Thanks Brother David,
I am asking this question because I am discussing on another forum whether or not a saved child of God will find what (among landmarkers) is received as scriptural baptism.
For now, I am afraid these are nothing less than Campbellites under the Baptist name. The reject this of course.
I have failed in getting them to particularly identify their specific scriptural baptism that all believers must be submissive to in order to gain assurance of their adoption into the family of God.
They only tell me historic generic concepts such as proper authority, subject, mode, purpose, etc.
Yet, they deny any one receiving any baptism different than their fundamental agreement in the above concepts as being a truly regenerated believer. I continually have shown them they are altering the 'purpose' of the baptism, they continually deny this.
The purpose of baptism as one has told me is that we may receive the full reconciliation with God through the body (the church) of Christ.
This concept, they identify, they fail to see the logical conclusion to their statement, which is apart from the "true" church as identified in submitting to the "true" Baptism there is no reconciliation with God. Anyone failing to find this scriptural baptism (which they consistently refuse to particularly identify, even to myself, who is also a Landmarker) possesses a false profession of faith as the submission to the true scriptural baptism is a necessary evidence (their language) of the indwelling of the Spirit of Truth.
I am about to simply write these guys off as descendants of Alex Campbell and quit answering them, especially since they will not identify this particular baptism.
They have, in other conversations denied the scriptural standing of a church who encourages those seeking Christ to seek Him by prayer, I am baptized in and under the authority of a landmark SG church (Independent) which practices this. When I revealed that to these fellows, they still refuse to admit their reasoning both unchurches myself, but worse, denies my position as believer priest, as I am outside their baptism.
WHEW!!!!
Yet they still claim the name Baptist????
Bro. Dallas Eaton