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Which Confession
- Thread starter Salty
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Neither The New Hampshire is for me.
Jesus used the 1689
Is that one really Calvinistic though?
Some Baptists prefer the 1644 Confession of faith!
Why not pick the one you like and rewrite it according to scripture. As they stand, they both are as bogus as a three dollar bill.
This claim of exhaustive determinism (God hath decreed...all things, whatsoever comes to pass) has no support in scripture.
1. God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of
his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as
thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is
violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second
causes taken way, but rather established; in which appears his wisdom in disposing all
things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his decree.
(Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 46:10; John 19:11; Acts of the Apostles 4:27, Acts of the Apostles 4:28; Romans 9:15, Romans 9:18; Ephesians 1:3-5, Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17; James 1:13; 1 John 1:5)
his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as
thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is
violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second
causes taken way, but rather established; in which appears his wisdom in disposing all
things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his decree.
(Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 46:10; John 19:11; Acts of the Apostles 4:27, Acts of the Apostles 4:28; Romans 9:15, Romans 9:18; Ephesians 1:3-5, Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17; James 1:13; 1 John 1:5)
This claim of exhaustive determinism (God hath decreed...all things, whatsoever comes to pass) has no support in scripture.
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Mikey
Active Member
I think all historic confessions have the weakness that they do not explicity deal with current controversies/heresies.
Mikey
Active Member
I think these articles will address your concern.
The New Hampshire Confession: Warm Evangelical Calvinism
The Noble New Hampshire Confession
Mikey
Active Member
There's also the Abstract of Principles.
The Abstract of Principles
Article: The Abstract of Principles
The Abstract of Principles
Article: The Abstract of Principles
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They are exactly the same except that the Philadelphia Confession adds sections identifying hymn singing and the laying on of hands as ordinances.
II Cor 4:4
Yes, it's not Arminian or General Baptist.
Dave G
Well-Known Member
1689 Confession:
Chapter 10, Of Effectual Calling: Paragraphs 3 and 4, disagree.
Chapter 11, Of Justification: Paragraph 4, Item 13, disagree.
Chapter 23, Of Lawful Oaths and Vows: All paragraphs, disagree. Oaths are not to be sworn ( James 5:12, Matthew 5:34-37 ).
If I had to choose a confession that is closest to what I hold to,
I would prefer the First London Baptist Confession of 1644 / 46 over most others, but also find agreement in the simpler confessions of John Spilsbury and John Gill.
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Did anyone find that none of the references support exhaustive determinism? OTOH, scripture clearly indicates things happen by chance and therefore were not decreed, ordained, predestined. Thus the claim (God hath decreed...all things, whatsoever comes to pass) is in direct conflict with scripture.
1 Samuel 6:9
“Watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”
2 Samuel 1:6
The young man who told him said, “By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
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Luke10:31
“And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Dave G
Well-Known Member
Yes, I did.
Especially since it appears you've phrased it ( that everything that God has authority over is actively caused by Him, "exhaustively" ) that way.
When I read the Scriptures for myself,
I see that not only does the Lord let things happen ( the contents of Psalms 37, for example ) and then works those things together for both the good of His people ( Romans 8:28 ) and according to His will ( Ephesians 1:11 ), He can and does cause some things to happen by putting it into men's hearts to do them ( Genesis 20:6, Acts of the Apostles 4:27-28, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Revelation 17:17 ).
For example, a man's heart devises His way, but the Lord directs His steps ( Proverbs 16:9 ),
As well as God knowing what a person will do under a certain set of circumstances, and then working those things into His overall plans.
In the end, I see that He has the final say and can over-rule anything that He so chooses.
I would agree, to an extent.
That said,
Did you have anything in particular that you object to in either of the two confessions that @Salty has listed?
The subject is, "Which confession?"
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Also add the 1644 Baptist and 1835 New Hampshire!