WEBVTT 10:15.300 --> 10:21.140 Good morning everyone. Welcome to Sure Foundation Baptist Church. Please turn your hymnal to page 10:21.140 --> 10:27.540 364. Standing on the promises, all sing loud together here. Start off on the right foot. 10:27.540 --> 10:30.340 Standing on the promises, 364. 10:34.800 --> 10:44.880 Standing on the promises of Christ my King, Through eternal ages let his praise his ring, 10:44.880 --> 10:49.800 Glory in the highest I will shout and sing. 10:49.800 --> 10:59.040 Standing on the promises of God, Standing, standing. 11:00.400 --> 11:10.960 I'm standing on the promises of God, my savior, standing, standing. 11:10.960 --> 11:15.320 I'm standing on the promises of God. 11:16.400 --> 11:21.280 Standing on the promises that cannot fail 11:21.280 --> 11:26.400 When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail 11:26.400 --> 11:31.280 By the living word of God I shall prevail 11:31.280 --> 11:36.080 Standing on the promises of God 11:36.080 --> 11:40.560 Standing, standing 11:41.100 --> 11:51.900 Standing on the promises of God, my Savior, standing, standing. 11:51.900 --> 11:57.260 I'm standing on the promises of God. 11:57.260 --> 12:07.020 Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, bound to Him eternally, my love strong-cored. 12:07.200 --> 12:12.080 Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword, 12:12.080 --> 12:16.840 Standing on the promises of God. 12:16.840 --> 12:21.780 Standing, standing, 12:21.780 --> 12:25.040 Standing on the promises of God, 12:25.040 --> 12:31.760 My Savior, standing, standing. 12:32.600 --> 12:37.480 I'm standing on the promises of God 12:37.480 --> 12:43.020 Standing on the promises I cannot fall 12:43.020 --> 12:47.980 Listing every moment to the Spirit's call 12:47.980 --> 12:52.820 Resting in my Savior as my all in all 12:52.820 --> 12:57.160 Standing on the promises of God 12:57.500 --> 13:07.500 Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God, my Savior. 13:07.500 --> 13:18.500 Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God. 13:18.700 --> 13:24.220 Amen Heavenly Father we thank you very much for this morning for us all to be together here at 13:24.220 --> 13:32.060 Sure Foundation Baptist Church. Lord please bless the preaching today. Lord may our evangelists and 13:32.060 --> 13:37.740 preacher preach boldly today fill us with the spirit. Lord netify us we love you lord in Jesus 13:37.740 --> 13:45.400 name amen all right let's turn to 223 Springs of Living Water 13:45.700 --> 13:47.200 Spring to live in water. 13:53.000 --> 13:58.600 I thirsted in the barren land of sin and shame, 13:58.600 --> 14:03.400 And nothing satisfying there I found. 14:03.400 --> 14:09.000 But to the blessed cross of Christ one day I came, 14:09.000 --> 14:14.200 Where springs of living water did abound, 14:14.200 --> 14:19.000 Drinking at the springs of living water. 14:19.400 --> 14:24.200 Happy now am I, my soul is satisfied 14:24.200 --> 14:28.900 Drinking at the springs of living water 14:28.900 --> 14:33.400 Oh wonderful and bountiful supply 14:33.400 --> 14:39.400 How sweet the living water from the hills of God 14:39.400 --> 14:43.900 It makes me glad and happy all the way 14:44.300 --> 14:49.800 Now glory, grace, and blessing mark the path I've trod. 14:49.800 --> 14:55.300 I'm shouting hallelujah every day, 14:55.300 --> 14:59.800 drinking at the springs of living water. 15:00.300 --> 15:05.100 Happy now am I, my soul is satisfied 15:05.100 --> 15:09.900 Drinking at the springs of living water 15:09.900 --> 15:14.500 Oh wonderful and bountiful supply 15:14.500 --> 15:20.500 Oh sinner won't you come today to Calvary 15:20.500 --> 15:25.100 A fountain there is flowing deep and wide 15:25.400 --> 15:30.920 The Savior now invites you to the water free 15:30.920 --> 15:35.400 Where thirsting spirits can be satisfied 15:36.400 --> 15:41.400 Drinking at the springs of living water 15:41.400 --> 15:46.400 Happy now am I, my soul they satisfy 15:46.400 --> 15:50.960 Drinking at the springs of living water 15:50.960 --> 15:55.660 Oh wonderful and bountiful supply 15:55.660 --> 15:57.660 Alright now some announcements 16:00.800 --> 16:04.300 Alright, good morning to Shul Foundation Baptist Church Sunday morning service. 16:04.300 --> 16:08.300 If you need a bulletin, please raise your hand and Usher will bring one to you. 16:08.300 --> 16:14.300 The verse of the week is actually Isaiah 28 verse 16 because I forgot to change the one from last week. 16:14.300 --> 16:26.300 So Isaiah 28 16 says, Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tristone, a precious cornerstone, a Shul foundation, and I believe it shall now make haste. 16:26.300 --> 16:28.800 the great verse about Jesus Christ as I would sheath 16:28.800 --> 16:33.900 cornerstone. Amen. Let's look at the inside page and give us a follow on our social media 16:33.900 --> 16:39.400 platforms. We have Sunday morning service at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4, and 16:39.400 --> 16:43.960 Wednesday night Bible study at 7 p.m. This Wednesday we'll be finishing up Acts chapter 16:43.960 --> 16:49.880 17 talking about Paul versus those Greek philosophers. It's a wonderful sermon coming up. And then 16:49.880 --> 16:53.600 we have Sunday morning this afternoon at 1.30 p.m. and Saturday morning Sunday morning at 16:53.600 --> 16:56.800 10.30 a.m. And I hope you guys had a great... 16:56.800 --> 17:01.520 church picnic yesterday and thank you for the fellowship and the food. Thank you for the map 17:01.520 --> 17:07.280 of the Jerry and the Stockton for grilling those meats and meats, drinks, divers washing. I'm 17:07.280 --> 17:10.880 kidding. Yeah, thank you for a great time of fellowship. 17:11.500 --> 17:17.980 And the next big fellowship is our Christmas service that will be on December 20th. 17:17.980 --> 17:22.620 So please invite family and friends and we'll have a potluck right after the morning service. 17:22.620 --> 17:27.340 And then the Christmas Eve service will be on Thursday, December 24th, which means there 17:27.340 --> 17:29.980 will not be a Wednesday night service that week. 17:29.980 --> 17:36.140 Okay, we'll be meeting on Thursday, Christmas Eve, while we service at the Christmas week. 17:36.140 --> 17:39.500 And then the next week for the New Year's, you know... 17:39.500 --> 17:43.500 week is still regular Wednesday night service. 17:43.500 --> 17:46.080 And then next Saturday, actually this coming Saturday, 17:46.080 --> 17:48.380 we are going to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 17:48.380 --> 17:51.100 and please RSVP if you haven't done so. 17:51.100 --> 17:54.860 And we'll be going to someone on that Saturday. 17:54.860 --> 17:56.740 And then if you are staying for that Sunday, 17:56.740 --> 17:59.600 and Brother Jared is going to a local church over there, 17:59.600 --> 18:01.460 so you guys can check out the church, 18:01.460 --> 18:03.800 try to spy out the land, amen. 18:03.800 --> 18:07.080 And then, I will be driving back Saturday night 18:07.080 --> 18:07.500 so I can be. 18:07.500 --> 18:13.600 here on a Sunday so pray for safe travel. I believe it's a six hour drive so 18:13.800 --> 18:17.760 And then we are going to Evansville on October 31st, 18:17.760 --> 18:19.840 and then Gary November 28th, 18:19.840 --> 18:21.960 and then finish the year up with the winter wonderland 18:21.960 --> 18:24.720 Sunwing Marathon on December 26th. 18:26.360 --> 18:29.760 And then the Titan offerings is for you to see. 18:29.760 --> 18:32.080 On the back you can see the birthdays and the anniversary 18:32.080 --> 18:34.160 for the month of October, 18:35.000 --> 18:39.500 and we'll talk more about that during the afternoon service. 18:39.500 --> 18:41.800 So with that being said, let's sing one more song. 18:41.800 --> 18:43.200 and then we'll take out the offering. 18:47.700 --> 18:51.180 Let's turn to page 112 be still my soul 18:58.900 --> 19:00.020 All together now. 19:01.300 --> 19:05.540 Be still my soul, 19:05.540 --> 19:09.540 the Lord is on thy side. 19:12.700 --> 19:17.700 Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. 19:23.100 --> 19:27.420 Leave to thy God 19:27.420 --> 19:33.620 To order and provide 19:36.700 --> 19:37.800 Guys BYEAH 19:47.400 --> 20:04.440 soul thy best thy heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful 20:04.440 --> 20:11.200 land be still my soul 20:11.500 --> 20:17.500 Thy God doth undertake 20:18.500 --> 20:28.500 To guide the future as He has the past 20:29.500 --> 20:39.300 Thy hope, Thy confidence, let nothing shake 20:40.400 --> 20:43.680 All now mystery 20:45.900 --> 21:04.180 be bright at last be still my soul the waves and wind still know this voice who 21:04.180 --> 21:11.200 ruled them while he dwelt below 21:15.000 --> 21:16.400 Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 21:19.700 --> 21:21.700 Inan 21:23.140 --> 21:25.700 When we shall be 21:27.220 --> 21:31.180 Be ever with the Lord 21:33.780 --> 21:35.780 When disappointment 21:38.900 --> 21:42.020 Grief and fear are gone 21:45.200 --> 22:01.520 sorrow for God loves pure is joy's restored be still my soul when change 22:01.520 --> 22:12.600 and tears are passed all safe and blessed 22:13.000 --> 22:17.500 shall meet at last. 22:17.500 --> 22:18.500 Amen. 22:18.500 --> 22:19.820 Now time for the offering. 22:22.700 --> 22:24.700 Brother Matt, would you pray over the offering please? 23:03.500 --> 23:08.300 If you guys have flipped over your bible to Romans chapter 4, and if you need a bible, 23:08.300 --> 23:13.660 just raise a hand and somebody will bring one to you. That's Romans chapter 4. 23:19.400 --> 23:21.900 In Romans 4 verse 1 it starts as, 23:21.900 --> 23:24.700 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, 23:24.700 --> 23:27.300 as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 23:27.300 --> 23:29.500 For if Abraham were justified by works, 23:29.500 --> 23:31.200 he hath whereof to glory. 23:31.500 --> 23:37.740 but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto 23:37.740 --> 23:43.820 him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 23:43.820 --> 23:48.700 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is 23:48.700 --> 23:52.860 counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth 23:53.300 --> 23:59.060 the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without work, saying, 23:59.060 --> 24:03.380 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered. 24:04.100 --> 24:07.700 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 24:07.700 --> 24:13.140 Comeeth this blessedness then upon the circumcision only or upon the uncircumcision also. 24:13.860 --> 24:18.100 For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness, 24:18.900 --> 24:26.900 How was it then reckoned, when he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision, not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision? 24:26.900 --> 24:34.900 He that received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised, 24:34.900 --> 24:40.600 that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised. 24:41.000 --> 24:47.640 that righteousness might be imputed unto them also, and the father of circumcision to them 24:47.640 --> 24:53.880 who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of 24:53.880 --> 24:58.620 our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 24:58.620 --> 25:04.260 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his 25:04.260 --> 25:07.220 seed through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 25:07.900 --> 25:13.380 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of 25:13.380 --> 25:17.620 none effect, because the law worketh wrath. 25:17.620 --> 25:21.220 For where no law is, there is no transgression. 25:21.220 --> 25:28.120 Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace to the end of the promise might be 25:28.120 --> 25:34.520 sure to all the seed not to that only which is of the law but to that 25:35.000 --> 25:39.260 also which is of the faith of Abraham who is the father of us all. 25:39.260 --> 25:43.480 As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations before him 25:43.480 --> 25:47.880 whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead and calleth 25:47.880 --> 25:52.880 those things which be not as though they were, who against hope believed in hope 25:52.880 --> 25:55.280 that he might become the father of many nations 25:55.280 --> 25:58.480 according to that which was spoken, so shall I cede be. 25:58.480 --> 26:03.000 And being not weak in faith, he considereth not his own body. 26:03.000 --> 26:09.140 now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb, 26:09.140 --> 26:13.100 he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving 26:13.100 --> 26:21.100 glory to God, and being fully persuaded that what he was promised he was able also to perform." 26:21.500 --> 26:24.740 Therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness now 26:24.740 --> 26:27.700 It was not written for his sakes alone that it was imputed to him 26:27.700 --> 26:33.920 But for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead 26:33.980 --> 26:38.860 Who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification? 26:40.940 --> 26:42.940 Brother 26:49.300 --> 26:53.200 . 26:54.600 --> 26:55.600 Amen. 26:55.600 --> 26:58.340 In Romans chapter 4, let's look at verse number 1. 26:58.340 --> 27:02.600 The Bible says this, what shall we say then that Abraham, our father, as pertaining to 27:02.600 --> 27:03.800 the flesh had found? 27:03.800 --> 27:09.200 For if Abraham were justified by works, he had were of to glory, but not before God. 27:09.200 --> 27:16.400 So here Paul was discussing whether a man is justified by faith or by works. 27:16.400 --> 27:18.080 But notice Paul's authority. 27:18.080 --> 27:19.200 Look at verse number 3. 27:19.200 --> 27:22.600 The Bible says, for what saith the scripture. 27:22.600 --> 27:27.600 Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 27:27.600 --> 27:30.600 So Paul's final authority is the Bible, right? 27:30.600 --> 27:32.600 Paul's final authority is the Scripture. 27:32.600 --> 27:36.600 So Paul was having a discussion on whether faith alone saves, 27:36.600 --> 27:39.600 and Paul goes back to what the Bible says, okay? 27:39.600 --> 27:44.600 And we should examine everything with this one question. 27:44.600 --> 27:45.600 What sayeth the Scripture? 27:45.600 --> 27:47.600 What does the Bible say? 27:47.600 --> 27:50.600 Now last Wednesday I talked about Act 7. 27:50.600 --> 27:56.260 about why the Burelians are more noble than those in Thessalonica because they 27:56.260 --> 28:00.800 search the scriptures daily and they were actually checking what apostle Paul 28:00.800 --> 28:06.760 has preached, right? So the Bible is our ultimate authority and this morning I 28:06.760 --> 28:10.300 only preach a sermon on confessions of faith. 28:10.500 --> 28:15.760 Confessions of Faith. Now just to establish some terminologies, we have the 28:15.760 --> 28:20.780 creed. Now creed tends to be a shorter statement concerning the fundamental 28:20.780 --> 28:25.940 Christian doctrine. I preached a sermon called Creeds or Christ last year where 28:25.940 --> 28:30.060 I went through different, you know, so-called Christian creeds in light of 28:30.060 --> 28:35.180 the Bible, but a confession of faith can be more extensive, comprehensive, and 28:35.180 --> 28:38.500 that's usually a longer statement which 28:38.500 --> 28:44.460 defines a particular Christian theology. 28:44.460 --> 28:46.740 However, I will say this, because we 28:46.740 --> 28:51.000 tend to get knee-jerk reactions from creeds and confessions. 28:51.200 --> 28:55.080 that I don't think there's anything inherently wrong 28:55.080 --> 28:57.040 with writing down what you believe. 28:57.040 --> 28:59.480 There's nothing wrong with having statements 28:59.480 --> 29:01.000 about what you believe. 29:01.000 --> 29:03.600 And we ourselves and most like-minded 29:03.600 --> 29:08.360 Baptists, churches, we even have Statement of Faith 29:08.360 --> 29:09.520 on our website. 29:09.520 --> 29:11.960 There's nothing wrong with writing down what you believe. 29:11.960 --> 29:14.800 There's nothing inherently wrong with creeds. 29:14.800 --> 29:16.920 There's a brief statement of what you believe, 29:16.920 --> 29:19.200 or even discussions about what you believe. 29:19.200 --> 29:25.840 believe, but what's wrong is most creeds and confessions do not match the scripture. 29:27.200 --> 29:30.880 And we need to examine them with this question, 29:30.880 --> 29:33.080 what sayeth the scripture? 29:33.080 --> 29:35.240 So point number one, I just want to give you 29:35.240 --> 29:37.720 an overview of different confessions. 29:37.720 --> 29:40.840 There are many confessions of the so-called Christian faith. 29:40.840 --> 29:44.200 Let me just briefly talk about how those confessions are 29:44.200 --> 29:45.600 developed. 29:45.600 --> 29:52.360 So first, in the 1530s, we have the famous Augsburg Confession. 29:52.360 --> 29:54.480 Who is familiar with the Augsburg Confession? 29:54.480 --> 29:55.200 That's basically the con- 29:55.200 --> 30:00.520 confession that's mostly associated with the Protestant 30:00.520 --> 30:01.520 Reformation. 30:01.520 --> 30:03.600 That's one of the earliest and the most important 30:03.600 --> 30:07.200 confessions of the Protestant Reformation. 30:07.200 --> 30:12.940 So the Augsburg Confession of 1530 was presented by Lutheran 30:12.940 --> 30:17.760 princes and cities to Emperor Charles V at the Diet of 30:17.760 --> 30:18.960 Augsburg. 30:18.960 --> 30:23.200 It was principally composed by Philip Melanthan and 30:23.200 --> 30:27.160 that became the most important foundational confession 30:27.160 --> 30:33.760 of Lutheranism, about the Lutheran doctrine. 30:33.760 --> 30:37.600 And this confession rose only 13 years 30:37.600 --> 30:41.600 after Martin Luther's 95 theses. 30:41.600 --> 30:44.360 So again, this confession established 30:44.900 --> 30:47.340 the Lutheran movement. 30:47.340 --> 30:52.100 So let's talk about briefly what this confession teaches. 30:52.100 --> 30:54.500 Article 4 in this confession says 30:54.500 --> 30:59.380 that men are not justified by their own works or merits, 30:59.380 --> 31:02.260 but are justified for Christ's sake through faith. 31:02.260 --> 31:04.900 So let me just read to you Article 4. 31:04.900 --> 31:08.260 Also, they teach that men cannot be justified before God 31:08.260 --> 31:11.020 by their own strength, merits or works, 31:11.020 --> 31:12.900 but are freely justified for Christ's sake. 31:12.900 --> 31:17.460 through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor and that 31:17.460 --> 31:23.700 their sins are forgiven for Christ's sake, who by his debt have made 31:23.700 --> 31:29.900 satisfaction for our sins, this faith God imputes for righteousness in his sight. 31:29.900 --> 31:32.500 Now, is this accurate? 31:32.600 --> 31:34.520 Is this what the Bible says? 31:34.520 --> 31:35.480 Yes, right? 31:35.480 --> 31:36.920 Because the Bible says, for by grace, 31:36.920 --> 31:39.160 I say through faith, and that not of yourselves, 31:39.160 --> 31:40.620 it is a gift of God. 31:40.620 --> 31:42.920 So this article is right by saying 31:42.920 --> 31:47.000 that men cannot be justified by their own works, 31:47.000 --> 31:50.760 by their own merits, but only for Christ's sake through faith. 31:50.760 --> 31:52.200 Nothing wrong with that. 31:52.200 --> 31:54.480 However, they don't really believe that. 31:54.480 --> 31:55.400 OK? 31:55.400 --> 31:57.280 They are confused about salvation themselves. 31:57.280 --> 32:00.600 Because article four says, men cannot be justified by. 32:00.600 --> 32:07.160 your own works, but then let me read to you Article 9 of the same confession. 32:07.160 --> 32:15.000 The problem is Article 9 of the same confession teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation, 32:15.000 --> 32:20.280 that grace is offered through baptism, and that infants should be baptized. 32:20.280 --> 32:23.040 Let me read to you the direct quote from Article 9. 32:23.700 --> 32:30.340 Of baptism, they teach that it is necessary to salvation, and that through baptism is 32:30.340 --> 32:35.780 offered the grace of God, and that children are to be baptized, who, being offered to 32:35.780 --> 32:40.420 God through baptism, are received into God's grace. 32:40.420 --> 32:46.900 And then the article concludes that they condemn the Anabaptists, who reject the baptism of 32:46.900 --> 32:50.420 children and say that children are saved without baptism. 32:50.900 --> 32:54.020 So first they say, hey, it's by faith alone, not it works. 32:54.020 --> 32:56.020 But then they say you have to be baptized to receive 32:56.020 --> 32:57.060 into the grace of God. 32:57.060 --> 32:59.020 And then they even condemn anabaptists 32:59.020 --> 33:01.780 for saying children are saved without baptism. 33:01.780 --> 33:02.280 OK? 33:02.280 --> 33:04.540 By the way, turn right over to 1 Corinthians chapter 1, 33:04.540 --> 33:07.100 1 Corinthians chapter number 1. 33:07.100 --> 33:11.100 So it's funny that they will pay lip service on faith alone, 33:11.100 --> 33:14.140 sola fide, but in their practice, 33:14.140 --> 33:16.940 they still believe in baptismal regeneration. 33:17.600 --> 33:19.280 So we have to ask this question. 33:19.280 --> 33:20.560 What sayeth the scripture? 33:20.560 --> 33:22.440 To me, the best verse, obviously there 33:22.440 --> 33:25.840 are many verses that debunk baptismal regeneration. 33:25.840 --> 33:28.760 To me, one of the best verses is 1 Corinthians 1. 33:28.760 --> 33:29.680 Look at verse 17. 33:29.680 --> 33:31.800 1 Corinthians 1.17 says this. 33:32.500 --> 33:35.140 For Christ sent me not to baptize, 33:35.140 --> 33:37.180 but to preach the gospel." 33:37.180 --> 33:38.820 So here, Apostle Paul distinguishes 33:38.820 --> 33:42.340 between baptism and gospel, right? 33:42.340 --> 33:45.140 Baptism and salvation, because baptism 33:45.140 --> 33:49.400 has nothing to do with someone's spiritual salvation. 33:50.000 --> 33:52.480 And then, of course, we know Acts chapter 8, 33:52.480 --> 33:56.040 what hinder me to be baptized if thou believest with all thine 33:56.040 --> 33:58.720 heart thou mayest. 33:58.720 --> 34:02.280 So the Bible teaches believers baptism. 34:02.280 --> 34:07.200 So this also shows me that the Lutherans are not saved. 34:07.200 --> 34:09.200 They will pay lip service to a sole fide, 34:09.200 --> 34:11.480 but in their own same confession, 34:11.480 --> 34:13.560 they are confused among themselves. 34:13.560 --> 34:16.080 Let me give you a quote of Martin Luther. 34:16.080 --> 34:18.000 He said this, it refers to. 34:18.000 --> 34:22.760 baptism, it works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death 34:22.760 --> 34:25.680 and the devil, and gives eternal salvation 34:25.680 --> 34:27.840 to all who believe this." 34:27.840 --> 34:30.440 He also said this, this holy sacrament 34:30.440 --> 34:32.700 of baptism regeneration. 34:33.600 --> 34:40.260 He also said this, the baptism of infants is pleasing to Christ, is sufficiently proved 34:40.260 --> 34:47.820 from his own work, namely that God sanctifies many of them who have been thus baptized. 34:48.900 --> 34:52.620 So Martin Luther is like many so-called Christians 34:52.620 --> 34:54.980 who claim that salvation is by faith alone, 34:54.980 --> 34:57.260 but they will insert some works to it, right? 34:57.260 --> 35:00.780 Turn from your sins, getting like baptized. 35:00.780 --> 35:03.180 That's why we are not Protestants. 35:03.180 --> 35:06.500 Because the whole thing is, if Protestantism is true, 35:06.500 --> 35:08.580 then it's basically saying that nobody 35:08.580 --> 35:13.140 has the truth for 1,500 years since Christ came, right? 35:13.140 --> 35:14.700 It doesn't even make logical sense. 35:15.100 --> 35:19.280 And we are not even, we are not protesting the Roman Catholic 35:19.280 --> 35:22.940 Church because we didn't come out of that evil tree. 35:22.940 --> 35:25.500 Maybe we are protesting the so-called old IFB, 35:25.500 --> 35:28.940 but we are not Protestant. 35:28.940 --> 35:30.340 That's not the official definition 35:30.340 --> 35:32.220 of what the Protestant is. 35:32.220 --> 35:33.260 Go to 1 Corinthians 11. 35:33.260 --> 35:34.220 1 Corinthians 11. 35:36.200 --> 35:39.840 Article 10 of this confession teaches that, 35:39.840 --> 35:43.480 teaches the true presence of Christ's body and blood 35:43.480 --> 35:45.160 in the Lord's Supper. 35:45.160 --> 35:48.000 It says this, of the Supper of the Lord, 35:48.000 --> 35:50.440 they teach that the body and blood of Christ 35:50.440 --> 35:53.560 are truly present and are distributed to those 35:53.560 --> 35:55.800 who eat the Supper of the Lord, 35:55.800 --> 35:58.380 and they reject those that teach otherwise. 35:58.600 --> 36:04.920 Now, I don't want to make it clear that what the Lutherans teach about the Lord's Supper 36:04.920 --> 36:10.360 is slightly different from the Roman Catholics' transubstantiation. 36:10.360 --> 36:14.920 Because the Catholics believe that the bread and the wine literally becomes the body and 36:14.920 --> 36:17.800 the blood of Christ, but the Lutheran don't really believe that. 36:17.800 --> 36:20.940 They believe in a doctrine called consubstantiation. 36:20.940 --> 36:26.560 They believe Christ's body and blood is present with the physical bread and wine, but- 36:26.560 --> 36:26.600 I'm not sure if you can hear me. 36:26.600 --> 36:28.440 They don't transform that. 36:28.440 --> 36:31.200 However, it's still mysticism, right? 36:31.200 --> 36:33.160 Because the Bible, what says the scripture? 36:33.160 --> 36:35.000 1 Corinthians 11, look at verse 24. 36:35.000 --> 36:36.900 1 Corinthians 11, 24 says this. 36:38.100 --> 36:41.300 And when he had given thanks, he break it and said, take, 36:41.300 --> 36:44.100 eat, this is my body, which is broken for you. 36:44.100 --> 36:46.940 This do in remembrance of me. 36:46.940 --> 36:49.780 So the whole Lord's Supper is about remembrance, 36:49.780 --> 36:53.280 not receiving Christ again spiritually, physically, 36:53.280 --> 36:55.020 or mystically. 36:55.020 --> 36:57.560 So no matter whether they believe in trans-substantiation 36:57.560 --> 37:02.500 or con-substantiation or the real presence of Christ's body, 37:02.500 --> 37:03.860 it's not biblical. 37:03.860 --> 37:06.060 Because Christ, of course, isn't 37:06.100 --> 37:09.700 the midst of the body of Christ when we gather together, 37:09.700 --> 37:13.900 but Christ's body and blood is not coexisting 37:13.900 --> 37:16.460 with the bread and the cup. 37:16.460 --> 37:17.700 That's nonsense. 37:17.700 --> 37:19.660 Go to Matthew chapter 7. 37:19.660 --> 37:21.500 Matthew chapter number 7. 37:22.200 --> 37:26.160 So the Oxford Confession, the most fundamental confession, 37:26.160 --> 37:30.320 the earliest confession from the Reformation, 37:30.320 --> 37:32.200 is teaching of workspace salvation. 37:32.200 --> 37:35.280 And Luther himself taught workspace salvation. 37:35.280 --> 37:38.160 This proves that coming out of Rome 37:38.160 --> 37:41.560 does not automatically mean that coming all the way back 37:41.560 --> 37:43.240 to the Bible. 37:43.240 --> 37:45.640 Matthew 7, look at verse 17. 37:45.640 --> 37:47.720 Matthew 7, 17 says this. 37:48.800 --> 37:53.440 Even so every good tree bring forth good fruit, but the corrupt tree bring forth evil fruit. 37:53.440 --> 37:59.200 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 37:59.200 --> 38:03.600 That means the Roman Catholic Church cannot bring forth any good fruit. 38:04.700 --> 38:08.700 This disproves the notion that we are Protestants. 38:08.700 --> 38:09.700 Okay? 38:09.700 --> 38:16.700 So we see this foundational Protestant confession in the 1530 is complete garbage. 38:17.300 --> 38:20.220 But then let's move on to the 1560s, OK? 38:20.220 --> 38:24.260 Now in the 1560s, we have the Reform and the Anglican 38:24.260 --> 38:27.780 Confessions, because as the Reformation went about, 38:27.780 --> 38:30.860 people started dividing, and people started 38:30.860 --> 38:33.020 to clarify what they really believed. 38:33.020 --> 38:36.420 So we have the Belger Confession in 1561. 38:36.420 --> 38:39.300 That's basically establishing the Reform 38:39.300 --> 38:42.260 and the Calvinistic doctrines. 38:42.260 --> 38:44.100 And then we have the 39 Articles, 38:44.100 --> 38:45.300 which you know, which, which. 38:45.300 --> 38:49.300 which founded the 16th century Anglican movement. 38:51.100 --> 38:55.300 Now the 39th article of Anglicanism rejects 38:55.300 --> 38:59.420 the Roman Catholic's transubstantiation, 38:59.420 --> 39:01.420 but they still retain infant baptism, 39:01.420 --> 39:05.580 and they would describe baptism as a sign of new birth. 39:06.900 --> 39:07.740 Okay? 39:07.900 --> 39:12.460 So we have the Reformation that took place in the 1517, 39:12.460 --> 39:19.460 and then by 1560, you primarily have the Lutherans, 39:19.460 --> 39:22.580 the Reformed, as well as the Anglicans. 39:22.580 --> 39:25.580 But they didn't agree with each other 39:25.580 --> 39:27.220 about what they were teaching. 39:27.220 --> 39:29.260 Because the Lutheran will say that salvation 39:29.260 --> 39:31.620 is by grace through faith, but also teaches 39:31.620 --> 39:34.780 that baptism grants grace and Christ's body. 39:35.900 --> 39:42.260 present in the communion, while the Reformed are more Calvinistic, right? 39:42.260 --> 39:48.580 They will emphasize God's sovereignty, election, covenant theology, perseverance of the saints, 39:48.580 --> 39:51.420 and the spiritual understanding of the Lord's Supper. 39:51.420 --> 39:56.660 However, the Anglicans is more like a Catholic light, you know, in a more extreme way because 39:56.660 --> 40:01.100 they will still return the Catholic liturgy and ceremonies and so on and so forth. 40:01.100 --> 40:03.900 That's why the Bible says, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth 40:03.900 --> 40:06.180 worth good fruit. 40:06.180 --> 40:09.540 So you see the reform, the Lutherans, and then 40:09.540 --> 40:11.780 the Anglicans, they were all bad. 40:11.780 --> 40:15.140 So now let's move on to the 1644. 40:15.140 --> 40:22.780 So 1644 comes the first London Baptist confession. 40:22.780 --> 40:24.780 So now let's talk about the Baptists. 40:24.780 --> 40:27.460 By the way, not all Baptists are the same. 40:27.460 --> 40:30.460 So in the 1644, you have the first London Baptist 40:30.460 --> 40:31.500 confession 40:31.600 --> 40:35.600 So we have the seven particular Baptist congregations. 40:35.600 --> 40:39.100 Now the particular Baptist is also known as Calvinistic Baptist. 40:39.100 --> 40:44.600 So we have seven particular Baptist congregations in London, 40:44.600 --> 40:49.100 published the first London Baptist Confession in 1644, 40:49.100 --> 40:53.100 which they have a revised edition in 1646. 40:53.100 --> 40:57.100 And what's interesting is, even in this confession, 40:57.100 --> 40:59.100 today, acknowledge the term and 40:59.600 --> 41:06.720 Baptist but they rejected it. Here's what it says. The confession of faith 41:07.400 --> 41:11.120 of those churches which are commonly, though falsely, 41:11.120 --> 41:13.440 called anabaptists. 41:13.440 --> 41:17.840 So they reject the motion of rebaptizing people 41:17.840 --> 41:22.120 because the anabaptists carry the idea of rebaptizers. 41:22.120 --> 41:26.920 So their opponents use the term because these baptists 41:26.920 --> 41:31.280 baptize people who have already been baptized as infants. 41:31.280 --> 41:32.000 OK? 41:32.000 --> 41:35.400 So this group of baptists reject the label 41:35.400 --> 41:42.400 and a Baptist because they reject the idea that they were actually baptizing people twice. 41:42.800 --> 41:47.760 So what their logic is, since infant sprinkling is not biblical baptism, 41:47.760 --> 41:52.400 therefore receiving believers baptism afterward is not rebaptism. 41:53.120 --> 41:59.520 Because that baptism doesn't even count. Which I do agree to that, because when we baptize someone 41:59.520 --> 42:06.720 after salvation, even though they may have been sprinkled as a baby, that believers baptism is 42:06.720 --> 42:10.720 the only baptism they have. That's the only biblical baptism. 42:10.800 --> 42:11.400 For now. 42:12.100 --> 42:15.700 So this group reject the Anabaptist notion 42:15.700 --> 42:20.740 to rebaptizing people, although that's just a semantic thing, 42:20.740 --> 42:25.020 because they will say, hey, believers' baptism is 42:25.020 --> 42:26.500 the only baptism. 42:26.500 --> 42:29.740 So this group sounds pretty solid, 42:29.740 --> 42:32.240 because they would reject people who are actually rebaptizing 42:32.240 --> 42:35.540 that believers' baptism is the only biblical baptism. 42:35.540 --> 42:39.440 That's why they don't like the label Anabaptist, 42:39.440 --> 42:40.100 because no in 42:40.100 --> 42:42.500 their mind, they are not rebaptizing people, 42:42.500 --> 42:44.960 but only they are biblically baptizing people. 42:44.960 --> 42:47.620 However, like I said, the corrupt trick 42:47.620 --> 42:49.620 cannot bring forth good fruit. 42:49.620 --> 42:54.020 This group is extremely Calvinistic. 42:54.020 --> 42:55.180 Turn to 1 Timothy chapter 4. 42:55.180 --> 42:56.820 1 Timothy chapter number 4. 42:56.820 --> 42:57.000 Thanks for watching! 42:58.000 --> 43:03.000 They are Calvinist Baptists. 43:03.080 --> 43:05.960 They taught unconditional election. 43:05.960 --> 43:08.820 Article three in this confession said that 43:08.820 --> 43:12.460 God had foreordained some men to eternal life 43:12.460 --> 43:13.900 through Jesus Christ. 43:13.900 --> 43:16.700 They also taught perseverance of the saints. 43:16.700 --> 43:21.700 Article 36 says, those united to Christ by a factual faith 43:22.360 --> 43:25.200 can never fall away from him. 43:25.900 --> 43:28.780 So that's why we are not Calvinists, right? 43:28.780 --> 43:30.300 Because what says the scripture? 43:30.300 --> 43:31.940 1 Timothy chapter 4, look at verse 10. 43:31.940 --> 43:33.700 1 Timothy 4, 10 says this. 43:34.600 --> 43:37.600 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, 43:37.600 --> 43:39.760 because we trust in the living God, who 43:39.760 --> 43:43.800 is the Savior of all men, especially of those that 43:43.800 --> 43:45.200 believe." 43:45.200 --> 43:47.920 He's the Savior of all men, both those who believe 43:47.920 --> 43:49.600 and those who don't believe. 43:49.600 --> 43:51.560 But if you believe on Christ, you 43:51.560 --> 43:54.440 get to partake the benefit. 43:54.440 --> 43:55.880 So he's the Savior of all men. 43:55.880 --> 43:57.720 Let me give you a quote of John Calvin. 43:58.600 --> 44:01.480 We assert that the whole guilt of sin 44:01.480 --> 44:06.240 is taken away in baptism, so that the remains of sin 44:06.240 --> 44:09.720 still existing are not imputed. 44:09.720 --> 44:14.480 So Calvin himself still believe in baptismal regeneration. 44:14.480 --> 44:18.520 He believe in the guilt of sin is taking away through baptism. 44:18.520 --> 44:22.280 This means John Calvin is also now saved. 44:22.280 --> 44:23.320 Go to Acts 16. 44:23.320 --> 44:24.160 Acts 16. 44:25.000 --> 44:28.560 But then let's move on to 1646. 44:28.560 --> 44:32.920 Now in 1646, we have a famous Westminster Confession. 44:32.920 --> 44:35.120 That's probably one of the most popular confessions. 44:35.120 --> 44:38.200 Some of you may know that, the Westminster Confession. 44:38.200 --> 44:41.540 Now this becomes one of the most dominant confessional 44:41.540 --> 44:46.800 standard of English speaking Presbyterians. 44:46.800 --> 44:50.880 And Westminster says that the visible church includes 44:50.880 --> 44:52.880 professing believers and 44:53.000 --> 44:58.920 their children and explicitly teaches infant baptism. 44:58.920 --> 45:05.700 In chapter 25 of this confession, 45:05.700 --> 45:08.840 it defines the visible church as consisting 45:08.840 --> 45:12.280 of all those throughout the world that profess 45:12.280 --> 45:14.960 the true religion and of their children. 45:15.900 --> 45:19.260 And then in Article 28, it says, 45:19.260 --> 45:23.700 not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience 45:23.700 --> 45:28.500 unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents 45:28.500 --> 45:30.100 are to be baptized. 45:30.200 --> 45:33.740 So in essence, they still believe in infant baptism. 45:33.740 --> 45:36.620 And they also believe the body, I 45:36.620 --> 45:38.700 mean the members of the local church, 45:38.700 --> 45:40.660 of this visible church they claim, 45:40.660 --> 45:44.840 consist of those Christians and their children, 45:44.840 --> 45:48.100 assuming the unbelieving children are just automatically 45:48.100 --> 45:51.620 grabbing to the local body. 45:51.620 --> 45:53.820 You are in Acts 16, look at verse number 30. 45:53.820 --> 45:54.320 be. 45:54.700 --> 46:00.060 Now we use this passage a lot while sowing. Acts 16 verse 30 says this. 46:00.700 --> 46:04.200 and brought them out and said, Sir, it is one must I need to be baptized. 46:04.200 --> 46:08.200 And they said, Believe on Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved in thy house. 46:08.200 --> 46:13.700 Now, once in a while I said that this verse is not teaching that if you get saved, your whole household get saved, 46:13.700 --> 46:20.200 because the point is, hey, your household can be saved the exact same way by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. 46:20.200 --> 46:22.200 Because look at verse 32, 46:22.200 --> 46:26.700 And they speak unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that word in his house. 46:26.700 --> 46:28.200 Look at verse 34, 46:28.200 --> 46:28.700 once he had. 46:28.700 --> 46:31.200 brought them into his house, he sent me before them, 46:31.200 --> 46:34.780 and rejoice, don't miss this, believing in God 46:34.780 --> 46:36.420 with all his house." 46:36.420 --> 46:38.380 So why is his household saved? 46:38.380 --> 46:40.380 Because all of his household believe, 46:40.380 --> 46:43.220 including children, wife, I don't know how many people 46:43.220 --> 46:44.860 are in his household. 46:44.860 --> 46:48.540 So this passage is not teaching, if you are saved, 46:48.540 --> 46:52.580 then your unsaved children are part of the local body 46:52.580 --> 46:54.820 of the believers. 46:54.820 --> 46:56.700 Because everyone has to make individual 46:56.700 --> 47:01.700 individual choice onto salvation. 47:01.700 --> 47:06.700 So in the same confession of faith, chapter 28, it says this, 47:06.700 --> 47:12.700 immersion is not necessary for valid baptism. 47:12.700 --> 47:15.700 Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary, 47:15.700 --> 47:21.700 but baptism is rightly administered by pouring 47:21.700 --> 47:23.700 spring clean water upon the person. 47:24.700 --> 47:26.220 Who may be baptized? 47:26.220 --> 47:29.500 Professing believers and their infant children. 47:29.500 --> 47:32.540 How baptism may be administered? 47:32.540 --> 47:34.100 Emerging is not required. 47:34.100 --> 47:36.300 Pouring or sprinkling is valid. 47:37.100 --> 47:41.200 So again, they were teaching baptismal regeneration. 47:41.200 --> 47:42.540 They were teaching infant baptism. 47:42.540 --> 47:44.440 They were teaching sprinkling. 47:44.440 --> 47:46.780 Now what's interesting is the word baptism 47:46.780 --> 47:49.100 itself means to immerse. 47:49.100 --> 47:53.340 And the reason John was baptizing in Enam near 47:53.340 --> 47:56.740 to Salem is because there was much water there. 47:56.740 --> 47:59.840 And the picture of baptism is we are buried with him 47:59.840 --> 48:02.160 by baptism unto death. 48:02.160 --> 48:03.980 So how can it be a picture of burial 48:03.980 --> 48:05.100 if you're just sprinkling water? 48:05.100 --> 48:06.980 OK, so it doesn't make any sense, right? 48:06.980 --> 48:10.340 Go to 1 John chapter 2, 1 John chapter 2. 48:10.340 --> 48:12.500 So the first London Baptist Confession 48:12.500 --> 48:15.420 is basically garbage, teaching you, 48:15.420 --> 48:18.620 I mean the Westminster Confession is garbage, 48:18.620 --> 48:22.980 because they still hold on to the baptismal regeneration. 48:22.980 --> 48:26.220 Now let's move on to the 1677. 48:26.220 --> 48:29.300 We have the second London Baptist Confession. 48:29.700 --> 48:38.700 So it was written in 1677, but then publicly adopted by, you know, particular Baptist churches in 1689. 48:38.700 --> 48:39.700 Now, uh... 48:40.800 --> 48:46.640 Now, this group of Baptists, they already had the first London Baptist Confession. 48:46.640 --> 48:54.200 So the second London Baptist Confession partly served to demonstrate their agreement with 48:54.200 --> 48:57.360 other Reformed Christians on many fundamental doctrines. 48:57.360 --> 49:02.040 Basically, they want to show that they're like agreement to other sects of Christians. 49:03.200 --> 49:07.200 Now the problem is, this is still very Calvinistic. 49:07.200 --> 49:13.200 Let me read to you chapter 10 of this confession called the Effectual Calling. 49:13.400 --> 49:21.160 Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed and accepted time, 49:21.160 --> 49:27.000 effectually to call by his word and spirit out of that state of sin and death, 49:27.000 --> 49:31.080 in which they are by nature to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ, 49:31.080 --> 49:35.800 enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, 49:35.800 --> 49:41.240 taking away their heart of stone and giving unto them a heart of flesh, renewing their wills and by 49:41.400 --> 49:45.400 his almighty power, determining them to which is good, 49:45.400 --> 49:48.360 and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ, 49:48.360 --> 49:50.640 yet so as they come most freely, 49:50.640 --> 49:52.400 being made willing by his grace." 49:52.400 --> 49:53.700 That's one sentence, by the way. 49:54.700 --> 49:57.200 So basically, let me just translate. 49:57.200 --> 49:58.580 They teach predestination, right? 49:58.580 --> 50:01.580 God chose certain people to believe. 50:01.580 --> 50:06.260 And chapter 3, only the elect are redeemed. 50:06.260 --> 50:09.220 As God had appointed the elect unto glory, 50:09.220 --> 50:13.900 so he had by the eternal and most free purpose of his will 50:13.900 --> 50:16.700 foreordained all the means thereunto. 50:16.700 --> 50:19.540 Wherefore, they who are elected, being following Adam, 50:19.540 --> 50:22.620 are redeemed by Christ, are effectually caught unto 50:22.700 --> 50:26.040 in Christ by his Spirit, working in due season, 50:26.040 --> 50:29.600 are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power 50:29.600 --> 50:31.200 through faith unto salvation. 50:31.200 --> 50:33.400 Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, 50:33.400 --> 50:36.840 or, if actually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, 50:36.840 --> 50:38.380 and saved, but the elect only." 50:38.380 --> 50:39.400 Again, one sentence. 50:39.400 --> 50:41.560 Again, these people are pretty amazing 50:41.560 --> 50:43.320 to write all that in one sentence. 50:43.320 --> 50:45.540 We write a whole paragraph in one sentence. 50:45.540 --> 50:48.080 But again, God only chose the elect, 50:48.080 --> 50:50.360 but everyone else is going to hell. 50:50.360 --> 50:50.700 Thank you for watching. 50:50.700 --> 50:51.700 That's what they're saying. 50:52.200 --> 50:54.760 You know, in 1 John chapter 2, look at verse number 2. 50:54.760 --> 50:57.840 1 John chapter 2, verse 2, here's another powerful verse. 50:57.840 --> 51:01.240 And he is the propitiation for our sins, 51:01.240 --> 51:04.600 and not for ours only, but also for the sins 51:04.600 --> 51:05.760 of the whole world. 51:05.760 --> 51:06.120 OK? 51:06.120 --> 51:06.960 The Bible is so clear. 51:06.960 --> 51:10.560 There's so many clear scriptures about debunking 51:10.560 --> 51:12.560 this unconditional election. 51:12.560 --> 51:14.200 In fact, that's why I think people 51:14.200 --> 51:17.560 who hold onto this part of the tulip are not saved. 51:17.560 --> 51:18.060 Amen. 51:18.060 --> 51:18.560 Right? 51:18.560 --> 51:20.200 How can you just denounce the tulip? 51:20.200 --> 51:22.040 is clear scripture. 51:22.040 --> 51:25.600 Now, have I made it clear that we are not Protestant? 51:25.600 --> 51:29.760 Because all the major confessions are trash. 51:29.760 --> 51:31.600 Now let's move on to America. 51:31.600 --> 51:35.880 So in 1742, we have the Philadelphia Confession. 51:35.880 --> 51:36.380 So 51:36.380 --> 51:36.500 you 51:36.900 --> 51:42.260 Basically, the Philadelphia Confession is the second London Baptist Confession, you 51:42.260 --> 51:48.540 know, going like across Atlantic, you know, basically established their route among American 51:48.540 --> 51:49.860 so-called Baptists. 51:50.300 --> 51:54.500 Now, the key thing to understand is the Philadelphia Confession 51:54.500 --> 51:57.140 is not a new theological system. 51:57.140 --> 52:00.540 It's essentially the Second London Baptist Confession 52:00.540 --> 52:03.100 adopted in an American setting, which 52:03.100 --> 52:06.220 means it's still carbonistic, although they 52:06.220 --> 52:10.100 did add two additional chapters to the Second London Baptist 52:10.100 --> 52:10.780 Confession. 52:10.780 --> 52:12.380 Let me read to you. 52:12.380 --> 52:14.460 The first chapter is of saying of Psalms. 52:15.100 --> 52:18.500 Congregational singing is an ordinance of God 52:18.500 --> 52:21.300 and should be practiced in the churches. 52:21.300 --> 52:23.300 Depends on how you define the word ordinance, 52:23.300 --> 52:26.580 I have no problem with that, because we should sing Psalms. 52:26.580 --> 52:29.820 And then the second chapter is of the laying on of hands. 52:29.820 --> 52:32.940 Baptized believers should receive the laying on of hands 52:32.940 --> 52:35.760 with prayer connected with seeking the Holy Spirit's 52:35.760 --> 52:38.060 promise, blessings, and strengthening. 52:38.600 --> 52:44.100 You know, there's nothing wrong with me laying on someone's hands who just got baptized to pray for him, right? 52:44.100 --> 52:45.300 There's nothing wrong with that. 52:45.300 --> 52:53.300 However, again, it's still highly carbonistic because they still believe in this unconditional election doctrine. 52:53.800 --> 52:56.640 So now let's move on to 1833. 52:56.640 --> 52:59.600 We have the New Hampshire Baptist Confession. 52:59.600 --> 53:01.960 It was drafted by John Newton Brown 53:01.960 --> 53:06.960 and adopted by the New Hampshire Baptist Convention in 1833. 53:06.960 --> 53:10.480 It contains 18 articles covering the major doctrines, 53:10.480 --> 53:14.440 such as scripture, God, salvation, so on and so forth. 53:14.440 --> 53:17.760 So let me read to you the Article IV of salvation. 53:18.300 --> 53:20.220 We believe that salvation of sinners 53:20.220 --> 53:24.980 is wholly of grace through the medial offices 53:24.980 --> 53:26.620 of the Son of God." 53:26.620 --> 53:28.500 Sounds pretty solid, right? 53:28.500 --> 53:30.060 It's only through Jesus Christ. 53:30.060 --> 53:36.620 Article 5 says, justification, not 53:36.620 --> 53:39.500 in consideration of any works of righteousness, 53:39.500 --> 53:41.940 which we have done, but solely through faith 53:41.940 --> 53:44.140 in the Redeemer's blood. 53:44.140 --> 53:44.780 Pretty solid. 53:45.500 --> 53:46.400 BUT 53:46.900 --> 53:52.840 In Article 9, it says this, of God's purpose of grace, 53:52.840 --> 53:56.920 we believe that election is the eternal purpose of God 53:56.920 --> 54:00.160 according to which he graciously regenerates, 54:00.160 --> 54:03.080 sanctifies, and saves sinners. 54:03.080 --> 54:05.040 Still carbonistic, OK? 54:05.040 --> 54:08.160 Article 9 says this, in order to be saved, 54:08.160 --> 54:13.240 sinners must be regenerated or born again, and says, 54:13.240 --> 54:14.900 Regeneration consists of 54:14.900 --> 54:17.900 in giving a holy disposition to the mind 54:17.900 --> 54:21.340 and is accomplished by the power of the Holy Spirit 54:21.340 --> 54:23.780 in connection with divine truth. 54:23.780 --> 54:28.380 Article 11 says, we believe that such only are real believers 54:28.380 --> 54:29.980 as endure on to the end. 54:31.000 --> 54:33.920 that their persevering attachment to Christ 54:33.920 --> 54:36.840 is the grand mark which distinguishes them 54:36.840 --> 54:40.640 from superficial professors, that a special providence 54:40.640 --> 54:43.200 watches over their welfare, and they 54:43.200 --> 54:46.720 are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation." 54:46.720 --> 54:48.480 Again, one sentence again. 54:48.480 --> 54:52.560 But basically, it's teaching the perseverance of the saints 54:52.560 --> 54:56.280 that if you are truly saved, you will keep following God. 54:56.280 --> 54:58.480 You will persevere unto the end. 54:58.480 --> 54:59.000 And they said. 54:59.000 --> 55:05.360 with those people who are chosen from the superficial professors. 55:05.360 --> 55:07.700 Just like some Baptists will say, hey. 55:08.400 --> 55:11.120 We teach calling upon the name of the Lord, 55:11.120 --> 55:13.160 but why are they not coming to church? 55:13.160 --> 55:16.480 Those superficial professors are really not saved, 55:16.480 --> 55:18.120 but those people who are persevering 55:18.120 --> 55:20.600 or those people who are producing real works, 55:20.600 --> 55:22.520 those are the truly elect. 55:22.520 --> 55:25.200 So this is essentially what they are saying. 55:25.200 --> 55:28.400 Now, that's still bad world workspace salvation. 55:28.900 --> 55:32.260 Because salvation rests upon Christ's promise, 55:32.260 --> 55:37.300 not upon proving unreally saved by persevering sufficiently 55:37.300 --> 55:38.700 until death. 55:38.700 --> 55:42.340 Because Jesus Christ said, here is my word, 55:42.340 --> 55:45.980 and believe on him that sent me, have everlasting life, 55:45.980 --> 55:47.900 and shall not come into condemnation, 55:47.900 --> 55:50.300 but is passed from death unto life. 55:50.300 --> 55:53.220 So do you claim if you are truly saved, 55:53.220 --> 55:56.380 you will do good works, otherwise you are not saved? 55:56.380 --> 55:56.900 That's still better. 55:56.900 --> 55:58.800 back to workspace salvation. 55:58.800 --> 56:01.980 Although safe people can be confusing that. 56:01.980 --> 56:05.100 But if someone say you are not safe because you 56:05.100 --> 56:07.780 are doing evil works, that person 56:07.780 --> 56:10.200 is believing workspace salvation. 56:10.200 --> 56:12.020 That is different than some people say, hey, 56:12.020 --> 56:12.980 you should do work. 56:12.980 --> 56:14.940 So at least there should be some change. 56:14.940 --> 56:18.700 Although that will leave for some room for clarification. 56:18.700 --> 56:21.380 But if someone blatantly say you are not 56:21.380 --> 56:22.880 safe because you don't come to church, 56:22.880 --> 56:24.900 that person believing workspace salvation. 56:24.900 --> 56:27.900 Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 2. 56:27.900 --> 56:31.900 1 Corinthians chapter, chapter number 2. 56:31.900 --> 56:33.900 So point number 1, I give you an overview 56:33.900 --> 56:35.900 of the different confessions. 56:35.900 --> 56:39.900 Point number 2, there are only two points this morning. 56:39.900 --> 56:43.900 Point number 2, why we disagree. 56:43.900 --> 56:44.900 Why we disagree. 56:45.300 --> 56:50.060 Now, we've traveled about 300 years, you know, about the Reformation era. 56:50.060 --> 56:54.260 We've seen some major confessions from the Protestant movement. 56:54.260 --> 56:58.140 If you still think we are Protestant, bless your heart, okay? 56:59.900 --> 57:03.140 But now let's back to the core doctrines we believe 57:03.140 --> 57:06.940 and see if those confessions are compatible with the Bible. 57:06.940 --> 57:11.260 Now, I've addressed some of the doctrines earlier 57:11.260 --> 57:15.140 in the sermon, but let's put those confessions on trial. 57:15.140 --> 57:18.220 Major doctrine number one, the scriptures. 57:18.220 --> 57:20.720 That's pretty important, right? 57:20.720 --> 57:24.140 Now, here's a fascinating thing about the belief on scripture. 57:24.600 --> 57:31.720 Nearly everybody says scripture is authoritative. 57:31.720 --> 57:34.440 I mean, the 1689 Confession calls the scripture 57:34.440 --> 57:38.560 the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule, 57:38.560 --> 57:42.040 and says nothing may be added through traditions of man. 57:42.040 --> 57:43.240 Sounds great. 57:43.240 --> 57:44.800 The New Hampshire Confession of Faith 57:44.800 --> 57:48.960 says scripture is the standard by which creeds themselves 57:48.960 --> 57:49.720 must be tried. 57:50.200 --> 57:51.580 Amazing, right? 57:51.580 --> 57:55.300 Westminster also had a strong doctrine of scripture. 57:55.300 --> 57:58.780 So my question is, if all those confessions 57:58.780 --> 58:04.860 claim to submit to scripture, why don't they agree? 58:04.860 --> 58:06.760 That's a very good question. 58:06.760 --> 58:08.780 I'm glad you asked. 58:08.780 --> 58:11.340 Because saying the Bible is my authority 58:11.340 --> 58:15.740 does not mean you have interpreted the Bible 58:15.740 --> 58:16.420 correctly. 58:17.400 --> 58:19.080 And here's the main reason, OK? 58:19.080 --> 58:22.200 Here's the reason why they don't agree. 58:22.200 --> 58:26.240 Because those Protestants are not saved. 58:26.240 --> 58:29.120 1 Corinthians 2, look at verse 14. 58:29.120 --> 58:32.240 But a natural man receives not as things of the Spirit of God, 58:32.240 --> 58:34.000 for they have foolishness unto him. 58:34.000 --> 58:36.200 Neither can he know them, because they are spiritually 58:36.200 --> 58:37.200 discerned. 58:37.200 --> 58:39.720 They can claim so much scriptural all they want. 58:40.100 --> 58:44.500 But they cannot even receive any spiritual truth from the Bible 58:44.500 --> 58:45.860 because they are not saved. 58:45.860 --> 58:49.100 That's why they disagree upon the core doctrines, 58:49.100 --> 58:52.660 even though they claim scripture alone. 58:52.660 --> 58:56.700 Because if they're not saved, so the scriptural means nothing. 58:57.800 --> 59:00.280 Major doctrine number two, salvation. 59:00.280 --> 59:03.680 Although that should be number one, but you get it. 59:03.680 --> 59:05.760 But the word of God kind of establishes salvation. 59:05.760 --> 59:08.520 But these are not in order of importance. 59:08.520 --> 59:10.880 Salvation. 59:10.880 --> 59:11.680 Here's another thing. 59:11.680 --> 59:17.840 Most of the Protestant documents reject salvation by human works. 59:17.840 --> 59:18.000 Thanks for watching! 59:18.200 --> 59:20.320 salvation by human merits. 59:20.320 --> 59:22.660 And they strongly affirm justification 59:22.660 --> 59:25.080 is only through the Lord Jesus Christ. 59:25.080 --> 59:27.680 But they either hold unconditional election 59:27.680 --> 59:31.560 or backdoor workspace salvation, or they will believe, hey, 59:31.560 --> 59:33.240 baptism truly saves. 59:33.240 --> 59:34.720 And we reject all of it. 59:34.720 --> 59:35.000 you 59:37.100 --> 59:39.100 Major adoption number three, baptism. 59:40.200 --> 59:43.360 Now the Augsburg Confession believe in infant baptism, 59:43.360 --> 59:46.000 and they connect that with saving grace. 59:46.000 --> 59:50.280 The 39 Articles also believe in baptism as a sacrament. 59:50.280 --> 59:52.800 The Westminster believe in infants can be baptized, 59:52.800 --> 59:57.400 and they say immersion is not necessary. 59:57.400 --> 01:00:01.840 And the 1689 says baptism should be professing believers only. 01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:04.200 And the New Hampshire believe people 01:00:04.200 --> 01:00:06.320 should be baptized by immersion. 01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:08.200 So even though some do believe in the 01:00:08.200 --> 01:00:10.840 so-called believers' baptism, but they are still 01:00:10.840 --> 01:00:16.280 wrong on salvation, and they are heavily Calvinistic. 01:00:16.280 --> 01:00:20.880 Major doctrine number four, what is the church? 01:00:20.880 --> 01:00:22.280 What is the church? 01:00:22.280 --> 01:00:24.960 Now, the Westminster says this. 01:00:24.960 --> 01:00:30.760 They believe in a universal visible church 01:00:30.760 --> 01:00:34.360 consisting of professing Christians and their children. 01:00:34.700 --> 01:00:36.200 They're still very Catholics, right? 01:00:36.200 --> 01:00:38.400 Because we believe in local churches. 01:00:38.400 --> 01:00:42.320 The 1689, the Second London Baptist Confession 01:00:42.320 --> 01:00:46.360 teaches Baptist congregationalism. 01:00:46.360 --> 01:00:49.000 But it does retain some of the reform concept 01:00:49.000 --> 01:00:52.040 of a universal and invisible church. 01:00:52.040 --> 01:00:55.960 Because in Chapter 26 of the Confession, 01:00:55.960 --> 01:01:00.480 it says this, the Catholic or universal church 01:01:00.900 --> 01:01:04.860 which, with respect to the internal work of the Spirit 01:01:04.860 --> 01:01:08.420 and the truth of grace, may be called invisible, 01:01:08.420 --> 01:01:11.700 consist of the whole number of the elect." 01:01:11.700 --> 01:01:15.580 So again, it's one church only composed of those people 01:01:15.580 --> 01:01:17.660 who are chosen by God. 01:01:17.660 --> 01:01:19.620 So again, Calvinistic, right? 01:01:19.620 --> 01:01:22.260 And here's a New Hampshire confession. 01:01:23.200 --> 01:01:27.520 A visible Church of Christ is a congregation of baptized 01:01:27.520 --> 01:01:31.080 believers with pastors, bishops, and deacons 01:01:31.080 --> 01:01:33.200 as the spiritual officers. 01:01:33.200 --> 01:01:35.400 I believe that's a better definition, 01:01:35.400 --> 01:01:38.080 because they do believe in the visible as in local church. 01:01:38.080 --> 01:01:40.680 And it's composed of baptized believers with the leadership, 01:01:40.680 --> 01:01:41.280 OK? 01:01:41.280 --> 01:01:45.720 Because the Bible says that they that gladly receive 01:01:45.720 --> 01:01:47.680 his word were baptized. 01:01:47.680 --> 01:01:49.960 And the same day, they were added onto them 01:01:49.960 --> 01:01:51.200 about 3000. 01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:52.120 souls. 01:01:52.120 --> 01:01:55.160 So again, they defer in what a church is. 01:01:55.160 --> 01:01:58.040 Although even though they may be right on immersion, 01:01:58.040 --> 01:02:01.240 on the baptized body of the believers, 01:02:01.240 --> 01:02:03.640 they will still run on salvation, perseverance 01:02:03.640 --> 01:02:07.720 of the saints, Calvinism, and so on and so forth. 01:02:07.720 --> 01:02:08.840 Go to Colossians chapter 6. 01:02:08.840 --> 01:02:11.440 Colossians chapter 6. 01:02:11.440 --> 01:02:13.720 Major doctrine number 5. 01:02:13.720 --> 01:02:16.080 I want to emphasize on this one. 01:02:16.080 --> 01:02:17.040 The Christian Sabbath. 01:02:18.000 --> 01:02:20.000 What does that mean? 01:02:20.000 --> 01:02:22.000 The Christian Sabbath. 01:02:25.500 --> 01:02:30.500 Westminster has an explicit Christian Sabbath doctrine. 01:02:30.900 --> 01:02:32.540 Let me read to you chapter 21 01:02:32.540 --> 01:02:34.020 of the Westminster Confession. 01:02:35.820 --> 01:02:38.740 Of religious worship and the Sabbath day. 01:02:38.740 --> 01:02:42.900 Section seven says that God appointed one day in seven 01:02:42.900 --> 01:02:45.760 for a Sabbath to be kept holy unto him. 01:02:45.760 --> 01:02:49.600 And then says that under the gospel, it was changed. 01:02:49.900 --> 01:02:52.700 from the last day of the week to the first day of the week, 01:02:52.700 --> 01:02:55.740 which in scripture is called the Lord's Day 01:02:55.740 --> 01:02:58.620 and is to be continued to the end of the world 01:02:58.620 --> 01:03:01.860 as the Christian Sabbath." 01:03:01.860 --> 01:03:04.080 So essentially, Westminster, 01:03:04.080 --> 01:03:04.100 you 01:03:04.200 --> 01:03:08.240 Their position is not just saying that Christians 01:03:08.240 --> 01:03:10.440 should assemble on Sundays. 01:03:10.440 --> 01:03:14.080 It specifically teaches that Old Testament, the Seventh Day 01:03:14.080 --> 01:03:16.800 Sabbath, is changed to a First Day 01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:20.200 Sabbath, also known as the Christian Sabbath. 01:03:20.200 --> 01:03:24.720 Section 8 and then explains how it believes Sunday 01:03:24.720 --> 01:03:26.160 should be observed. 01:03:26.160 --> 01:03:27.280 Christians should perform. 01:03:27.700 --> 01:03:51.700 Christians should prepare themselves beforehand and observe and wholly rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations, and devote the day to the public and private exercises of his worship and in the duties of necessity and mercy. 01:03:52.700 --> 01:03:57.420 So that's a fairly strict sabbatarian doctrine. 01:03:57.420 --> 01:04:00.820 Now, if you think this sounds good on the surface, 01:04:00.820 --> 01:04:03.380 it's actually really, really bad. 01:04:03.380 --> 01:04:05.540 Because they're not just teaching 01:04:05.540 --> 01:04:07.620 that we should gather on Sundays. 01:04:07.620 --> 01:04:10.360 They are saying that the Old Testament Sabbath 01:04:10.360 --> 01:04:13.380 was changed from Saturday to Sunday, 01:04:13.380 --> 01:04:16.140 which is actually heretical. 01:04:16.140 --> 01:04:18.140 Colossians chapter 2, look at verse number 16. 01:04:18.140 --> 01:04:19.340 Colossians 2.16 says this. 01:04:21.300 --> 01:04:29.060 Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of an holy day or of the new moon or of the Sabbath day, 01:04:29.060 --> 01:04:33.220 which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ." 01:04:33.220 --> 01:04:35.380 So there's no more Sabbath anymore. 01:04:35.380 --> 01:04:40.420 You can repackage Sunday as the Christian Sabbath, but Jesus Christ is our Sabbath. 01:04:40.420 --> 01:04:44.260 To claim we still observe the Christian Sabbath is blasphemous. 01:04:44.260 --> 01:04:48.580 Okay? We are resting in Christ forever. He has fulfilled it for us. 01:04:50.100 --> 01:04:53.540 So it's true that Christians assemble on the first day 01:04:53.540 --> 01:04:57.700 of the week in the Bible, but it's not a Christian Sabbath. 01:04:57.700 --> 01:05:01.220 It's just a day that Christians historically gather. 01:05:01.220 --> 01:05:04.100 In Acts 20, people assemble. 01:05:04.100 --> 01:05:07.420 They break bread upon the first day of the week. 01:05:07.420 --> 01:05:10.300 In 1 Corinthians 16, upon the first day 01:05:10.800 --> 01:05:13.800 of the week, you know, the church took up offerings. 01:05:13.800 --> 01:05:15.880 OK, so people assemble on Sunday, 01:05:15.880 --> 01:05:17.760 the first day of the week. 01:05:17.760 --> 01:05:23.160 Turn to Revelation chapter 1, Revelation chapter 1. 01:05:23.160 --> 01:05:26.000 The New Hampshire Confession calls the first day 01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:28.200 of the week the Christian Sabbath, 01:05:28.200 --> 01:05:31.480 and says believers should abstain from secular labor 01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:33.400 and sinful recreation. 01:05:33.900 --> 01:05:36.900 They are essentially saying that Christ's sacrifice is not 01:05:36.900 --> 01:05:38.060 enough, right? 01:05:38.060 --> 01:05:40.180 And Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Sabbath, 01:05:40.180 --> 01:05:42.460 and he has fulfilled that, OK? 01:05:42.460 --> 01:05:46.140 And the only clinical Sabbath that we observe is salvation. 01:05:46.140 --> 01:05:47.100 Amen? 01:05:47.100 --> 01:05:52.300 And that's why there's nothing wrong with working a secular job 01:05:52.300 --> 01:05:55.540 before or after you come to church on Sundays, 01:05:55.540 --> 01:05:58.980 because it's not a Sabbath, OK? 01:05:58.980 --> 01:06:00.860 You are in Revelation chapter 1, verse number 10. 01:06:02.600 --> 01:06:09.500 Revelation 1 10 says this, I, Apostle John, was in the spirit on the Lord's Day, and heard 01:06:09.500 --> 01:06:12.780 behind me a great voice as of a trumpet. 01:06:12.780 --> 01:06:19.060 Now I don't want to make it clear that the Bible never defines the Lord's Day as Sunday. 01:06:19.400 --> 01:06:21.900 But Sunday is the most likely day, right? 01:06:21.900 --> 01:06:25.700 Because Jesus Christ rose early in the first day of the week, 01:06:25.700 --> 01:06:28.300 and the entire Christianity hinges 01:06:28.300 --> 01:06:30.540 upon the resurrection of Christ, which 01:06:30.540 --> 01:06:32.000 is the first day of the week. 01:06:32.000 --> 01:06:35.900 And historically and biblically, Christians 01:06:35.900 --> 01:06:40.220 do gather on the first day of the week. 01:06:40.220 --> 01:06:43.820 So I do believe the Lord's Day is talking about Sunday. 01:06:43.820 --> 01:06:44.700 OK? 01:06:44.700 --> 01:06:46.460 Now here's something interesting about that, 01:06:46.460 --> 01:06:47.400 although that's not the main article. 01:06:47.400 --> 01:06:55.720 argument, in the Greek, the word for Lord is Kilios. 01:06:55.720 --> 01:06:59.200 And the word for Sunday is Kiliaki. 01:06:59.200 --> 01:07:01.720 Now, the word for Sunday in Greek literally means the 01:07:01.720 --> 01:07:03.880 Lord's or belonging to the Lord. 01:07:04.200 --> 01:07:05.560 Pretty interesting, right? 01:07:05.560 --> 01:07:07.440 Although that's not the main argument, 01:07:07.440 --> 01:07:09.480 but even biblically you can almost prove 01:07:09.480 --> 01:07:11.600 that the Lord's Day is Sunday. 01:07:11.600 --> 01:07:13.760 But it's interesting that in the Greek, 01:07:13.760 --> 01:07:17.080 Sunday and the Lord are connected with each other. 01:07:17.080 --> 01:07:19.560 It's about belonging to the Lord. 01:07:19.560 --> 01:07:22.320 Plus, if you look at the principle of the first fruit, 01:07:22.320 --> 01:07:23.880 why do we tie the 10%? 01:07:23.880 --> 01:07:26.080 We are giving God the first fruit, right? 01:07:26.080 --> 01:07:28.920 So it's great to start out the week to worship the Lord. 01:07:28.920 --> 01:07:29.420 Amen. 01:07:29.420 --> 01:07:29.920 Amen. 01:07:32.500 --> 01:07:37.940 So in conclusion, we should not take these confessions seriously. 01:07:37.940 --> 01:07:43.780 Yes, we do have our own doctrinal statement, but scriptures should be our final authority. 01:07:43.780 --> 01:07:49.780 Let me just read to you our statement of faith, okay? And they are all biblical. They should. 01:07:50.400 --> 01:07:53.840 We believe that salvation is by grace through faith and other works. 01:07:53.840 --> 01:07:58.000 This means that salvation cannot be earned by any works, 01:07:58.000 --> 01:08:02.080 church attendance, baptism, repenting of your sins, and so on. 01:08:02.080 --> 01:08:06.080 Salvation is putting your faith in Jesus Christ and that He died, was buried, 01:08:06.080 --> 01:08:08.240 and rose from the grave to pay for your sin. 01:08:08.240 --> 01:08:12.720 You receive salvation by believing on Lord Jesus Christ and simply asking Him to save you. 01:08:13.520 --> 01:08:14.320 Pretty clear, right? 01:08:15.700 --> 01:08:17.440 Again, that's how many sentences. 01:08:17.440 --> 01:08:20.320 One, two, four sentences. 01:08:20.320 --> 01:08:22.360 Clear plainness of speech, right? 01:08:22.360 --> 01:08:24.880 We believe in the eternal security of the believer. 01:08:24.880 --> 01:08:26.080 Once saved, always saved. 01:08:26.080 --> 01:08:28.320 Just like there's nothing you can do to earn salvation, 01:08:28.320 --> 01:08:30.560 there's nothing you can do to lose it. 01:08:30.560 --> 01:08:31.920 Plainness of speech. 01:08:31.920 --> 01:08:34.400 There's no back and forth jargons. 01:08:34.400 --> 01:08:36.680 We believe that King James' Bible is the word of God. 01:08:36.680 --> 01:08:38.840 We believe God inspired and preserved it. 01:08:39.800 --> 01:08:43.440 We believe the creation account given in the book of Genesis, that God created the heaven 01:08:43.440 --> 01:08:50.320 and the earth approximately 6,293 years ago, plus minus 20 years, and that they were created 01:08:50.320 --> 01:08:54.800 in six literal days, although that number can be changed. 01:08:54.800 --> 01:08:58.760 We believe that Jesus is God in the flesh and that Jesus Christ was begotten by the 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:00.760 Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary. 01:09:00.760 --> 01:09:05.520 We also believe that Mary did not stay a virgin but had other children and that the Scripture 01:09:05.520 --> 01:09:06.300 mentions. 01:09:07.200 --> 01:09:08.400 We believe in the Trinity. 01:09:09.300 --> 01:09:12.740 which is the belief that there is one God that exists in three persons. 01:09:12.740 --> 01:09:17.140 The three persons or members of the Godhead are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 01:09:17.140 --> 01:09:21.140 The three members of the Godhead are distinct and separate persons, 01:09:21.140 --> 01:09:26.660 each possessing their own body, intellect, and will. The three are all equally God and eternal, 01:09:26.660 --> 01:09:31.460 meaning that they have eternally existed as three persons. The three members of the Godhead 01:09:31.460 --> 01:09:37.300 voluntarily submit themselves under a chain of command. We acknowledge that each man 01:09:37.300 --> 01:09:41.740 of the Godhead is not partially God or a part of God, but believe that each 01:09:41.740 --> 01:09:47.660 member is all God and all of God. We reject partialism, the belief that each 01:09:47.660 --> 01:09:51.780 member of the Godhead is a part of God that comes together to make up one God. 01:09:51.780 --> 01:09:56.380 We reject polytheism, the belief that each member of the Godhead is a separate 01:09:56.380 --> 01:10:01.020 God. We reject oneness, the belief that each member of the Godhead is the same 01:10:01.020 --> 01:10:02.800 person playing different roles. 01:10:03.600 --> 01:10:06.000 That's the longest statement about the Trinity, 01:10:06.000 --> 01:10:07.560 because people tend to twist that. 01:10:07.560 --> 01:10:09.520 People will add different names, social trinity, 01:10:09.520 --> 01:10:11.760 all kind of nonsense, right? 01:10:11.760 --> 01:10:13.960 We believe in the autonomy of the local church. 01:10:13.960 --> 01:10:16.960 This means that we are independent of all denominations, 01:10:16.960 --> 01:10:18.620 conventions, and fellowships. 01:10:18.620 --> 01:10:20.400 We have Jesus Christ and the Bible 01:10:20.400 --> 01:10:23.520 as the head of our church and not some pope, prophet, 01:10:23.520 --> 01:10:26.160 president, or board of directors. 01:10:26.160 --> 01:10:27.440 We believe in the local church. 01:10:27.440 --> 01:10:30.040 We reject the teaching of the universal church. 01:10:30.600 --> 01:10:46.600 We believe that church membership is a privilege and not a right, and church members are subject to be removed from membership and not allowed to attend the services of church functions if they violate the qualifications of church membership set forth in the Holy Scriptures. 01:10:47.600 --> 01:10:52.600 We believe that the unsaid will spend eternity tormented in a literal hell and eventually the lake of fire. 01:10:53.600 --> 01:10:57.600 We reject the teaching of Calvinism and believe that God wants everyone to be saved. 01:10:58.400 --> 01:11:05.400 We believe that abortion is murder and oppose all forms of birth control that end life after conception, which is fertilization. 01:11:05.400 --> 01:11:15.400 We are non-dispensational. We reject any teaching that salvation has ever been or will be by any means than by grace through faith. 01:11:15.400 --> 01:11:19.400 We oppose worldliness and believe in a holy, separated life. 01:11:19.600 --> 01:11:22.640 We believe the Bible teaches us to live a sober, 01:11:22.640 --> 01:11:24.400 tea-tolest life. 01:11:24.400 --> 01:11:26.680 Persons under the influence of drugs or alcohol 01:11:26.680 --> 01:11:31.320 are not permitted to attend services or church functions. 01:11:31.320 --> 01:11:35.440 We take a stand against the charismatic and ecumenical 01:11:35.440 --> 01:11:36.760 movement of our day. 01:11:36.760 --> 01:11:37.000 Thanks for watching! 01:11:37.200 --> 01:11:40.960 We believe in the post-tribulation and pre-wrath rapture of all believers. 01:11:40.960 --> 01:11:45.520 We believe that the tribulation will be a period of trouble and persecution from the world for 01:11:45.520 --> 01:11:50.080 believers and that tribulation is different and separate from the wrath of God that will 01:11:50.080 --> 01:11:54.800 be poured out in this world. We reject the teaching of the pre-tribulation rapture. 01:11:55.600 --> 01:12:04.100 We believe that sodomy or homosexuality is a sin and is an abomination before God, which God punishes with a death penalty. 01:12:04.100 --> 01:12:10.100 No sodomy will be allowed to attend or join Sure Foundation Baptist Church. 01:12:10.100 --> 01:12:11.600 There's one more. 01:12:11.600 --> 01:12:14.100 This is not an all-inclusive list. 01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:19.600 We believe anything and everything found in the King James Version of the Bible. 01:12:19.600 --> 01:12:21.100 Pretty clear statement. 01:12:21.200 --> 01:12:22.820 Plus there are verses attached to that. 01:12:22.820 --> 01:12:26.200 Plus I preach one sermon for each statement 01:12:26.200 --> 01:12:27.120 on the website too. 01:12:27.120 --> 01:12:32.760 So go to Romans chapter one, Romans chapter one. 01:12:32.760 --> 01:12:37.200 Don't worry, it's not that part, Romans chapter one. 01:12:37.200 --> 01:12:40.080 Now lastly, I just want to emphasize again 01:12:40.080 --> 01:12:42.700 that we are not Protestant. 01:12:43.600 --> 01:12:46.440 And some Baptists will try to say things like, you know, 01:12:46.440 --> 01:12:49.720 Protestant simply means non-Catholics. 01:12:49.720 --> 01:12:53.560 But my problem is words have meanings. 01:12:53.560 --> 01:12:57.720 Historically, a Protestant was an adherent. 01:12:59.000 --> 01:13:04.560 adherent of the Western Christian movements that arose from the 16th century 01:13:04.560 --> 01:13:09.840 Reformation separating from or rejecting the authority of the Roman Catholic 01:13:09.840 --> 01:13:17.400 Church. The term itself comes from the pronunciation in 1529 when the 01:13:17.400 --> 01:13:23.580 Lutheran princes and cities protested an imperial decision restricting the 01:13:23.580 --> 01:13:27.000 Reformation. That's where that word come from, okay? 01:13:27.000 --> 01:13:30.560 And then in modern church history usage, 01:13:30.560 --> 01:13:33.520 the word Protestantism is a broad branch 01:13:33.520 --> 01:13:37.560 of Western Christianity, consists of churches 01:13:37.560 --> 01:13:41.700 whose traditions developed from the Reformation, 01:13:41.700 --> 01:13:46.740 principally the Lutheran, Reformed, Presbyterian, Anglican, 01:13:46.740 --> 01:13:51.740 plus many later sects coming out of the Protestant movement. 01:13:51.740 --> 01:13:52.000 Thanks for watching! 01:13:52.600 --> 01:13:58.600 So we should not claim that we are Protestant even remotely because we have nothing to do with Rome. 01:13:58.600 --> 01:14:04.600 The Catholic Church was never good. They are wrong about salvation from the very beginning. 01:14:04.600 --> 01:14:08.600 Romans 1, look at verse number 17. Romans 1, 17 says this, 01:14:08.600 --> 01:14:15.600 For there is the righteousness of God revealed from, don't miss this, faith to faith. 01:14:16.600 --> 01:14:19.600 As it is written, the judge shall live by faith. 01:14:19.600 --> 01:14:21.160 So read with me this. 01:14:21.160 --> 01:14:24.600 If the Catholic Church is always run on salvation, 01:14:24.600 --> 01:14:26.440 and salvation is from faith to faith, 01:14:26.440 --> 01:14:31.280 there has to be a group outside of the Roman Catholic Church. 01:14:31.280 --> 01:14:32.360 It's from faith to faith. 01:14:32.360 --> 01:14:35.720 And there's no good fruit coming out of an evil tree. 01:14:36.300 --> 01:14:42.560 And why should we associate ourselves with a Protestant movement that's filled with women, women preachers, 01:14:43.260 --> 01:14:45.160 LGBT HIV, 01:14:45.160 --> 01:14:48.140 inclusions, and all those worldly philosophies, right? 01:14:48.700 --> 01:14:52.060 I don't trace my beliefs back to Martin Luther or the Pope. 01:14:52.060 --> 01:14:54.700 I trace them to the Bible. 01:14:54.700 --> 01:14:58.860 Because the truth did not disappear for 1500 years. 01:14:58.860 --> 01:15:00.700 Jesus Christ promised the gates of hell 01:15:00.700 --> 01:15:03.100 shall not prevail against his church. 01:15:03.100 --> 01:15:05.420 And that church was not Rome, folks. 01:15:05.420 --> 01:15:08.620 The true churches of God are made up of believers 01:15:08.620 --> 01:15:11.580 who follow the word of God and not man-made traditions. 01:15:12.800 --> 01:15:15.600 And no, I'm not a Baptist Bride, OK? 01:15:15.600 --> 01:15:18.800 I don't believe those groups are always called Baptist. 01:15:18.800 --> 01:15:20.160 It doesn't really matter. 01:15:20.160 --> 01:15:23.200 But if salvation is passed on from faith to faith, 01:15:23.200 --> 01:15:26.880 if we track back the person who God has saved, 01:15:26.880 --> 01:15:28.720 and you go all the way back, I believe 01:15:28.720 --> 01:15:32.800 it will take us to the 12 apostles and the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. 01:15:34.200 --> 01:15:36.320 And we call ourselves independent fundamental 01:15:36.320 --> 01:15:40.600 Baptists, but we don't hold on to any Baptist confessions. 01:15:40.600 --> 01:15:43.560 We don't even agree with most of our fellow Baptists 01:15:43.560 --> 01:15:46.680 because the Bible is our ultimate authority. 01:15:46.680 --> 01:15:49.180 Because many Baptists, they are compromised 01:15:49.180 --> 01:15:51.040 into believing in all kinds of things, 01:15:51.040 --> 01:15:53.240 like the pre-trib rapture, Zionism, 01:15:53.240 --> 01:15:55.160 and not going so many. 01:15:55.160 --> 01:15:57.600 So we don't even agree with our fellow Baptists. 01:15:57.600 --> 01:15:58.100 So. 01:15:59.200 --> 01:16:05.680 And lastly, just because the IFB or even the new IFB 01:16:05.680 --> 01:16:08.120 believes a certain doctrine does not 01:16:08.120 --> 01:16:10.800 make them automatically right. 01:16:10.800 --> 01:16:14.480 There are many things that we repeat from other people, 01:16:14.480 --> 01:16:19.280 and we assume that they are right, but are they? 01:16:19.280 --> 01:16:21.920 We should be willing to change our mind about a subject, 01:16:21.920 --> 01:16:24.960 even if Baptists have always believed on that subject. 01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:25.400 Right. 01:16:25.500 --> 01:16:30.860 We should test everything with this one question, what saith the scripture? 01:16:30.860 --> 01:16:35.940 Not traditions, not creeds, and not confessions, and not this famous preacher says so, but 01:16:35.940 --> 01:16:37.420 what does the Bible say? 01:16:37.420 --> 01:16:38.420 Amen. 01:16:38.420 --> 01:16:39.420 Let's close in with a prayer. 01:16:39.420 --> 01:16:43.420 Thank you all for the Bible, and thank you for the truth, and thank you for the truth 01:16:43.420 --> 01:16:47.700 of salvation, and pray that we'll defend the doctrine of the faith, and pray that we'll 01:16:47.700 --> 01:16:50.460 take the Bible seriously, and I pray this in Jesus' name, amen. 01:16:58.500 --> 01:17:04.940 Okay everyone, we're gonna finish with I know the Bible is true, page 369. 01:17:04.940 --> 01:17:09.020 I know the Bible was sent from God, the old as well as the new. 01:17:09.020 --> 01:17:10.340 I know the Bible is true. 01:17:10.340 --> 01:17:11.300 369. 01:17:15.300 --> 01:17:24.300 I know the Bible was sent from God, the old as well as the new. 01:17:24.300 --> 01:17:34.300 Inspired and holy and living Word, I know the Bible is true. 01:17:34.300 --> 01:17:38.300 I know, I know. 01:17:39.200 --> 01:17:43.880 I know the Bible is true. 01:17:43.880 --> 01:17:49.000 Divinely inspired the whole way through. 01:17:49.000 --> 01:17:53.920 I know the Bible is true. 01:17:53.920 --> 01:17:59.040 I know the story of Christ is true. 01:17:59.040 --> 01:18:03.400 His virgin glorious birth. 01:18:03.900 --> 01:18:08.740 His life, his death, and the open tomb 01:18:08.740 --> 01:18:13.300 And his return to the earth 01:18:13.300 --> 01:18:18.100 I know, I know 01:18:18.100 --> 01:18:22.700 I know the Bible is true 01:18:23.100 --> 01:18:28.220 Divinely inspired the whole way through 01:18:28.220 --> 01:18:32.700 I know the Bible is true 01:18:32.700 --> 01:18:38.100 I know the Bible is wholly true 01:18:38.100 --> 01:18:42.700 For peace it gave me within 01:18:43.000 --> 01:18:52.760 It finds me, comforts me day by day, and gives me victory or sin. 01:18:52.760 --> 01:19:02.200 I know, I know, I know the Bible is true. 01:19:02.500 --> 01:19:07.700 Divinely inspired the whole way through 01:19:07.700 --> 01:19:12.500 I know the Bible is true 01:19:12.500 --> 01:19:17.700 Though foes deny with a spirit bold 01:19:17.700 --> 01:19:22.100 The message old but still new 01:19:22.400 --> 01:19:27.400 Its truth is sweet each time it is told. 01:19:27.400 --> 01:19:31.400 I know the Bible is true. 01:19:31.400 --> 01:19:41.400 I know, I know, I know the Bible is true. 01:19:41.900 --> 01:19:46.900 Divinely inspired the whole way through 01:19:46.900 --> 01:19:51.900 I know the Bible is true 01:19:51.900 --> 01:19:55.900 Amen. Brother Lamb, would you close out with a word of prayer? 01:20:12.500 --> 01:20:13.000 Amen.