2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005 Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 |
Bible Believing Baptist Churches These Days? |
Why wouldn't there be - note the verses following the grossly over-used phrase, "Great Commission." Mark 16:16-18
But there is more - FAR more - when one pays attention to the Book of Acts and notices all the 'taste of modern-day Pentecostalism' within. Unfortunately, we see these things more and more in our own BB churches as we get further and further away from the final authority of our King James Bible that used to be preached in these KJBOnly pulpits!
Warning: False Teachers, wolves, false teachings, another Christ, another Spirit, another gospel, II Corinthians 11:2 - For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Before we look at the specific verses that more and more folks claim
the action of...
I. We can see a purpose behind the order of the
Books of the NT
- even in the whole Bible.
II. We can also learn from 'when' these books
were written!
The actual dates are mostly 'guesses' by the scholars,
so this is not scholarly 'final truth' piece on the dates, etc., but the
order
written is available from within the Scriptures themselves.
A. Gospels-
obviously first, although John was written quite a bit later - along with
I
II III John and Revelation.
Approx. AD 90-96.
Jude, Peter's
and
James
were written in the approx. A.D. 60-67 zone - thus the Jewish flavour within
those as well as Gentile stuff, and that also helps understand their placement
in the King James Bible - written in the early times but placed towards
the end where the Tribulation comes into play.
B. Paul's Epistles
Prison Epistles - "chains"- arrested in Acts 21:33Galatians - soon after Acts 14:27 - written from Rome I & Thessalonians - Acts 18 - written from Athens I Corinthians - Acts 19 - written from Philippi by Stephanas, and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus. II Corinthians - Acts 20 - written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas. Romans - Acts 20 - written from Corinthus and sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.
Signs and wonders through and through in Acts - even WITH Gentiles so Jews would see - UNTIL Paul goes to prison.
Imitate or Follow?
If we try to IMITATE Paul, as the modern versions say we should do,
then yes, the Pentecostals do all the right things!
Vain Babblings - overthrow the faith of some!
However, that is all just vain babblings - and it really
is exactly that.
(real tongues is not today's modern babble, anyway - see Acts
2:5-11)
II Timothy 2:15-18 -
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane
and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past
already; and overthrow the faith of some.
I Timothy 6:20-21
- O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane
and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which
some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee.
Amen.
Others
But others too - all coming together with pentecostal flavouring (&
music) - ALPHA; Purpose Driven; Promise Keepers, Creeks, etc. emphasis
on 'Spirit of God' in one's life, with LESS and LESS on the Book - in fact,
today, there is NO Bible in the picture. It is whatever you want...
Getting ahead with the Spirit of God as being the final authority!
Hebrews 8:10 -
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write
them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to
me a people:
Hebrews 10:16 -
This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith
the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will
I write them;
as well as complete understanding of II
Peter 1:19 - We have also a more sure word
of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts:
We shouldn't be surprised, though!
Acts 20:28-32 -
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which
he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after
my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the
flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse
things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember,
that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and
day with tears.
II Thessalonians 3:6 -
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and
not after the tradition which he received of us.
I John 2:19 -
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that
they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
II Corinthians 2:11 -
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his
devices.
Unfortunately:
Folks don't know it! (Revelation
3)
Folks don't want it! (I Timothy
4:1,2; II Timothy 4:3,4)
Folks don't want to know it! (II
Peter 3:5 - For this they willingly are ignorant of...)
But because we have HIS armour, people must figure that we must not
have to do anything on our part but pray!
Paul brings it home with "the walk!" - It is no wonder pastors don't
preach this stuff - it goes against their 'heart' - their 'feelings!'
Selfish!
Pastor disguise it! (Jeremiah,
Matthew, Acts 2, etc.)
Kids don't want it! (Romans
12:1,2)
The workplace won't allow it!
The home suffers because of it these days!
Today's BB church does not prepare folks for war anymore - let alone
help you through it!
It's a mess folks!
Quit pretending it isn't!