Hello, Pastor Larry:
Warm Christian Greetings ! (apologies to Robert J. Hutton
)
You said "I would never attend a church who did it that way ".
Well, of course, you are entitled to that principle. I only wish you had not put a note of finality to your statement.
But not wanting to do Sunday School because we PB's would like to stick as close to how the first
church did things and proving, historically and scripturally, that such practice is unscriptural is certainly not "weak argument".
I think personally that if God says the parents are responsible for something in His behalf, then the parents are responsible for something in His behalf and believers ought not to go beyond the parameters set by God because we might not see the wisdom of such parameters with our eyes but God certainly does.
Now, if I were in an area where there are Baptists, Primitive or otherwise, but who are Arminian in theology (yes, Virginia, there are Arminian PB's
)and there is a Methodist or Presbyterian church some miles away who preach the doctrines of Grace, then I would certainly go and attend worship in the Presbyterian or Methodist church, Sunday School or no, musical instruments or not, many miles away or a door down.
You see, ever since my Savior opened my eyes to the scope of His love and grace, my basis for fellowship had been, "do they preach the Doctrine of Grace?" "do they preach God sovereign in all ?"
"do they preach the Blood ?" "Do they preach all the essentials of the faith once delivered to the saints ?" Then they are my brethren in Christ, Baptist or not.
I do not speak for all the PB brethren here, but I would certainly not view Sunday School as a test of fellowship, just as many PB's do not also consider close or closed communion among PB's a test of fellowship.
But between joining to a Primitive Baptist church who does Sunday School and one who does not, I would certainly choose the latter, because joining the former would make me and them uncomfortable with each other.
Were it not for grace....
(uhmmm...I think somebody else said that here
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Warm Christian Greetings ! (apologies to Robert J. Hutton
You said "I would never attend a church who did it that way ".
Well, of course, you are entitled to that principle. I only wish you had not put a note of finality to your statement.
But not wanting to do Sunday School because we PB's would like to stick as close to how the first
church did things and proving, historically and scripturally, that such practice is unscriptural is certainly not "weak argument".
I think personally that if God says the parents are responsible for something in His behalf, then the parents are responsible for something in His behalf and believers ought not to go beyond the parameters set by God because we might not see the wisdom of such parameters with our eyes but God certainly does.
Now, if I were in an area where there are Baptists, Primitive or otherwise, but who are Arminian in theology (yes, Virginia, there are Arminian PB's

You see, ever since my Savior opened my eyes to the scope of His love and grace, my basis for fellowship had been, "do they preach the Doctrine of Grace?" "do they preach God sovereign in all ?"
"do they preach the Blood ?" "Do they preach all the essentials of the faith once delivered to the saints ?" Then they are my brethren in Christ, Baptist or not.
I do not speak for all the PB brethren here, but I would certainly not view Sunday School as a test of fellowship, just as many PB's do not also consider close or closed communion among PB's a test of fellowship.
But between joining to a Primitive Baptist church who does Sunday School and one who does not, I would certainly choose the latter, because joining the former would make me and them uncomfortable with each other.
Were it not for grace....
(uhmmm...I think somebody else said that here