human Instrumentalities.
1. The Spirit calls men into this body
(l Corinthians 12:13, 18).
2. The Spirit gives the needed spiritual gifts
to them to enable them in the work of the Lord
(l Corinthians 12:23-24).
So, by God's Promises in The Bible, in the 90% scripturally based
faith in church succession,
there is a Supernatural Superintendence of The Holy Spirit,
i.e., Another Comforter, that ensures church succession.
Yet, for the 10% historical faith in church succession,
where are those detailed records,
of church business, 'minutes' recorded,
from the first century through to the 21st?
that we all need to verify that history?
.... Right.
While there was an actual existence of these 'Baptist-like' congregations
they were outside of the Roman Catholic and Protestant (often political) hierarchies,
and this left them hounded and persecuted, WITHOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,
thereby leaving much of their history written in a trail of blood, rather than 'documents'.
So although, we do believe in a chain-link succession,
of 'Baptist-like' congregations,
it is by 90% faith in God's Promises in the Bible
and 10%, by faith, observing what history records
that God has Permitted to be preserved.
I ask for your Thoughtful, Prayerful,
Acquiescence to The Eternal Word of God,
of the 90% of God's Promises in the Bible, below,
in consideration of the following
SCRIPTURE PROOFS of 'BAPTIST-like' PERPETUITY.
con't
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