Alan Gross
Well-Known Member
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.
...
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.
...
Maybe this illustration will help us.
...
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.
...
The mule is black, broken down, long-eared,
and thin with ribs showing.
...
The wagon is of wood and is red.
...
It also has white stripes on it.
...
The wheels are blue with spokes.
...
After the wagon and mule enter the covered bridge
we wait for about thirty minutes.
...
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.
...
One who has a sound mind
realizes that this is the same mule
and wagon we observed earlier.
...
This is like the churches that Jesus built.
...
In the Bible, we have an accurate description
of what the church looked like.
...
As that church entered the covered bridge of time
we wait and watch.
...
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.
...
As we watched the covered bridge earlier
we may have seen several wagons drawn by mules
come out of it.
...
We looked and saw they did not fit
the description of the one we saw earlier.
...
They may have looked alike in many ways
but if they are not exactly alike,
we know they are different wagons and mules.
...
So today, when we look at so-called churches
and see that they look a lot like the first one,
let us look closely.
...
If they do not meet the Bible description,
conclude that they are
NOT ORIGINATED FROM
the first church
JESUS BUILT.
...
Thus we believe that Baptist churches
are identified in history by their doctrines.
...
It is where these "truths" or doctrines are stood for
and
taught that we will be able to observe the
"Trail of Blood."
...
The history of these "kind" of churches is written in blood.
...
Here you will find outward manifestations of the battle
between
The Kingdom of God
and
The Kingdom of Satan.
...
8.5.2a The Baptist History Notebook Chapter 2: JESUS ESTABLISHES HIS CHURCHES. Satan Establishes his Counterfeit “Church” by Changing Jesus’ Church Government.