1 00:00:31,459 --> 00:00:32,739 I'm glad that you're here today. 2 00:00:32,739 --> 00:00:33,779 Why don't you be seated? 3 00:00:35,459 --> 00:00:38,259 I'm sure there'll be others joining us this morning. 4 00:00:38,259 --> 00:00:40,259 That's usually a Baptist thing, right? 5 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:41,699 They trickle in. 6 00:00:42,739 --> 00:00:44,899 But I'm sure glad you're here today. 7 00:00:46,019 --> 00:00:48,659 Let me first of all introduce my wife. 8 00:00:48,659 --> 00:00:52,459 She's on the back seat back there somewhat close to our book 9 00:00:52,459 --> 00:00:52,899 table. 10 00:00:53,299 --> 00:00:55,099 Ms. Susan, would you raise your hand? 11 00:00:55,099 --> 00:00:57,099 Let folks see who you are back there in the back. 12 00:00:57,099 --> 00:00:57,619 Alright. 13 00:00:58,379 --> 00:01:00,899 She'll be the one that'll help you with the book table back there. 14 00:01:00,899 --> 00:01:03,739 There are books back there that I've published. 15 00:01:03,979 --> 00:01:06,379 We have a ministry of the church. 16 00:01:06,459 --> 00:01:11,059 LWBC Publications is a ministry of Lake Worth Baptist Church. 17 00:01:11,059 --> 00:01:14,619 I don't personally profit for any of the books that we sell that 18 00:01:14,619 --> 00:01:16,939 goes back into our book fund. 19 00:01:17,419 --> 00:01:20,259 And so if you would like some information about that, hopefully 20 00:01:20,259 --> 00:01:25,239 you'll be able to get help today sitting today. 21 00:01:25,399 --> 00:01:28,919 I'll go ahead and tell you during preaching I'll be standing, 22 00:01:29,639 --> 00:01:35,719 but I'm sitting today because life changes for an 80 year old guy. 23 00:01:37,239 --> 00:01:43,559 And in February of this year I was diagnosed with early Parkinson's. 24 00:01:44,119 --> 00:01:49,599 And so I've been adjusting to a new lifestyle of trying to conserve 25 00:01:49,599 --> 00:01:53,039 as much energy as I can for doing ministry. 26 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:56,479 I'll be standing up preaching during the preaching hour today. 27 00:01:57,039 --> 00:02:04,239 But I'm trying not to be distracted by that. 28 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:05,519 I hope that you won't either. 29 00:02:05,839 --> 00:02:07,919 Matter of fact, this is very rabbitical. 30 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:12,079 Jesus stood to read the Word and then he sat to teach. 31 00:02:13,439 --> 00:02:15,559 So I'm just following the example of Jesus. 32 00:02:15,559 --> 00:02:17,679 If you got a problem with it, take it up with him. 33 00:02:17,679 --> 00:02:28,029 Okay, as you can see on the screen, I'm going to spend my two 34 00:02:28,029 --> 00:02:32,109 days with two sessions with you today talking about still a Baptist, 35 00:02:32,749 --> 00:02:35,069 neither angry nor ashamed of it. 36 00:02:36,109 --> 00:02:40,789 And that comes from a book that I wrote in 2017 by the same 37 00:02:40,789 --> 00:02:41,389 title. 38 00:02:41,949 --> 00:02:48,539 317 pages, 111 sources, 263 footnotes. 39 00:02:48,539 --> 00:02:51,979 It's a fully documented book on Baptists. 40 00:02:52,219 --> 00:02:55,699 I'd been raised a Baptist since I was a boy, was saved when 41 00:02:55,699 --> 00:02:56,259 I was 10. 42 00:02:56,259 --> 00:02:59,819 Within 15 minutes of being saved, I became a Baptist. 43 00:02:59,819 --> 00:03:04,219 I was baptized and I've been a part of this Baptist group for a 44 00:03:04,219 --> 00:03:04,739 long time. 45 00:03:04,739 --> 00:03:09,099 And I told my wife when I stepped down from being a pastor, 46 00:03:09,099 --> 00:03:12,289 I said I need to, I need to write a book on Baptist. 47 00:03:12,929 --> 00:03:15,729 And she said, well you better get with it. 48 00:03:16,369 --> 00:03:18,049 That's code for your getting old. 49 00:03:19,409 --> 00:03:21,889 She denies that story, but I'm going with mine. 50 00:03:21,889 --> 00:03:22,449 Okay. 51 00:03:23,809 --> 00:03:28,689 So I spent the first year plus of my Retirement to writing this 52 00:03:28,689 --> 00:03:30,209 book on Baptist. 53 00:03:30,609 --> 00:03:34,409 So I want to just spend my time with you today and we'll move 54 00:03:34,409 --> 00:03:36,609 along with the screens help today. 55 00:03:37,139 --> 00:03:39,979 And I want to talk to you in this first session today about what 56 00:03:39,979 --> 00:03:41,379 do Baptists believe? 57 00:03:41,939 --> 00:03:44,819 If you'll get a Bible and turn to Luke chapter one. 58 00:03:45,059 --> 00:03:46,419 Luke chapter one. 59 00:03:54,899 --> 00:04:00,499 Luke introduces his gospel with some very interesting and powerful 60 00:04:00,579 --> 00:04:02,659 observations that we could make. 61 00:04:04,089 --> 00:04:05,929 Luke chapter 1 and verse 1. 62 00:04:06,809 --> 00:04:10,769 Forasmuch as many have taken into hand to set forth in order a 63 00:04:10,769 --> 00:04:14,929 declaration of those things, notice the next phrase which are 64 00:04:14,929 --> 00:04:17,209 surely believed among us. 65 00:04:17,849 --> 00:04:21,329 There was things that was believed among various people who 66 00:04:21,329 --> 00:04:23,369 were Christians during that time. 67 00:04:23,689 --> 00:04:25,529 They were believed among them. 68 00:04:26,249 --> 00:04:31,249 There weren't skeptics in New Testament churches, there were believers 69 00:04:31,329 --> 00:04:33,089 in New Testament churches. 70 00:04:33,409 --> 00:04:37,689 He goes on to say, even as they delivered them unto us, which 71 00:04:37,689 --> 00:04:42,489 from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the 72 00:04:42,489 --> 00:04:44,289 Word, they were eyewitnesses. 73 00:04:44,289 --> 00:04:45,649 These weren't fables. 74 00:04:45,889 --> 00:04:47,809 These weren't mere stories. 75 00:04:47,809 --> 00:04:52,369 They were eyewitness accounts of the life and ministry of Jesus. 76 00:04:53,249 --> 00:04:58,359 Verse 3 says, it seemed good to me also having had perfect understanding, 77 00:04:58,439 --> 00:05:01,999 really, how about that, you know, if you know the truth, the 78 00:05:01,999 --> 00:05:03,159 truth is still true. 79 00:05:04,519 --> 00:05:09,399 Perfect understanding of all those things from the very first 80 00:05:09,399 --> 00:05:13,599 to write unto thee in order, most excellent, Theophilus, that 81 00:05:13,599 --> 00:05:18,799 thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein 82 00:05:18,799 --> 00:05:20,199 thou hast been instructed. 83 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:24,199 Those are very important terms that we need to lay hold on that 84 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:24,919 we have a. 85 00:05:25,979 --> 00:05:30,699 A faith that can be tested, it can be studied and investigated, 86 00:05:31,259 --> 00:05:35,339 and it can be shared with other people, which we ought to do. 87 00:05:36,699 --> 00:05:40,699 John writes his gospel and at the end of the gospel, instead of 88 00:05:40,699 --> 00:05:44,859 the first, like Luke, he gives the kid and he says, these are written 89 00:05:44,859 --> 00:05:48,499 that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, 90 00:05:48,499 --> 00:05:51,459 and the believing you might have life through his name. 91 00:05:51,459 --> 00:05:55,319 The reason for the Gospel of John was so that people would know 92 00:05:55,319 --> 00:05:59,599 about Jesus and they would trust him for salvation. 93 00:06:00,399 --> 00:06:06,239 Jude 3 says that we're to earnestly contend for the faith. 94 00:06:06,239 --> 00:06:09,999 There has to be a faith to be able to be contended for. 95 00:06:10,479 --> 00:06:13,999 So there must be something that you and I can know and have 96 00:06:13,999 --> 00:06:15,039 certainty of. 97 00:06:15,679 --> 00:06:21,769 And Jude tells us that we need to earnestly contend for that faith 98 00:06:22,089 --> 00:06:22,409 first. 99 00:06:22,409 --> 00:06:27,849 John 5, 13 says that these are written that you may know that you 100 00:06:27,849 --> 00:06:28,809 have eternal life. 101 00:06:29,529 --> 00:06:33,529 Anybody saved here today, you have eternal life. 102 00:06:33,929 --> 00:06:37,329 And the reason that we can have that confidence is we have the 103 00:06:37,329 --> 00:06:43,289 written word of God that promises and validates the fact that 104 00:06:43,289 --> 00:06:44,249 we're born again. 105 00:06:44,569 --> 00:06:47,929 I want you to Turn over to First Corinthians before I continue 106 00:06:48,009 --> 00:06:50,839 on here, First Corinthians, Chapter 4. 107 00:06:51,639 --> 00:06:55,759 There's an interesting phrase that Paul uses here that we may need 108 00:06:55,759 --> 00:06:59,399 to underline in our Bibles, 1st Corinthians 4:17. 109 00:07:01,479 --> 00:07:05,799 For this cause I've sent unto you, Timotheus, who is my beloved 110 00:07:05,799 --> 00:07:09,839 Son and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance 111 00:07:09,839 --> 00:07:12,279 of my ways which be in Christ. 112 00:07:12,359 --> 00:07:17,729 Notice the last phrase as I teach everywhere, every church. 113 00:07:18,529 --> 00:07:21,889 Now, Paul didn't have a different plan for Corinth and a 114 00:07:21,889 --> 00:07:23,329 different plan for Ephesus. 115 00:07:23,649 --> 00:07:28,009 He said, every place I've gone, every place I've gone, I've 116 00:07:28,009 --> 00:07:30,169 taught the same thing in every church. 117 00:07:30,169 --> 00:07:31,329 Aren't you glad about that? 118 00:07:32,288 --> 00:07:36,529 If you, if you go to some other Baptist church, you should 119 00:07:36,529 --> 00:07:41,009 be able to see in that Baptist church the commonality of what we 120 00:07:41,009 --> 00:07:41,329 believe. 121 00:07:42,059 --> 00:07:44,219 So let's talk about that this morning. 122 00:07:48,219 --> 00:07:53,179 Joe Odle, who wrote a little book called Baptist Handbook, said 123 00:07:53,499 --> 00:07:58,939 there is no single distinct doctrine which make men Baptists. 124 00:07:58,939 --> 00:08:02,619 It's their position on a number of beliefs which, taken together, 125 00:08:03,179 --> 00:08:05,539 make them a distinctive people. 126 00:08:05,539 --> 00:08:10,749 In other words, there's not a singular chapter or book in the New 127 00:08:10,749 --> 00:08:13,589 Testament that can define for us what we need to believe. 128 00:08:13,589 --> 00:08:15,949 As Baptists, we're going to have to know our Bible. 129 00:08:15,949 --> 00:08:19,909 And that's really the problem today among many people and as well 130 00:08:19,909 --> 00:08:23,469 as Baptists is they really don't know their Bible real well. 131 00:08:24,269 --> 00:08:27,309 And we need to be students of God's word. 132 00:08:27,309 --> 00:08:30,509 It's one thing for you to come here and sit every week. 133 00:08:30,749 --> 00:08:34,989 It's another thing for you to soak in what you believe and then 134 00:08:35,149 --> 00:08:38,919 put that in practice in your life and by sharing that with other 135 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:39,279 people. 136 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:46,399 George McDaniel was a Baptist pastor a hundred years ago. 137 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:50,439 And by the way, let me just, if you can see it on the screen there, 138 00:08:50,439 --> 00:08:52,639 it's got a birth year and a death year. 139 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:53,439 Do you see that? 140 00:08:53,759 --> 00:08:58,479 That'll kind of put a context for us about when these people believe 141 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,999 this so that we're not either talking about something that's just 142 00:09:01,999 --> 00:09:03,119 a recent belief. 143 00:09:03,699 --> 00:09:07,139 But we're going to show you that there's a lot of documentation 144 00:09:07,619 --> 00:09:12,459 that Baptists believe what we Baptists believe today here in this 145 00:09:12,459 --> 00:09:16,739 church as well as the church that I'm a member of as well. 146 00:09:17,379 --> 00:09:23,139 George McDaniel said in other decades, Baptists were better indoctrinated 147 00:09:23,619 --> 00:09:24,899 than they are today. 148 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:26,979 How about that? 149 00:09:27,539 --> 00:09:33,099 100 years ago, George May Daniel said, we're losing the fight. 150 00:09:35,419 --> 00:09:39,579 Hundred years ago, there was a time when people were better indoctrinated 151 00:09:39,899 --> 00:09:43,899 the environment in which they lived, sometime unfriendly to them, 152 00:09:44,299 --> 00:09:47,339 was conducive to the mastery of their principles. 153 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:48,939 Now, what he's saying is this. 154 00:09:49,499 --> 00:09:52,739 The more you're challenged in your beliefs, the better off you 155 00:09:52,739 --> 00:09:53,019 are. 156 00:09:53,819 --> 00:09:56,499 Don't be embarrassed by the fact that somebody says, well, I 157 00:09:56,499 --> 00:10:00,209 don't believe that, because you should be able to know what you 158 00:10:00,209 --> 00:10:03,169 believe, and you need to be able to stand for it. 159 00:10:03,489 --> 00:10:06,569 And there are people today that call themselves Baptists that 160 00:10:06,569 --> 00:10:08,529 aren't very Baptistic at all. 161 00:10:09,089 --> 00:10:09,729 Amen. 162 00:10:11,489 --> 00:10:13,489 McDaniel goes on to say this. 163 00:10:14,209 --> 00:10:18,929 Of latter years, a tendency to depreciate doctrinal discussions 164 00:10:19,169 --> 00:10:23,809 is easily discernible, and young converts particularly are not 165 00:10:23,809 --> 00:10:25,649 rooted and grounded in the faith. 166 00:10:26,719 --> 00:10:27,839 Now, I should say this. 167 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:32,679 It is the job of every scriptural church to do what Jesus 168 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:36,759 said, and that is to teach believers who've been baptized to 169 00:10:36,759 --> 00:10:39,919 observe the things in the commandments of Jesus Christ. 170 00:10:39,999 --> 00:10:40,959 That's our job. 171 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:45,519 Once people get saved and baptized, we need to train them so 172 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:48,559 that they'll be rooted and grounded in the faith. 173 00:10:49,199 --> 00:10:54,169 McDaniel closes that paragraph by saying this modern nonchalance 174 00:10:54,169 --> 00:10:54,929 he's talking about. 175 00:10:54,929 --> 00:10:59,609 People here act as if it made little difference what one believes 176 00:10:59,689 --> 00:11:00,969 with cavalier air. 177 00:11:00,969 --> 00:11:05,129 It belittles the man who has the nerve to make a denominational 178 00:11:05,129 --> 00:11:06,009 affirmation. 179 00:11:06,809 --> 00:11:09,569 Well, I'm going to make a denominational affirmation before 180 00:11:09,569 --> 00:11:10,569 I leave here today. 181 00:11:11,049 --> 00:11:15,929 And that is, Baptists are God's people, God's churches are 182 00:11:15,929 --> 00:11:17,209 Baptist churches. 183 00:11:17,689 --> 00:11:22,129 And you and I should not be angry nor ashamed of that. 184 00:11:23,169 --> 00:11:24,609 We should be aware of it. 185 00:11:26,449 --> 00:11:29,009 So I'm going to answer the question in this first session. 186 00:11:29,649 --> 00:11:32,289 Well, before I do, let me talk about George again. 187 00:11:33,489 --> 00:11:38,689 He pastored the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, for 188 00:11:38,769 --> 00:11:40,689 those years there that are on the screen. 189 00:11:41,489 --> 00:11:45,009 And that church is now separated from the Southern Baptist 190 00:11:45,009 --> 00:11:49,179 Convention celebrates their female pastors. 191 00:11:51,499 --> 00:11:54,459 Let that get you a hold of you a little bit today. 192 00:11:55,099 --> 00:11:57,099 That church has slipped a little bit, hasn't it? 193 00:11:58,219 --> 00:11:59,779 That church has slipped a little bit. 194 00:11:59,779 --> 00:12:03,539 And here they were, they had the good and godly pastor by the 195 00:12:03,539 --> 00:12:04,779 name of George McDaniel. 196 00:12:04,779 --> 00:12:11,459 Matter of fact, he was trained by Dr. B.H. 197 00:12:11,459 --> 00:12:12,219 carroll. 198 00:12:12,609 --> 00:12:15,809 He roomed while he was going to college with BH Carroll. 199 00:12:15,809 --> 00:12:18,649 And a lot of the things he understood, he understood from Dr. 200 00:12:18,649 --> 00:12:19,329 Carroll. 201 00:12:19,729 --> 00:12:24,449 But here the church is these years later, and they're not standing 202 00:12:24,449 --> 00:12:25,169 for the faith. 203 00:12:25,169 --> 00:12:27,369 Well, may God save us from that. 204 00:12:27,369 --> 00:12:28,209 Amen to that. 205 00:12:28,929 --> 00:12:31,089 May God save us from that. 206 00:12:34,369 --> 00:12:35,569 So I want to answer the question. 207 00:12:36,129 --> 00:12:41,479 Are Baptist churches New Testament churches In other words, 208 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:47,399 can you read your New Testament and see your church operating 209 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:49,879 and believing like those churches did? 210 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:52,199 That's what you need to know. 211 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,039 You need to be able to say, you know, that's what our church 212 00:12:55,039 --> 00:12:55,399 does. 213 00:12:55,719 --> 00:12:59,919 That's the reason our church takes that stand is because it's 214 00:12:59,919 --> 00:13:01,159 in the New Testament. 215 00:13:01,319 --> 00:13:04,349 Now, I appreciate a little bit of a trick tradition. 216 00:13:04,829 --> 00:13:08,789 I don't appreciate the old kind of tradition of buildings that 217 00:13:08,789 --> 00:13:09,949 didn't have air conditioning. 218 00:13:09,949 --> 00:13:11,229 I like air conditioning. 219 00:13:12,189 --> 00:13:15,229 I, I don't, you know, I don't have to any kind of problem using 220 00:13:15,229 --> 00:13:17,509 these screens to help us learn a little bit better. 221 00:13:17,509 --> 00:13:19,668 I, I'm not opposed to that at all. 222 00:13:19,668 --> 00:13:21,149 But I am telling you this. 223 00:13:21,389 --> 00:13:25,629 You and I ought to be able to look in our Bible and see our church 224 00:13:25,629 --> 00:13:29,939 believing and preaching and practicing what is in the New Testament. 225 00:13:31,209 --> 00:13:34,449 Hey, anytime you want to, anytime you want to get excited and 226 00:13:34,449 --> 00:13:36,129 say Amen, you're, you're free to do it. 227 00:13:36,129 --> 00:13:36,649 Okay? 228 00:13:36,889 --> 00:13:39,129 And by the way, let me just educate you a little bit. 229 00:13:39,369 --> 00:13:41,529 Amen doesn't mean I agree with you. 230 00:13:41,529 --> 00:13:42,689 It means go on. 231 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:43,449 I got it. 232 00:13:45,929 --> 00:13:47,369 Move on to the next point. 233 00:13:48,089 --> 00:13:48,929 So let's go on. 234 00:13:48,929 --> 00:13:49,409 Let's go. 235 00:13:49,409 --> 00:13:50,089 Number one. 236 00:13:51,289 --> 00:13:56,569 New Testament churches believe the Bible is the sole and final authority 237 00:13:57,059 --> 00:13:58,499 of a New Testament church. 238 00:13:59,699 --> 00:14:04,979 Your Bible is the guidebook for everything your church does and 239 00:14:04,979 --> 00:14:06,899 believes or the New Testament Church. 240 00:14:07,459 --> 00:14:10,739 And maybe just I can give you this little formula, God is true. 241 00:14:11,219 --> 00:14:12,819 God inspired the Scriptures. 242 00:14:13,299 --> 00:14:15,219 All scripture is true. 243 00:14:17,299 --> 00:14:19,379 It's not inspired in spots. 244 00:14:19,379 --> 00:14:24,389 And scholars are there to spot the spots for us all. 245 00:14:24,389 --> 00:14:28,709 The Bible is the inspired, inerrant, infallible, preserved word 246 00:14:28,709 --> 00:14:29,349 of God. 247 00:14:31,749 --> 00:14:35,629 You say, well, don't all people believe that the Bible is 248 00:14:35,629 --> 00:14:37,109 the sole and final authority? 249 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:39,829 No, Catholics don't believe that. 250 00:14:40,789 --> 00:14:46,589 Catholics believe that if the Pope sits in some kind of formal 251 00:14:46,589 --> 00:14:51,129 setting, ex cathedra that he can give revelation for, for the 252 00:14:51,129 --> 00:14:51,409 day. 253 00:14:51,889 --> 00:14:55,889 They also believe that their tradition is very, very important 254 00:14:56,049 --> 00:14:58,769 to what they believe and teach as well. 255 00:14:59,249 --> 00:15:03,249 And they, they have the apocryphal book, seven of them in 256 00:15:03,249 --> 00:15:04,449 their Bible as well. 257 00:15:04,609 --> 00:15:08,289 And then you have to have one of their priests interpret the Bible 258 00:15:08,289 --> 00:15:08,929 for you. 259 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:13,089 Aren't you glad you got a Bible that God can help you understand? 260 00:15:14,849 --> 00:15:17,999 And Protestants aren't really much bigger, better than that. 261 00:15:18,719 --> 00:15:22,559 The way I like to say it is the Protestants walked out the front 262 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:25,679 door of the Catholic Church, but they stayed on the porch. 263 00:15:27,359 --> 00:15:29,759 They still do a lot of Catholic stuff. 264 00:15:30,159 --> 00:15:34,439 They don't let the Bible completely affirm why they do what 265 00:15:34,439 --> 00:15:34,919 they do. 266 00:15:34,919 --> 00:15:38,119 More about that later, charismatics believe they can have 267 00:15:38,119 --> 00:15:39,599 a revelation from God. 268 00:15:39,999 --> 00:15:43,279 Now I tell folks, if you have a revelation from God, you ate pizza 269 00:15:43,279 --> 00:15:44,579 late two, late at night. 270 00:15:45,539 --> 00:15:48,099 If you want a revelation from God, read the Bible. 271 00:15:48,099 --> 00:15:51,939 If you want God to speak to you audibly, read the Bible out loud. 272 00:15:54,819 --> 00:15:59,179 The Bible is our sole and final authority on matters of faith 273 00:15:59,179 --> 00:16:03,539 and practice, not only of the church, but of your family and your 274 00:16:03,539 --> 00:16:04,499 life as well. 275 00:16:06,659 --> 00:16:13,699 Number two New Testament churches have a simple single message 276 00:16:13,699 --> 00:16:14,619 of salvation. 277 00:16:16,779 --> 00:16:18,859 A single. 278 00:16:19,819 --> 00:16:20,939 It doesn't modify. 279 00:16:22,299 --> 00:16:23,299 It's very simple. 280 00:16:23,299 --> 00:16:25,259 Even a child can understand that. 281 00:16:25,899 --> 00:16:28,019 You say, preacher, do you believe children can be saved? 282 00:16:28,019 --> 00:16:29,659 I even believe adults can be saved. 283 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:32,539 It's simple. 284 00:16:32,619 --> 00:16:33,659 And what is that? 285 00:16:34,939 --> 00:16:41,059 The saving gospel of Jesus Christ, offered by grace alone, received 286 00:16:41,219 --> 00:16:46,979 by faith alone, to whosoever will, is the exclusive means of a 287 00:16:46,979 --> 00:16:49,139 noble eternal salvation. 288 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:53,779 Boy, aren't you glad you're saved today? 289 00:16:55,299 --> 00:16:58,659 Aren't you glad there's still churches preaching a true salvation 290 00:16:58,739 --> 00:17:03,499 story, offering that not only in this building, but out there in 291 00:17:03,499 --> 00:17:04,419 the world as well. 292 00:17:06,509 --> 00:17:11,549 That's the simple single message of salvation of a New Testament 293 00:17:11,549 --> 00:17:12,029 Church. 294 00:17:12,349 --> 00:17:14,029 It's all centered in Christ. 295 00:17:14,029 --> 00:17:16,269 Without Christ, we have no salvation. 296 00:17:16,589 --> 00:17:17,869 It's all by grace. 297 00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:20,509 It's received by faith, not by works. 298 00:17:20,989 --> 00:17:22,589 It's to whosoever will. 299 00:17:23,389 --> 00:17:28,149 We're not among those reformed or Calvinistic groups that don't 300 00:17:28,149 --> 00:17:28,829 believe that. 301 00:17:29,709 --> 00:17:31,549 And you can know you're saved. 302 00:17:32,289 --> 00:17:34,129 If you're saved, you're saved eternally. 303 00:17:38,929 --> 00:17:41,649 I'll apologize for getting excited later on. 304 00:17:43,649 --> 00:17:45,169 Say, doesn't everybody believe that? 305 00:17:45,169 --> 00:17:46,769 No, Catholics don't believe that. 306 00:17:47,249 --> 00:17:48,369 Matter of fact, you can. 307 00:17:48,529 --> 00:17:53,689 You can ask the highest ranking Catholic, the Pope, the cardinals, 308 00:17:53,689 --> 00:17:56,209 the bishops, the local priests. 309 00:17:56,689 --> 00:18:00,209 None of them will ever declare they know they are saved. 310 00:18:01,909 --> 00:18:03,509 They're hoping they're going to be saved. 311 00:18:03,509 --> 00:18:05,989 They hope they can do enough good things to be saved. 312 00:18:06,229 --> 00:18:09,269 Aren't you glad God did the work for you when he saved you? 313 00:18:10,469 --> 00:18:15,029 Christ did enough on the cross to give his sacrifice once and for 314 00:18:15,029 --> 00:18:15,349 all. 315 00:18:15,989 --> 00:18:17,589 And we're saved through that. 316 00:18:18,469 --> 00:18:19,989 Protestants aren't much better. 317 00:18:21,989 --> 00:18:23,669 They still sprinkle their babies. 318 00:18:25,349 --> 00:18:27,749 They still do not. 319 00:18:29,189 --> 00:18:31,109 They believe that they recovered. 320 00:18:31,269 --> 00:18:35,469 The doctrine of justification by faith, my friend, that was never 321 00:18:35,469 --> 00:18:35,829 lost. 322 00:18:36,789 --> 00:18:38,949 That's the only way anybody's ever been saved. 323 00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:43,789 To believe that they recovered what had been lost in the apostate 324 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:47,669 Catholic Church is to say that for more than a thousand years there 325 00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:49,189 wasn't people being saved. 326 00:18:49,509 --> 00:18:52,389 God had people saved all during the ages. 327 00:18:53,939 --> 00:18:56,099 Thank God for salvation. 328 00:18:56,259 --> 00:18:57,059 Amen to that. 329 00:18:57,059 --> 00:18:59,939 And charismatics lose their salvation. 330 00:19:00,659 --> 00:19:04,859 I don't know if you ever kind of follow that, but it could be humorous. 331 00:19:04,859 --> 00:19:08,139 But it's not all of their major failures. 332 00:19:08,139 --> 00:19:11,339 You know, they're public figures that have been found doing 333 00:19:11,339 --> 00:19:14,459 immoral things, stealing money, hanging out with women that 334 00:19:14,459 --> 00:19:16,699 aren't their wives, and on and on and on. 335 00:19:16,699 --> 00:19:20,109 Have you ever noticed they never say they got they lost their 336 00:19:20,109 --> 00:19:23,989 salvation or they never give a time when they recovered their lost 337 00:19:23,989 --> 00:19:24,669 salvation. 338 00:19:24,829 --> 00:19:28,109 But they want you to think that you can lose your salvation. 339 00:19:28,749 --> 00:19:33,149 I'm glad I don't have a I have a doubt in my heart that I'm saved. 340 00:19:33,389 --> 00:19:38,029 I'm saved, saved, gloriously saved all by Jesus Christ. 341 00:19:38,109 --> 00:19:41,669 I may not look glorious yet, but I'm headed for that one of these 342 00:19:41,669 --> 00:19:44,029 days when I lay down this old body and get a new one. 343 00:19:45,369 --> 00:19:48,929 Number three, by the way, we're going to have 10 points by 344 00:19:48,929 --> 00:19:51,209 Baptist church and we're going to get out on time. 345 00:19:52,089 --> 00:19:55,049 I expect a memorial to be built right here on the property 346 00:19:55,529 --> 00:19:57,489 that a Baptist preacher has preached. 347 00:19:57,489 --> 00:19:59,369 10 points and we got out on time. 348 00:20:00,089 --> 00:20:02,089 You remind the pastor of that, will you? 349 00:20:03,129 --> 00:20:07,049 Number three New Testament churches believe Christ founded the 350 00:20:07,049 --> 00:20:11,059 church during his personal earthly ministry. 351 00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:14,179 Now I'm going to preach more on that at the 11 o' clock service, 352 00:20:14,579 --> 00:20:16,419 so I'm not going to say very much about that. 353 00:20:16,419 --> 00:20:18,619 I will give a quote if you'd like. 354 00:20:18,619 --> 00:20:18,979 1. 355 00:20:19,379 --> 00:20:20,139 By B.H. 356 00:20:20,139 --> 00:20:20,979 carroll B.H. 357 00:20:20,979 --> 00:20:24,419 carroll was the founder of Southwestern Baptist Theological 358 00:20:24,419 --> 00:20:25,059 Seminary. 359 00:20:25,219 --> 00:20:29,179 More than a hundred years ago he said this Christ alone founded 360 00:20:29,179 --> 00:20:29,739 his church. 361 00:20:29,739 --> 00:20:33,659 I mean that, that the church was established in the days of his 362 00:20:33,659 --> 00:20:35,059 sojourn in the flesh. 363 00:20:35,789 --> 00:20:40,549 That work of its constitution commenced with the reception material 364 00:20:40,549 --> 00:20:42,349 prepared by John the Baptist. 365 00:20:42,749 --> 00:20:46,509 That organization commenced with the appointment of the 12 apostles 366 00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:50,549 and that by the close of his earthly ministry there existed at 367 00:20:50,549 --> 00:20:53,469 least one church as a model, the Church of Jerusalem. 368 00:20:54,189 --> 00:20:56,269 Now that's what Southern Baptists used to believe. 369 00:20:56,269 --> 00:20:57,549 They don't believe that today. 370 00:20:58,269 --> 00:21:02,799 They believe in a modern founded Baptist church that established 371 00:21:02,799 --> 00:21:04,519 itself during the Reformation. 372 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:05,959 I'll talk more about that later. 373 00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:07,559 Don't get me distracted. 374 00:21:09,399 --> 00:21:14,479 Number four New Testament churches are local, autonomous assemblies 375 00:21:14,479 --> 00:21:17,479 of baptized believers under the headship of Christ. 376 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:22,279 I'll talk more about that at 11 o' clock as well. 377 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:24,879 I'm doing this to get out on time. 378 00:21:24,879 --> 00:21:25,399 All right. 379 00:21:27,649 --> 00:21:30,449 Here's what the first president of the Southern Baptist 380 00:21:30,449 --> 00:21:32,449 Convention, William Johnson, said. 381 00:21:32,769 --> 00:21:38,449 The term church indicates one church, one body of the Lord's people 382 00:21:38,449 --> 00:21:43,248 meeting together in one place and not several congregations forming 383 00:21:43,248 --> 00:21:43,969 one church. 384 00:21:44,129 --> 00:21:47,169 There's no such thing as the Baptist church. 385 00:21:48,449 --> 00:21:50,849 Baptist churches are independent. 386 00:21:50,849 --> 00:21:52,929 They are autonomous, self governing. 387 00:21:53,949 --> 00:21:57,389 We're not a part of an organization that appoints our pastors. 388 00:21:57,389 --> 00:22:03,389 We're not part of that, of organizations that give us our Bible 389 00:22:03,389 --> 00:22:05,629 study information for our Sunday school. 390 00:22:05,869 --> 00:22:09,549 We're an autonomous, self contained, self governed church. 391 00:22:09,549 --> 00:22:11,709 And all of it is under the headship of Jesus. 392 00:22:12,269 --> 00:22:15,269 And he can only do that in a local church. 393 00:22:15,269 --> 00:22:16,829 And he does that by authority. 394 00:22:16,829 --> 00:22:18,589 I wish I had time to talk about it. 395 00:22:18,919 --> 00:22:23,439 You might want to get my book on the chapter entitled In Search 396 00:22:23,439 --> 00:22:24,599 of the Body of Christ. 397 00:22:24,999 --> 00:22:30,279 The most misused term for the local church is the body of Christ 398 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,879 as the universal invisible church made up of all believers. 399 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,599 I will say more about that later as well. 400 00:22:37,959 --> 00:22:43,439 And you ought to be happy about this number five New Testament 401 00:22:43,439 --> 00:22:46,279 churches practice two ordinances instituted by Christ, 402 00:22:46,949 --> 00:22:49,509 baptism and the Lord's Supper. 403 00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:57,509 A.A. davis, who wrote a book called Baptist the Trail of Blood, 404 00:22:58,229 --> 00:23:03,189 preached the charge of my dad's ordination in 1943, 82 years 405 00:23:03,189 --> 00:23:03,509 ago. 406 00:23:04,069 --> 00:23:06,629 And this is what Brother Davis said. 407 00:23:07,109 --> 00:23:10,509 Baptism has been the battleground of many hurtful religious 408 00:23:10,509 --> 00:23:12,069 heresies in the world today. 409 00:23:12,809 --> 00:23:16,009 That is where the religious world has had its first argument, 410 00:23:16,169 --> 00:23:17,689 the waters of baptism. 411 00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:22,009 And significantly, the man who is wrong on the baptism question 412 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:25,929 will invariably be wrong on the Lord's Supper question without 413 00:23:25,929 --> 00:23:27,209 a single exception. 414 00:23:27,929 --> 00:23:30,369 Now, if you don't know what that means, hang around a little 415 00:23:30,369 --> 00:23:30,609 bit. 416 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:32,889 We'll talk more about that eventually. 417 00:23:34,649 --> 00:23:36,089 Let's talk about baptism. 418 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:38,809 Baptism is not optional. 419 00:23:40,309 --> 00:23:42,309 Every believer should be baptized. 420 00:23:43,269 --> 00:23:47,869 We should not be trying to put off the fact that, well, maybe one 421 00:23:47,869 --> 00:23:51,029 of these days you'll come forward and submit to baptism. 422 00:23:51,269 --> 00:23:53,349 Every believer needs to be baptized. 423 00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:56,549 Baptism is an issue in a lot of Baptist churches. 424 00:23:56,549 --> 00:24:00,229 As a matter of fact, Southern Baptists recently had a baptism Sunday. 425 00:24:00,229 --> 00:24:03,829 They were having so few people baptized that they had to declare 426 00:24:03,829 --> 00:24:05,229 a day to be baptized. 427 00:24:05,229 --> 00:24:08,349 Listen, we ought to be baptizing regularly in a Baptist 428 00:24:08,349 --> 00:24:08,749 church. 429 00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:13,389 We ought to be able to see people saved and followed up on and 430 00:24:14,749 --> 00:24:18,029 instructed on what baptism is and what it does. 431 00:24:19,069 --> 00:24:20,189 It's not optional. 432 00:24:20,429 --> 00:24:21,869 It's for believers only. 433 00:24:21,948 --> 00:24:23,549 That's why it's not for babies. 434 00:24:24,669 --> 00:24:27,949 Now you may get it all warm and fuzzy about the fact that some 435 00:24:29,229 --> 00:24:33,719 high, dignified, robe wearing person sprinkle a little water on 436 00:24:33,719 --> 00:24:34,239 your baby. 437 00:24:34,239 --> 00:24:35,639 But that's not baptism. 438 00:24:35,879 --> 00:24:38,639 Matter of fact, the old Baptists would not call any of that 439 00:24:38,639 --> 00:24:39,199 baptism. 440 00:24:39,199 --> 00:24:41,239 They would call it a water ceremony. 441 00:24:43,799 --> 00:24:46,559 Do that to your friends, you know, who want to christen their 442 00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:47,239 little babies. 443 00:24:47,399 --> 00:24:48,999 It's for believers in Christ. 444 00:24:49,479 --> 00:24:53,079 All through the Bible, it was believe and then be baptized. 445 00:24:54,679 --> 00:24:58,909 You can be baptized in every creek and lake this side of the Dallas 446 00:24:58,909 --> 00:25:01,789 and know all the frogs and tadpoles by name. 447 00:25:01,789 --> 00:25:02,509 But you're not. 448 00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:03,869 You're not to do that. 449 00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:06,909 You're to be baptized only if you're a believer. 450 00:25:08,349 --> 00:25:11,509 And you're to be baptized by immersion only. 451 00:25:11,509 --> 00:25:17,949 The word baptism baptizo means immerse or plunge, not sprinkle. 452 00:25:18,349 --> 00:25:19,949 It's also symbolic. 453 00:25:19,949 --> 00:25:24,669 And not saving baptism is significant, but it's not saving. 454 00:25:25,749 --> 00:25:27,429 You're not saved by being baptized. 455 00:25:27,429 --> 00:25:29,189 Don't be ever confused by that. 456 00:25:29,349 --> 00:25:30,709 That doesn't save you. 457 00:25:31,189 --> 00:25:33,669 It's an answer of a good conscience toward God. 458 00:25:33,669 --> 00:25:36,869 It's the first act of obedience of a believer. 459 00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:41,509 And church authority is necessary for you to have scriptural 460 00:25:41,509 --> 00:25:42,149 baptism. 461 00:25:42,949 --> 00:25:46,589 I was talking about baptism with a collection of local guys that 462 00:25:46,589 --> 00:25:47,269 we used to get. 463 00:25:47,429 --> 00:25:48,949 They weren't church people at all. 464 00:25:49,269 --> 00:25:51,469 And I was explaining baptism to them. 465 00:25:51,469 --> 00:25:55,089 And one guy said, well, my buddy baptized me down and he named 466 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:55,569 the creek. 467 00:25:55,569 --> 00:25:59,049 And this other friend that had picked up on what real baptism was 468 00:25:59,049 --> 00:26:00,929 said, you've got illegal baptism. 469 00:26:03,409 --> 00:26:07,249 If you don't have church authority, church authorized baptism, 470 00:26:07,249 --> 00:26:09,009 you've got illegal baptism. 471 00:26:10,289 --> 00:26:13,809 You may feel good about it, but that doesn't qualify for what 472 00:26:13,809 --> 00:26:15,329 scriptural baptism is. 473 00:26:15,489 --> 00:26:18,329 Baptism also adds you to the membership of the church. 474 00:26:18,329 --> 00:26:21,359 They that gladly received his word were baptized. 475 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,879 And the same day they were added of them about 3,000 souls. 476 00:26:25,439 --> 00:26:28,639 You can't be a part of a church without being baptized. 477 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:33,479 And that baptism gives you the privilege of having membership in 478 00:26:33,479 --> 00:26:34,479 the Lord's church. 479 00:26:35,999 --> 00:26:38,279 Now, I want to answer a question that some people wonder 480 00:26:38,279 --> 00:26:40,719 about, and I didn't mean for that, that we're not getting the 481 00:26:40,959 --> 00:26:41,959 kind of movement on it. 482 00:26:41,959 --> 00:26:45,599 But what makes Baptist baptism or immersion different from other 483 00:26:45,919 --> 00:26:48,019 baptisms and immersions? 484 00:26:48,019 --> 00:26:48,339 And. 485 00:26:48,499 --> 00:26:48,979 And the. 486 00:26:48,979 --> 00:26:52,219 The answer of that is the blood of martyrs is in our baptismal 487 00:26:52,219 --> 00:26:52,739 waters. 488 00:26:52,899 --> 00:26:55,539 Do you know that people died for us to be baptized in the way 489 00:26:55,539 --> 00:26:56,259 we baptize? 490 00:26:56,819 --> 00:26:59,379 Do you know that people actually were drowned? 491 00:27:00,179 --> 00:27:00,819 They've been. 492 00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:05,859 They were martyred for believing in immersion as baptism. 493 00:27:06,179 --> 00:27:13,179 And some of the most prolific enemies of scriptural baptism was 494 00:27:13,179 --> 00:27:14,659 Luther and Calvin. 495 00:27:15,499 --> 00:27:19,659 Both of them were involved in killing Anabaptists because of their 496 00:27:19,659 --> 00:27:20,699 belief of baptism. 497 00:27:20,859 --> 00:27:26,299 They called the drowning of those people their second baptism. 498 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:28,939 They were mocking Baptists. 499 00:27:29,419 --> 00:27:32,499 And I think we ought to treasure the kind of baptism we're 500 00:27:32,499 --> 00:27:33,419 able to offer today. 501 00:27:33,659 --> 00:27:38,779 As a pastor, I never apologize for saying to someone, you need scriptural 502 00:27:38,779 --> 00:27:41,019 baptism, you need Baptist baptism. 503 00:27:41,379 --> 00:27:42,459 I never apologized. 504 00:27:42,459 --> 00:27:45,899 I Always said to this, you know, you know, God's leading you 505 00:27:45,899 --> 00:27:49,539 along and he's giving you the privilege to have Baptist scriptural 506 00:27:49,539 --> 00:27:50,259 baptism. 507 00:27:50,979 --> 00:27:52,339 We shouldn't back up on that. 508 00:27:52,339 --> 00:27:54,099 Come on now, help me out a little bit today. 509 00:27:54,739 --> 00:27:59,659 Church has to take a stand on that as well as the pastors thank 510 00:27:59,659 --> 00:28:01,139 God for scriptural baptism. 511 00:28:01,459 --> 00:28:04,379 Let's talk about the other ordinance, the Lord's Supper. 512 00:28:04,379 --> 00:28:06,099 There are three positions on that. 513 00:28:06,099 --> 00:28:09,729 Some people believe it's open to any Christian that happens to 514 00:28:09,729 --> 00:28:10,289 show up. 515 00:28:11,409 --> 00:28:15,049 And then there are others that believe it's a Baptist ordinance, 516 00:28:15,049 --> 00:28:18,969 that all who are Baptists can go from Baptist churches and take 517 00:28:18,969 --> 00:28:22,609 the ordinance just because they're Baptist. 518 00:28:23,249 --> 00:28:26,089 Then there are others that believe in a closed position where 519 00:28:26,089 --> 00:28:31,049 it is the congregation alone, where you're a member, that you're 520 00:28:31,049 --> 00:28:32,169 to take the Lord's Supper. 521 00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:33,649 Can I get an amen on that or no? 522 00:28:33,649 --> 00:28:33,969 Move. 523 00:28:35,029 --> 00:28:36,869 That's the way the Bible talks about it. 524 00:28:37,109 --> 00:28:40,749 The Bible talks about it in a way that's always in context of the 525 00:28:40,749 --> 00:28:41,669 local church. 526 00:28:42,069 --> 00:28:43,789 It's not about how you feel about it. 527 00:28:43,789 --> 00:28:47,149 I appreciate your feelings, but your feelings can be dead wrong 528 00:28:47,149 --> 00:28:47,909 about that. 529 00:28:47,909 --> 00:28:52,709 And you need to make sure that you're part of a church that holds 530 00:28:52,709 --> 00:28:54,229 a strong stand on that. 531 00:28:54,389 --> 00:28:58,309 Let me give you a quote here by George Truitt. 532 00:28:58,309 --> 00:29:00,949 You know that name if you have a little bit of a local history. 533 00:29:01,469 --> 00:29:05,349 George Truitt was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas 534 00:29:05,349 --> 00:29:06,269 right before W.A. 535 00:29:06,269 --> 00:29:07,149 criswell. 536 00:29:07,549 --> 00:29:09,949 He pastored the church for almost 40 years. 537 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:16,989 And this is what George Truitt said about the Lord's Supper a hundred 538 00:29:16,989 --> 00:29:17,629 years ago. 539 00:29:17,949 --> 00:29:20,629 And really a little bit less than that, I suppose, but right at 540 00:29:20,629 --> 00:29:21,389 100 years ago. 541 00:29:21,389 --> 00:29:22,109 You ready? 542 00:29:24,109 --> 00:29:25,549 I hope you're alive out there. 543 00:29:25,549 --> 00:29:26,829 I'm not sure about that. 544 00:29:27,919 --> 00:29:29,239 Alright, thank you back there, brother. 545 00:29:29,239 --> 00:29:29,839 I hear you. 546 00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:33,799 Since the church is an ordinance of the church, since the 547 00:29:33,799 --> 00:29:37,519 supper is the ordinance of the church, it must invariably follow 548 00:29:37,519 --> 00:29:40,759 that whatever would debar a man from the church he's talking 549 00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:45,519 about, church membership must also debar him from the Lord's table 550 00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:46,479 in that church. 551 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:54,119 It is logically inconceivable that one should be deprived of membership 552 00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:58,139 in the church and yet not also be deprived of coming to the Lord's 553 00:29:58,139 --> 00:29:59,299 table in that church. 554 00:29:59,619 --> 00:30:03,899 Since the first privilege, membership is the source and foundation 555 00:30:03,899 --> 00:30:06,419 of the second, the Lord's Supper. 556 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:14,019 He goes on that the local church is the custodian of this ordinance 557 00:30:14,419 --> 00:30:17,819 and must judge the qualifications of those desiring 558 00:30:17,819 --> 00:30:18,979 to partake of it. 559 00:30:19,539 --> 00:30:23,179 It's shown by the fact that the commandment to observe it was 560 00:30:23,179 --> 00:30:23,819 given to. 561 00:30:24,129 --> 00:30:28,409 Not to individuals, but to a company manifestly. 562 00:30:28,409 --> 00:30:28,769 This. 563 00:30:29,009 --> 00:30:32,689 This table is inside and not outside the church. 564 00:30:34,289 --> 00:30:35,169 It gets better. 565 00:30:38,209 --> 00:30:43,009 The church alone can therefore be charged with the responsibility 566 00:30:43,249 --> 00:30:44,129 of its government. 567 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:48,369 The local church is the only body known to the scripture which 568 00:30:48,369 --> 00:30:51,209 has any competency or jurisdictions in. 569 00:30:51,359 --> 00:30:53,359 In the government of her two ordinances. 570 00:30:55,679 --> 00:30:57,919 Now, that's good stuff. 571 00:30:58,959 --> 00:31:04,319 And that's what Baptists believed in some circles years ago. 572 00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:08,879 That's what our kind of Baptists still believe in our day. 573 00:31:10,079 --> 00:31:14,239 Because it's scriptural, it honors the Lord's church. 574 00:31:18,489 --> 00:31:22,249 Number six, we're right on target. 575 00:31:22,329 --> 00:31:24,649 I'm telling you, I'm doing so good, I can't believe it. 576 00:31:25,929 --> 00:31:26,729 Number six. 577 00:31:27,769 --> 00:31:33,008 New Testament churches believe in soul competency and the priesthood 578 00:31:33,008 --> 00:31:33,769 of the believer. 579 00:31:33,929 --> 00:31:36,969 You know, when Jesus died, something happened in the temple. 580 00:31:38,569 --> 00:31:41,609 The veil of the temple was rent from top to the bottom. 581 00:31:42,419 --> 00:31:44,099 Now, you don't have to be a high priest. 582 00:31:44,179 --> 00:31:45,259 You are a priest. 583 00:31:45,259 --> 00:31:49,099 If you're a believer in Christ and you can come boldly to the throne 584 00:31:49,099 --> 00:31:49,579 of grace. 585 00:31:49,579 --> 00:31:52,779 It's good for you to ask somebody to pray for you, but you 586 00:31:52,779 --> 00:31:53,699 can pray yourself. 587 00:31:54,499 --> 00:31:56,339 You can come to God yourself. 588 00:31:56,979 --> 00:31:57,499 You can. 589 00:31:57,499 --> 00:31:59,139 You can ask God yourself. 590 00:31:59,859 --> 00:32:01,419 You now become a priest. 591 00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:07,339 And we believe that there's nothing that should inhibit you from 592 00:32:07,339 --> 00:32:12,579 coming to God because Christ paid for that privilege through his 593 00:32:12,579 --> 00:32:13,659 own death on the cross. 594 00:32:14,779 --> 00:32:16,019 Let's talk a little bit now. 595 00:32:16,019 --> 00:32:16,619 Number seven. 596 00:32:17,899 --> 00:32:22,219 New Testament churches are led by a pastor, served by deacons and 597 00:32:22,219 --> 00:32:23,659 governed by the congregation. 598 00:32:28,059 --> 00:32:30,699 I saw this ad in a Baptist publication. 599 00:32:31,659 --> 00:32:35,719 Said the pastor delivers the Sunday morning message and leads 600 00:32:35,719 --> 00:32:37,719 the Bible study on Wednesday evening. 601 00:32:37,959 --> 00:32:41,159 Our deacons and various committees run the church. 602 00:32:43,719 --> 00:32:44,799 I'm sure you want to. 603 00:32:44,799 --> 00:32:47,439 If you're a preacher, I'm sure you want to put your name in on that, 604 00:32:47,439 --> 00:32:47,799 right? 605 00:32:48,839 --> 00:32:49,559 Hey, listen. 606 00:32:49,559 --> 00:32:52,119 Churches in the New Testament were led by a pastor. 607 00:32:54,039 --> 00:32:56,999 The pastor is to lead the church. 608 00:32:57,879 --> 00:33:01,719 That the Bible terms are elder and bishop and pastor. 609 00:33:02,259 --> 00:33:06,419 But they're talking about the same person who is called by God 610 00:33:06,579 --> 00:33:08,819 to lead the church. 611 00:33:09,299 --> 00:33:11,299 And thank God you've got a good pastor. 612 00:33:12,179 --> 00:33:15,459 I have not been able to have a close relationship with him, but 613 00:33:15,459 --> 00:33:17,379 I have great confidence in him. 614 00:33:18,339 --> 00:33:24,339 And this work here is an evidence that you have a good pastor. 615 00:33:26,419 --> 00:33:26,979 Amen. 616 00:33:30,959 --> 00:33:33,599 That pastor needs to be gender specific. 617 00:33:38,079 --> 00:33:39,999 You know the problem with a lot of Baptists? 618 00:33:39,999 --> 00:33:42,319 They're listening to people beside their own pastor. 619 00:33:43,119 --> 00:33:45,359 We've got so many sources nowadays. 620 00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:50,239 And you just need to cut off all your Beth Moore videos. 621 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:53,719 She's not a Pastor. 622 00:33:53,719 --> 00:33:56,559 She never could be a pastor in a sound Baptist church. 623 00:33:58,769 --> 00:34:01,729 Baptist pastors have always been men. 624 00:34:03,089 --> 00:34:04,129 Now I love women. 625 00:34:04,369 --> 00:34:06,129 Matter of fact, I married one. 626 00:34:07,409 --> 00:34:09,009 I thought that was a good idea. 627 00:34:10,049 --> 00:34:11,729 And matter of fact, it's even got better. 628 00:34:11,729 --> 00:34:12,449 I have a daughter. 629 00:34:12,449 --> 00:34:14,009 I love her as well. 630 00:34:14,009 --> 00:34:15,289 And it even got better than that. 631 00:34:15,289 --> 00:34:16,449 I've got a granddaughter. 632 00:34:16,849 --> 00:34:17,649 I love women. 633 00:34:17,649 --> 00:34:21,529 But none of those dear, precious women who are dear to me 634 00:34:21,529 --> 00:34:23,649 could ever be a Baptist pastor. 635 00:34:25,869 --> 00:34:27,389 I have a son that's a pastor. 636 00:34:28,829 --> 00:34:34,429 I have a grandson that has been trained to eventually be a pastor. 637 00:34:35,069 --> 00:34:36,349 And I'm glad about that. 638 00:34:36,589 --> 00:34:39,988 I'm happy about the fact that we've got this thing figured out 639 00:34:39,988 --> 00:34:44,509 because it's the pattern of the New Testament gender. 640 00:34:44,909 --> 00:34:46,189 Biblically qualified. 641 00:34:46,909 --> 00:34:50,989 First Timothy 3, Titus 1 tells us about those qualifications. 642 00:34:52,048 --> 00:34:55,608 And we need to make sure that we're holding to that with regard 643 00:34:55,608 --> 00:34:59,368 to the ministers who serve in our church as well as those that 644 00:34:59,368 --> 00:35:01,168 we're sending out as our missionaries. 645 00:35:01,808 --> 00:35:03,488 They need to be biblically qualified. 646 00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:05,648 They need to be Holy Spirit appointed. 647 00:35:07,168 --> 00:35:11,008 I really try to correct churches that talk about hiring a 648 00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:11,568 pastor. 649 00:35:12,048 --> 00:35:14,208 You can only hire a hireling. 650 00:35:15,248 --> 00:35:19,369 You call a man who's been appointed to be the pastor of a church. 651 00:35:19,849 --> 00:35:23,609 It says in Acts 20:28 that the Holy Ghost has appointed them. 652 00:35:24,329 --> 00:35:26,249 And we thank God for that. 653 00:35:26,649 --> 00:35:29,449 And then I believe we're going to be divinely accountable. 654 00:35:29,449 --> 00:35:32,049 Now I've stepped away from being a pastor nine and a half years 655 00:35:32,049 --> 00:35:32,289 ago. 656 00:35:32,289 --> 00:35:37,049 It'll be ten years ago this coming July, and I smile a lot now. 657 00:35:38,969 --> 00:35:42,249 I'm, you know, when somebody comes to me and they seldom do now, 658 00:35:42,249 --> 00:35:44,169 I'm not around there as much as I need to be. 659 00:35:44,169 --> 00:35:47,209 Probably they're glad that I'm not there from time to time. 660 00:35:47,849 --> 00:35:52,369 But I just point my finger at my pastor and said, go talk to him 661 00:35:52,369 --> 00:35:53,129 about that. 662 00:35:54,729 --> 00:35:56,969 He's divinely accountable for the work. 663 00:35:57,769 --> 00:36:00,889 And you're supposed to obey them that have the rule over you. 664 00:36:01,289 --> 00:36:03,689 The Bible says, thank God for that. 665 00:36:03,689 --> 00:36:05,289 And what's the job of a pastor? 666 00:36:05,369 --> 00:36:06,649 Well, it's really simple. 667 00:36:06,889 --> 00:36:08,649 He's to feed and lead the church. 668 00:36:09,369 --> 00:36:12,409 His principal job is to stand this pulpit every week and give you 669 00:36:12,409 --> 00:36:16,069 God's word and to lead you in making the kind of decisions for 670 00:36:16,069 --> 00:36:19,109 the church and for your spiritual growth that'll help you 671 00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:22,829 honor the Lord and be glad you meet Christ when he returns. 672 00:36:23,709 --> 00:36:24,429 Number eight. 673 00:36:25,309 --> 00:36:27,909 When we get to number nine, I want you to really get excited, will 674 00:36:27,909 --> 00:36:28,189 you? 675 00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:32,109 Number 8. 676 00:36:32,669 --> 00:36:36,509 New Testament churches respect the privilege of church membership 677 00:36:36,989 --> 00:36:40,869 and dismiss from their fellowship ungodly Members who refuse 678 00:36:40,869 --> 00:36:41,469 to repent. 679 00:36:42,479 --> 00:36:48,439 Now, you might all choke that one down, but the problem with modern 680 00:36:48,439 --> 00:36:51,759 Baptist churches is we've lost the handle on who should be a member 681 00:36:51,759 --> 00:36:53,599 and who should sustain membership. 682 00:36:54,879 --> 00:36:58,479 Our church ought to be a forgiving people, but we also ought 683 00:36:58,479 --> 00:37:01,479 to be strict about those who have decided to hold on to their 684 00:37:01,479 --> 00:37:06,159 testimony of sin and not repent and come get right with God. 685 00:37:09,689 --> 00:37:15,929 John Dagg, who was an early Baptist theologian, said, when discipline 686 00:37:15,929 --> 00:37:17,929 leaves the church, Christ goes with it. 687 00:37:19,209 --> 00:37:22,729 See, there needs to be a church not only needs to be an assembly 688 00:37:22,729 --> 00:37:25,129 of believers, but they need to be pure believers. 689 00:37:26,169 --> 00:37:28,769 We need to make sure we're walking with the Lord and obeying 690 00:37:28,769 --> 00:37:29,169 the Lord. 691 00:37:29,169 --> 00:37:33,249 And when people defiantly say, I'm not going to do that, even though 692 00:37:33,249 --> 00:37:38,279 they know what God's word teaches, they need to be dismissed 693 00:37:38,279 --> 00:37:39,039 from the church. 694 00:37:41,519 --> 00:37:43,919 Now you say, can discipline be misused? 695 00:37:43,999 --> 00:37:44,399 Sure. 696 00:37:45,279 --> 00:37:49,519 But that doesn't mean we don't need to use although some disused, 697 00:37:49,839 --> 00:37:51,679 misused discipline. 698 00:37:52,399 --> 00:37:53,119 Number nine. 699 00:37:55,919 --> 00:37:56,959 All right, here we go. 700 00:37:57,279 --> 00:37:59,359 I'm telling you, I'm getting you out of here on time. 701 00:38:02,169 --> 00:38:04,329 As a visiting preacher, I know this deal. 702 00:38:04,809 --> 00:38:08,649 When you're given a time allotment, you do it. 703 00:38:08,649 --> 00:38:11,609 And if you'll come back in the afternoon, I'm gonna do a 20 minute 704 00:38:11,609 --> 00:38:12,169 sermon. 705 00:38:14,089 --> 00:38:15,849 This is gonna be a great day for you. 706 00:38:17,529 --> 00:38:19,809 You've never seen it happen in a Baptist church? 707 00:38:19,809 --> 00:38:20,249 Probably. 708 00:38:21,609 --> 00:38:22,249 Number nine. 709 00:38:22,649 --> 00:38:25,689 New Testament churches are Great Commission focused. 710 00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:29,949 Winning the loss, sending missionaries and planting churches. 711 00:38:31,549 --> 00:38:35,589 It ought to matter to you that not only did you get saved, but you 712 00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:36,989 want other people to be saved. 713 00:38:38,829 --> 00:38:41,469 It ought to matter to you that there are some people willing to 714 00:38:41,469 --> 00:38:43,628 go beyond the neighborhood to the nations. 715 00:38:44,349 --> 00:38:48,789 And we need to be helping as many of those as we can to preach 716 00:38:48,789 --> 00:38:50,589 the gospel in other places. 717 00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:56,369 And the end result of winning people and sending missionaries is 718 00:38:56,369 --> 00:38:57,929 planting sister churches. 719 00:38:59,049 --> 00:39:04,169 You know, that's the fault of today's modern satellite church. 720 00:39:04,889 --> 00:39:06,489 They're not really churches at all. 721 00:39:06,489 --> 00:39:10,408 They're just under the umbrella of a celebrity bishop. 722 00:39:12,329 --> 00:39:17,209 Baptist churches in days before now send guys out to establish 723 00:39:17,209 --> 00:39:22,009 a church, not to have a video screen where the celebrity pastor 724 00:39:22,009 --> 00:39:23,049 gets up and preaches. 725 00:39:23,049 --> 00:39:26,369 And then there's a grunt preacher that gets to do all the 726 00:39:26,369 --> 00:39:27,289 work during the week. 727 00:39:28,409 --> 00:39:32,329 Thank God for churches that focus on winning the law, sending 728 00:39:32,329 --> 00:39:33,889 missionaries and planting churches. 729 00:39:33,889 --> 00:39:36,569 Number 10 New Testament churches. 730 00:39:36,569 --> 00:39:40,449 Look for the imminent return of Christ and his ultimate reign 731 00:39:40,449 --> 00:39:43,289 on the earth as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. 732 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:45,929 That ought to get all of us to say amen today. 733 00:39:47,369 --> 00:39:52,859 Even so, come Lord Jesus Now, I'll give you a little truth here 734 00:39:52,859 --> 00:39:54,899 about Baptists of days before now. 735 00:39:56,579 --> 00:39:59,979 While they have always believed in the truth of the Second 736 00:39:59,979 --> 00:40:03,379 Coming, they have not always agreed on the timing. 737 00:40:05,219 --> 00:40:09,619 BH Carroll that I quoted earlier was a post millennialist. 738 00:40:09,779 --> 00:40:12,819 He believed that we were going to be able to preach the gospel and 739 00:40:12,819 --> 00:40:14,179 bring the kingdom in. 740 00:40:14,819 --> 00:40:19,559 Later on in his life he saw the World War I changed his mind 741 00:40:19,959 --> 00:40:24,959 and he wished that he could go back and redo all the work that he 742 00:40:24,959 --> 00:40:28,999 had done and been published as a believer in post millennialism. 743 00:40:29,159 --> 00:40:31,159 He wanted to be a premillennialist. 744 00:40:32,039 --> 00:40:33,479 I'm a premillennialist. 745 00:40:33,479 --> 00:40:36,839 I believe that Christ is going to come, he's going to rapture out 746 00:40:36,839 --> 00:40:40,279 believers and that God's people are going to be taken into 747 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:42,159 heaven with the Lord. 748 00:40:42,159 --> 00:40:44,439 We're going to going to get a new body. 749 00:40:47,079 --> 00:40:48,919 I'm seeing some of you that need them today. 750 00:40:51,319 --> 00:40:55,919 We're going to get a new body and then we're going to come back 751 00:40:55,919 --> 00:40:57,879 with him at the end of the tribulation. 752 00:40:58,838 --> 00:41:02,679 We're going to reign on this earth for a thousand years and then 753 00:41:02,679 --> 00:41:05,959 eternity begins and we get to be with God forever and forever. 754 00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:07,639 Aren't you glad you're saved today? 755 00:41:08,439 --> 00:41:09,519 I am so glad. 756 00:41:09,519 --> 00:41:14,399 I'm so glad that God's allowed me to to live to be 80 years old. 757 00:41:14,559 --> 00:41:17,199 It's all happened faster than I ever thought it'd happen. 758 00:41:17,519 --> 00:41:20,639 Nobody told me it's going to happen this fast, but it's been a 759 00:41:20,639 --> 00:41:21,439 good 80 years. 760 00:41:21,439 --> 00:41:25,559 I've been so excited about serving the lord now for 62 years 761 00:41:25,559 --> 00:41:29,599 as a Baptist preacher and thanking God that what I started 762 00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:34,479 preaching way back then has developed into its fullest form today 763 00:41:35,119 --> 00:41:38,479 as a true Baptist according to the New Testament. 764 00:41:38,879 --> 00:41:40,639 Are you glad you're a Baptist today? 765 00:41:41,439 --> 00:41:42,199 Let's pray together. 766 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:42,349 F.