Baptist here! I think sometimes we don’t really realize what our denomination believes because we’ve grown up around it and it’s just natural. Great video thanks!
I went to primary school with a Baptist who told me that his faith was founded by John the Baptist and my faith was invented because he hadn’t read about John the Catholic in his bible… at age 7 I thought this was a compelling argument and it troubled me for many years.
@@henrybalkwill3276 I heard that too as a child, but knew it was nonsense, because a protest or a reform needs an antecedent to direct its protest or reform at.
hey Chandler! i followed the baptist church for a bit - but then discovered that it wasn't keeping the Lord's Commandment in Exodus 20:8-11 the Lord's day is actually the 7th day Sabbath - not sunday. sunday 'keeping' is a creation of the papacy, not God. thanks for reading. Happy Sabbath! (sundown this evening)
I jokingly say I've been a Baptist longer than I've been a Christian, since I was born into a Baptist family, but got saved as a child (obviously some time after being born!). I grew up in a church that was part of the Conservative Baptists, and as a teen, we went to an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church. My husband and I are part of the Southern Baptist Convention now. I've gleaned a lot from every church I've been part of. I have also been blessed by Christian friends from other denominations.
I am a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ & I find all your videos of value, but these little 2 minute servings on what various religious groups belive are extremely succinct and very helpful. Thank you, and Press On.
@@MichaelTheophilus906 interesting to note also that the author of those books - Paul - he kept Sabbath - Acts 17:2 and he encouraged believers to keep all Ten Commandments - 1 Cor 7:19 or are you saying that Paul supported sin and taught apostasy?
@@MichaelTheophilus906 you've already stated this - so once again i ask - are you saying that Paul overrides the Words of our Creator in Exodus 20:8-11 ? and are you saying Paul overrides the Words of our Saviour in Matt 5:19 and Luke 16:17 ? and clearly you're stating that Paul is speaking contrary himself in 1 Cor 7:19. so Paul is ok with us cheating on our spouse, murdering, trampling the Sabbath and disrespecting our parents then?? clearly this is so, since Paul is saying we are _'released from the law.'_
I like how this video is basically: “they do this, but some of them don’t; they don’t do this, but some of them do.” Baptists really are outstandingly diverse in terms of secondary doctrine.
Debunking catholicism I'm more blessed than mary Proof = Luke 11:27-28 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen _________________________ 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul. Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop _________________________ Jesus said Matthew 23:9 9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father. Sad _________________________ Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God Use this to defeat the argument. Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Matthew 12:46-50 46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.” 48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”. Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” John 19:26-27 26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards). By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26. _________________________ We should not pray to apostles Romans 1:25 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Acts 10:25-26 25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.” Acts 14:15 15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, Revelation 19:10 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 22:8-9 8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. 9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." Colossians 2:18 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26 26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession [a]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Hebrews 7:25 25 Therefore He is also able to save [a]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. _________________________ Apostles are allowed to marry, 1 Corinthians 9:1-5 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry? _________________________ The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic). 1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple 2)He sank down while walking on water 3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan 4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times 5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven 6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear 7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles. 8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land), 9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit), 10)King Soloman messed up, 11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11). Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up) 12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up. 13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20 If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up. ____________________________________ Galatians 4:21-26 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. Sarah is mother of all, Not mary. _________________________ Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics. _________________________ Also, if the apostles didn't wrote it, I don't want it.
James 2:14-26 My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him? So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, and if anyone of you were to say to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and nourished,” and yet not give them the things that are necessary for the body, of what benefit is this? Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself. Now someone may say: “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works! But I will show you my faith by means of works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. But the demons also believe, and they tremble greatly. So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar? Do you see that faith was cooperating with his works, and that by means of works faith was brought to fulfillment? And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.” And so he was called the friend of God. Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone? Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
@@m4641 All I know to say is my own salvation testimony. On Friday, June 16, 2006, when I was 9 years old, the Lord saved my soul. I'd been told all my life that the Bible was true and that there would come a time when I became “lost”, separated from God because of sin, and that I should look to Jesus to save me, because He's the only one who could. Of course, I had no reason not to believe them, so I accepted that as true. That's what I call historical faith. It's the same faith that it takes to believe that Lincoln was the 16th president. You've been told that by credible sources, but you weren't there, so you basically just take their word for it. Historical faith is NOT enough to save you. On that Friday night in June of 2006, I played with my cousin at Church, literally missed the whole sermon, but I got too loud apparently, so my parents made me sit beside them. All I heard the preacher tell was a story about a man explaining salvation to his grandson. The man placed a worm on a flat stone, surrounded it with dead leaves and then lit them on fire. The worm crawled every way it could to escape the fire, but everything it tried just made it worse as it got closer to the fire. The worm eventually gave up and curled up in the middle, waiting to be consumed, but the man picked it up and turned it loose. Suddenly, I was the worm. Where there was once peace and completeness in my soul, there was now terror and a great absence. What was missing was my relationship with God. I had reached the age of accountability and was now lost, just like they said I would be. That was the first personal proof of it all, more than just believing what I was told, but experiencing it first hand. My initial response was to distract myself from the problem and think about other things like cartoons and action figures, anything else that a child can think of. But, just like the worm, that made it worse. I got closer to the flames, so to speak. Next, I simply said, “God please save me!” like I'd seen others do. No dice. I suppose I promised to do some great thing if God saved me, or maybe give up some sin, but I wasn't even aware of many sins back then. None of those things worked. It wasn't until I realized that I, like the worm, had no way of making an escape for myself other than relying entirely on the mercy of someone above it all, that it happened. In an act of what I call saving faith, I basically just gave up and asked God to either pick me up or let me burn up one. He picked me up. As quickly as they had appeared, all my troubles vanished. I had just gone through a spiritual transformation without leaving my seat beside my parents. No one but God and me knew it, and I didn't tell anyone. By all accounts, it was a pretty dry service that night, but that didn't stop God from saving me. In fact, I didn't tell anyone for 3 or 4 years. I did get baptized afterward, and I try to do right by God and my neighbors according to the Bible, what I call living faith, but my way into Heaven comes entirely from that one moment of saving faith. A biblical example would be David. He said the pains of Hell got hold upon him, but the Lord heard his cry and delivered him. He had no doubt that heaven was waiting for him either. When his son died, he said, “I can't bring him back to me, but I can go to be with him!” Getting saved that night was what made it all real to me. When I went from believing with the mind, simply because I was told to, to believing with the soul, because I received personal proof.
@@dariocarcano1379 It's not my work/works, but Jesus' work.Jesus did it all.When one is saved, they grow. And they dont do,nor do they want to do,the things they once did. what s the bible you are reading, it is not Gods holy word( God himself)
@@astutik8909 Even today people in the Med drink wine as it protects against typhus and other diseases. The people of Israel knew this. Grape juice did not protect from anything. I don't have time to go through all translations but William Tyndale and Martin Luther would not have access to the background knowledge we have today. But then again Baptists do not require advanced education for their ministers (though some have it).
I got saved at 27. I have gotten backslidden. A few nights ago I had a feeling that I am going to Heaven. I recommited my life to Christ. I don't know how I die if it's either a natural death or I am martyred. I no longer fear Hell. Before I converted to the Southern Baptist faith I was raised Catholic. Thank God I got saved when I did...
@@BlueOstinato Absolutely! Consider checking out the Sword of the Lord ministry, which is a publishing house who publish great works by great men of the faith!
@@nurseactual what??? If you know North East India, there are about 5 to 6 million Baptist populations in the Northeast part of India, but all under different church organizations. We are tribals and we belong to the Mogoloid race, so Mainland Indians called us with racist slurs. Since India is huge in terms of population, although we are about 15 million populations, we hardly made it 1% of the entire population, and there are no representations in the mainstream media. We were converted into Christianity by America missionaries just about 100 years ago, and before that we were animist, we worshipped nature. You can check out Northeast India on youtube. And also the largest Baptist church in Asia is in the Northeast too, check it out
@@jamesboth3785 thank you for telling me. I thought most christians in India were probably catholic or anglican, because of the british occupation. Admittedly I know little of India's history, being american.
@@nurseactualAmerican missionaries Late Edward winter Clark and his wife Mary mead Clark converted my head hunter tribe in the 1870's . I'm from India too.
I'm a Roman Catholic and went to my local Baptist church today! It was awesome!! I loved it! I'm gonna try to be a singer in there group! I'm new to all this. My thinking is this> If it was good for Jesus then its good for me!🙏 Thank you sir for making this video!
I would like to see one on “the way international” and their beliefs. Cause I joined their fellowship a couple times and now I just realized that they hold to some unorthodox doctrines. I think People should know more about this since there has been maybe only limited amount of videos about them. A video with just the data would be helpful for people wondering like I did of what doctrines they hold without having to search through multiple articles.
Steve Ray is an ex-Baptist pastor who was previously staunchly anti-Catholic. He used to train Baptists to convert Catholics. He is one of my favourite Catholic Apologists having written books and presented many times on his conversion story, theology and tours to the Holy Land. You can see a lot of his material on UA-cam. He said he cried for the first 6 years of going to mass and receiving the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Many Protestant theologians, scholars, pastors and the intellectually honest convert and they have such beautiful ferver when they do.
The pastors wife approached me today and told me not to hug any men in the church🤦🏻♀️ Last week the pastor did a sermon and encouraged people to do what Christ did. He acknowledge the church to give each other a welcoming hug instead of a hand shake. She continued on with her gibberish then said “I’ll have a talk with him about that” I then said “so your asking me to go against God”. She abruptly walked away shaking her head. She seemed really upset. But she really emphasized that I am not to hug the two pastors, one of which is her husband and the other I believe is her son in law. I asked God to restrain my tongue. And He did because for a split second I was ready to give her a mouth full. The hurt etc subsided within and I started praying for her. I’m not sure if I’ll go back to this Baptist church…That’s so sad….
@@Grace-nd6vh once you are born again by the Spirit of God, you become His child. you may stop believing even, but He will always be a father to you. You became part of His body so He can't cut you off. He promised to never leave you or forsake you. He promised once you believe, He gives you eternal life. It's not you, it's Him who does all Stop looking at you and look only to him. Salvation is of the LORD. Just take God at His word, and rest He is faithful and He can't lie. John 3:14-18,36,5:24,6:37,39,47, 10:28 Romans 8:38-39,6:23,1Timothy 1:16, 2timothy 2:13 You can be sure 100% of eternal life; if you take God at His word 1 John 5:11-13.(kjb). The denominations were created here by men, and are remaining here once your time is up here, no one goes with his religion to meet God. It's going to be God, His word and you.
Worldwide, Catholic Churches hold the same service and beliefs and sacraments on any day of the week, month, and year, in any State or Country, it is the same worldwide except for language. Baptist churches are like Baskin Robins Ice Cream with 31 different flavors to choose from? How does anyone decide with Southern, Northern, Independent, Free Will, Regular, Cooperative, International, Colored, baptist, etc. or do they just jump around until finding the mix they like? Salvation isn't some kind of buffet.
Perhaps tying into the low liturgical side of things, baptists tend to believe in church autonomy: independent church bodies outrank the denomination. This leads to a lot of the diversity, as well as a tendency to split over axiomatic differences.
Great video. There are many Baptist churches that are not congregational, however. I’m a pastor in a Southern Baptist Church in the city of Chicago, and we have been elder led for decades.
Elder led churches are still congregational polity. Congregational doesn't necessarily mean the congregation has voting authority, juat that there is no binding authority at a higher level than the particular church. So although the church is elder-led, there are no presbyteries or bishops who have authority over the congregation from the outside.
@@ReadyToHarvest Ah I see what you’re saying. I never really framed it that way, though it makes sense. The way we usually express it is that a Baptist distinctive is that local churches are autonomous.
I don't know what i am. Could someone please help me? Backstory: I did not grow up with religious parents or in a religious country (even though christian traditions such as christmas, easter etc are celebrated here). I've struggled with mental health issues since childhood and i have always felt pretty lonely, so i turned to religion to relieve some of my anxiety and also to feel like i'm a part of something. Telling myself that everything happens for a reason and that it's Gods plan has helped me alot anxiety-wise and wearing my cross makes me feel less lonely, it feels good to believe that someone is watching over me and my close ones and keeping us safe. However, i am not baptised and i do not go to church and did not grow up doing that. I would like to, but i am too anxious to go alone even though theres a church in my neighbourhood (a beautiful cathedral church). I do have a bible that i try to read as often as possible and i am still learning how to pray correctly (i'm planning on adding things like thanking God for the food everytime i eat and things like that). Sometimes i feel like an impostor since i have a hard time believing some of the most important things in christianity, like for example believing in hell (i'll explain in a minute) so now i am wondering if there is a protestant denomenation i fit into, and i need anyones help. Based on my believes that i list below, what kind of christian ''branch'' would fit me? My beliefs: - I believe in science, but i let religion answer the parts of science and evolution that i have a hard time understanding. - I believe that everything happens for a reason and that every person in your life comes with a lesson. - I STRONGLY believe that God cannot control everything, and that we as human beings have a choice to be good or bad. - I believe that if you always do your best and try to be kind to others, you will be rewarded someday. When, where and how is unkown but you will be rewarded. If you hurt others knowingly, kill and hate, karma will come and bite you in your ass. Again; When where and how is unkown but it will happen. - I don't believe in heaven or hell, atleast not the stereotypical heaven or hell. But if there is a hell, i only think the worst of the worst will go there. I'm talking about terrorists, rapists, mass shooters, people like Hitler etc. I really do not believe that drug dealers or robbers will end up there, especially not if they're doing it to feed their family. - I sin without feeling bad. I drink, i smoke and i have premarital sex, and i think that is fine. I strongly believe the saying ''God hates the sin but loves the sinner'' and i think that if you truly try to be a kind and helpful person, drinking, having sex and smoking really does not matter (as long as it's not hurting others)
I believe there is just two catigories, the believers and nonbelievers. Believers are people who have accepted Jesus into their heart and asked him to save them. I reccomend you try to go to an evangelical or baptist church so maby they could help you understand that there is a heaven and hell and that not just the horrible horrible people like hitler will go to hell. I believe that most catholics are going to hell as well because they are trusting faith and works and the bible says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, least any man should boast" It it also says for all haved sinned and fall short of the glory of God which means that even if you didn't do anything "that bad" it you still fall short and will go to hell. but thankfully the Romans 10:9 says "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." My advice to you for now is to ask a baptist pastor about it. It may be scarry at to do, but your eternity depends on it. I used to be a catholic, but then God came into my heart and I now know I am on my way to heaven.
It is good that you are reading your Bible when you can and trying to learn more things such as prayer. You should keep on doing these. However, you also need to talk to a Christian minister or leader and share your story so that you could receive more help in being guided in your relationship with Christ. Keep praying and try visiting different churches with an open mind, humble spirit. Let the words of the Bible help confirn if the church you are visitng is truly doing its best to follow Christ. Also see what kind of lives and actions the people in the church are doing to know if they truly know God. May our Lord speak and protect you as you do all of these.
I was an Anglo-Catholic who had just finished the Roman RCIA initiation course but from attending mass, studying church history, the roman interpretation of scriptures, studying the magisterium and statements of the popes against the word of God, I left and have not looked back. By the Grace of God I have joined a wonderful Baptist Church and am being baptised as a confessing, born again believer. Praise God for His mercy. Thanks for your videos.
I was fortunate to grow up in a Southern Baptist church that taught excess or things that hurt your body was a sin. They never preached don't drink although many or some believed that. But unusual for the time they mentioned smoking and over eating, being a drunkard or slave to the drink, as issues. This was in the 1960s early 70s so a bit novel.
i was raised a fundamentalist Baptist, a closed communion, strict in clothing(MORAL VALUES) and doctrine based in the bible. The second largest Baptist organization in the Philippines (AFBCP).
The fact that Jesus was baptized and that the first " converts " were Jews tells me that water is involved bc of long established Jewish purifying rituals and somehow ( the Bible is not clear on it ) it became baptism and , many believe , is necessary for the forgiveness of sin . I don't believe this . Surely Jesus had no sin . So why baptism for this reason ? I know that the Apostles ( Jews ) preached " believe and be baptized " but I wish it was explained more . Peace
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River to fulfill all righteousness, which meant following God's commandments and showing others what to do. Jesus' baptism also marked the beginning of his mission as the obedient Son of God and a model of faithfulness.
It's just my opinion, but in the time of Jesus, most roads weren't paved, by washing His disciples feet, He was doing a servant's job. I think by what He meant by this is that we should take care of each other.
So, why be a Baptist? Do you not say it is not necessary to be baptized? yet you have to be baptized to be a Baptist? so that means it is not necessary to be a Baptist?
I know someone that was a Baptist and changed religion after about 25 years. During the time he was a Baptist he said he was saved (even tried to make me convert). He is now an Agnostic (still a good person with the almost the same morals but his belief changed) . What does the word saved mean and is he still saved?
In Christian theology the term stands for recovery from sin and death by the obedience and sacrifice of Christ, who is therefore called the Savior. If your friend has become agnostic, he has unfortunately fallen from saving faith. (1 Cor. 12:10) I would continue to speak the truth in love to your friend and ask him questions, praying for him.
The idea of being "saved" in the New Testament has various temporal components: *Past Tense:* moving from a spiritual state of being "lost" and "dead" to a state of right relationship with God; this idea is often referred to as being "justified" - "For by grace you have been saved through faith" (Ephesians 2.8 NRSVUE). *Present Tense:* becoming more like Christ in mindset and behaviors through the guidance of the Holy Spirit; this idea is often referred to as being "sanctified" - "For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1.18 NRSVUE). *Future Tense:* being rescued from a state of death and resurrected to a new life in the world to come; this idea is often referred to as being "glorified" - " But the one who endures to the end will be saved" (Matthew 24.13 NRSVUE). Baptists disagree on whether or not these three categories are divisible. In other words, can a person be saved (justified) without then being saved (sanctified) and ultimately saved (glorified)? Free Will Baptists would say that a person who has been justified can still reject sanctification and thereby not share in glorification. Other Baptist groups disagree. Reformed Baptists would say that a person who rejects sanctification never actually received justification. In other words, the person was a false convert--never saved in the first place. They insist that anyone who has been justified will necessarily endure in their faith to the end of their lives (as part of their sanctification) and thus be saved (glorified). Other Baptists disagree with both positions and suggest that a person who has been justified can be glorified even if the person was not sanctified. This position is sometimes called the "once saved, always saved" viewpoint. It is based on passages such as this one: - " If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire" (1 Corinthians 3.15 NRSVUE). In the case of apostasy (total rejection of the faith), the members of the "once saved, always saved" group might take the same position of the Reformed Baptists and assume that the salvation process was never begun in the first place. Otherwise, they might predict that the person will eventually repent and return to the faith, possibly even as a deathbed confession. A smaller number might assume that the person will be saved regardless of future repentance, since the justification has already occurred and is irreversible.
Once upon a time, a village or town starts with one Baptist church. Then, inevitably, they get into a impassable dispute that splits the congregation, and the half in the minority goes off to establish a new congregation (or the town gets so large it simply needs a second one in a different part of town). The original congregation is thus termed the First Baptist Church, the new one Second Baptist Church, and so forth. (Where I am, the Presbyterians use the same scheme). We dont have saints, so urban churches just started being numbered ordinally (and later by the name of the street they are on), and rural and suburban ones are often either named after the road they are on, or adopt biblical placenames (Bethel, Mt. Sinai, etc.) or terms.
John Clarke, a medical doctor who came to America in 1630,was the first Baptist minister in America. His father, John Robert Clarke, was the pilot of the Mayflower in 1620.
I feel you need giving more clarification to that. Baptism encourage reading and exploring, and people tend to choose things that they like more, so it is more about interpretation Calvinism or Arminianism, etc. A stumbling point for centuries now.. Traditions are developed depending on the culture, like in Russian Orthodox church they have eggs colored for Easter, and in American protestant a lot still have XMas tree, both of each are pagan traditions. Btw, Shiites also have colored eggs for Nauryz, but Sunnie that looks blasphemous. Just cultural features shouldn't be attributed to the denomination. I know a lot of preachers are against easter eggs, Xmas trees, and so on, but marketing is strong drive everywhere. So, I encourage you to focus on the doctrines, otherwise I feel your other videos might be flawed. All the blessings to you in your journey. 🙏
First of all, getting water baptized only gets you wet and believing in Jesus mean very little. Satan himself believes in Jesus, we're to believe "ON" Jesus, trusting that His shed blood paid for your salvation. Read Galatians 5: 2 and substitute circumcision with water baptism.
Our origins are with the Anglican Puritans, but were influenced by the some of the Dutch groups early on. Here in the South, we have a historically Calvinist tradition in our congregations that may have been influenced by the large body of Scots-Irish settlers in the Appalachian region, and it makes sense because our language was definitely influenced by them. As for whether we are Calvinist or Arminian, that was largely determined by whether or not a congregation was made up of General Baptists or Particular Baptists. The early Calvinist Particular Baptists seem to have been in the majority, and the more mission-minded Arminian General Baptists were both less numerous and influential. Whichever side a Southern Baptist falls on, we are not likely to allow it to separate us. We generally allow theological liberty on that one issue, though we remain fixed on most others. Again, each congregation has its own mind and decides for itself. I love debating the merits of the doctrines of grace with my fellow Baptists from the Arminian side, even when it gets spirited - but the Moravians showed more wisdom when they said: In the essentials, Unity. In the non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
I'm an independent Christian. I agree with Baptists on most things. I can count on one hand the number of times I consume alcohol in a years, so it doesn't matter. I like a Margarita with Mexican food.
Slight clarification! Many Reformed Baptists have a very high view of the Lord’s Supper, holding something closer to the a Reformed view of spiritual presence.
Every Baptist church I've ever been in also seems to conflate patriotism and flag waving with Christianity. I don't come to church to recite the pledge of allegiance or wave the flag or celebrate secular holidays is general. I come to worship the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing wrong with waving the flag or celebrating secular holidays, I just don't want to do it in church.
Never understood OSAS. If that's the case, whats the point of Romans, Hebrews, or any of the post-gospel books instructing us on how Christians should behave? Thankfully the Baptist church I'm considering on attending regularly doesn't adhere to that doctrine. As for communion, I'm un-decided on that but leaning more towards a real prescence. If we only think its symbolic, doesn't that cheapen the message and the faith that comes with it? Why do we need to explain everything to make it easier to believe? I understand that even though we are Christians, that doesn't mean we should turn our brains off; but shouldn't some things be left up to mystery because of well, you know, FAITH? One of the fundemental concepts of Christianity?
Salvation is only supposed to be the beginning of your Christian life, that's why there are books after the gospel that teach us how to live, but the fact of the matter is that even if you choose not to "turn over a new leaf" and change your life you cannot lose your salvation because it's ETERNAL life.
Can anyone provide insight into discipline in the Baptist churches? I once belonged to an American Baptist church. Yes, I now know that that is a pretty liberal Baptist denomination, but I didn't know it at the time, and the American Baptist churches in my area tend to be fairly conservative. Anyhow, there were a number of people in my church who had formerly been Oneness Pentecostals. After talking to them a bit more in-depth than the usual conversation on a Sunday morning, I realized that these people were still heretics insofar as the doctrine of the Trinity is concerned. I brought my concerns to the pastor, and he just brushed me off. It even got to the point where they ordained one of these folks to pastor another Baptist church--and he was still spouting the Oneness Pentecostal line! That really shook my faith in both that particular congregation and in the denomination in general.
Well, the wonderful thing about Baptist churches is that the individual congregation answers to no one. Perhaps the ABCUSA, SBC, or other Baptist denomination can kick a church out of the association (with no actual consequences beyond that), but otherwise, there's nothing to stop any Baptist church from bowing down to a golden calf if they so choose. You can't really have full religious liberty without religious heresy as an unfortunate byproduct.
Baptist churches are like Baskin Robins Ice Cream with 31 different flavors to choose from? How does anyone decide with Southern, Northern, Independent, Free Will, Regular, Cooperative, International, Colored, baptist, etc. or do they just jump around until finding the mix they like? With the recent scandals in the southern baptist and threat of allowing women to be pasture, no doubt there will be further division. My brother is baptist, not sure which one, but claims he never has to repent ever again even if he sins.
Check out Baptist Freedom of Conscience or Soul Competency, for the reason why Baptist church leadership does not generally condemn people unless what they are doing is unequivocally against scripture, this sometimes results in heretics getting a free pass if the elders are not theologically literate.
In the original Baptist confessions, discipline is taken very seriously. They didn't go so far as some anabaptists did, with shunning and such, but early Baptists did practice excommunication. That church's failure to uphold proper doctrine and discipline is troubling and isn't what Baptists _should_ be, just in the same way that the SBC's failure to deal with pedophiles in its midst is shameful and contradictory to their identity as part of the body of Christ. Now that the SBC has confessed its sins, though, hopefully we'll see its reform movement produce fruit.
Raised very strict Baptist...very very strictly adhered Baptist. Grew up and went Pentecostal, my wife is was raised Nazarene. In reality I'm more non denominational but I lean somewhere between a Pentecostal and a Baptist
About the in betweens. As an Arminian, I find it weird that though Southern Baptists and Independent Baptists believe the same that a Christian can't fall away; I find it weird how usually Southern Baptists are more accepting of Arminians/Methodists and think that believing you can fall away is either a minor or non issue among Christians. On the other hand, Independent Baptists often attack Arminians/Methodists more and some go as far as to say an Arminian is not even saved.
I do not feel that churches answering to a larger denominational governing body is biblical, hence the importance of the independent Baptist church. We solve our problems together as a body and don’t allow outside groups who don’t even know us - and sometimes teach doctrine that violates scripture - to govern us, that is not the “local church.”
0:45 At some point while watching these videos I realized Eternal Security is Baptist for Perseverance of the Saints, which most of the churches I've attended have subscribed to lol
I've always thought it was just a non-Calvinist term for Perseverance of the Saints, since that's who I've seen use it most. But my perspective is that of someone raised SBC, where most everyone belives in Perseverance, even if they're in every other aspect Arminian.
Perseverance of the saints is not the same as eternal security. Perseverance of the saints teaches they you won't lose your salvation because you'll continue in good works, while eternal security teaches you won't lose your salvation because Jesus said so.
@@reaganlecroy7773The reality is obvious just look at the Hebrew . The word for grape juice is never used nor the word for freshly made ( low alcohol content ) wine . Yes, Jesus himself drank wine as well did everyone in the Bible ! Jesus invited us to drink his blood via wine and fed it to the masses and in celebration 😂. The Bible does teach against drunkenness and gluttony but not drinking alcohol .!
@@reaganlecroy7773juice hasn’t existed until the methodists came around and invented a process to limit wine from fermenting. There was no such thing as unfermented juice until then.
Someone inquires if I'll ever believe like Baptists? And I'm like, which ones? Short answer, never will because I know too much. There's southern Baptists and some of them are more strict than some pentecostal I know. There's pioneer Baptist. There's American Baptist. My biggest concern with them is they believe in cessation and I never will believe in cessation because I've known better than that for over 30 years. Biggest most important thing to me no matter what people..what doctrines and what group's they want to participate with is follow the Word so you can know the Spirit and discern from other spirits. There's absolutely no salvation by mentally assenting to truths of the Scriptures. Faith isn't static. It's ongoing and it requires your willingness to submit to the blood, the Word and the Spirit. You're going to have to take up your cross. I won't argue with people who have silly unfounded beliefs. It's not up to me to convict of sin or righteousness but the Spirit will give up too the more you fight Him off and refuse to believe. I'm not saying He's not available should someone decide amongst the living to repent and return. I'm just saying at some point there's going to be no return because you will not be able to get your mind right and decide to live for righteousness. So don't think you'll repent on death's doorstep because at that point you won't even think that way. There'll be 17 other less important things going through your mind and it will be too late. Many Baptists are fine people just like many Presbyterians or CoC people are but I know too much to follow their doctrines. *Just be careful with all the human wisdom arguments.
Baptists don't believe that the Holy Spirit is gendered, as male and female are aspects of created creatures. However, as the Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to with masculine pronouns in scripture they would do the same.
@@mrsginny 1Corinthians15:40-41 + Enoch48 + Revelation12 =Exodus3:14, John1:18, John8:58, John14:15-31, Genesis1, Matthew1-5. The Word of God, is The Breath of God, HIS HOLYSPIRIT. No man, has ever seen the face of ABBA!-Romans8:15, our Father GOD. They have seen HIS Son, HIS HOLYSPIRIT, and HIS angels. We serve a jealous God-Exodus20:4. I’m not trying to be rude. I attended a non-denominational church for 35 years. Does the crowns worldwide inquisitions Masonic brotherhoods, have anything to do with the all male trinity?
Have you ever been to an infant baptism? The church and the parents are agreeing to support each other on raising the child as a Christian. The baptism is not complete until confirmation, when the child is old enough to make a conscious decision to commit to a Christian lifestyle
I’ve never understood why people are so appalled we don’t usually use actual wine in communion. We believe it’s symbolic so why would it matter what we use?
MANY will discover too late that when Jesus said to the disciples in Jerusalem, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away," He meant it! Paul did NOT change Jesus' words, and that's why HE was picked as an apostle.
@@mrsginny Just research "Baptists and slavery"; it is a well known fact, and no one who has studied its history would deny this. Ask Joshua of this channel and see what he has to say. They even fought to maintain slavery.
Baptists are cool, they follow God's Grace & Jesus is the Way of Salvation. May the Holy Spirit of YHWH's Truth and Love always guide the Baptists ! :-)
Are you a Calvinistic Baptists(Piper, MacArthur) or non-Calvinistic Baptist(John rice, Curtis Hutson, Charles Stanley and that brilliant but insane, mad genius Peter Ruckman?
@@boots0444 Hm, some European Baptists "just" behave exactly like the subjects who are the reason the "Christian" college in Grenville was closed 😰 I never thought we should experience hate and such pure Evil as we now do from these religious maniacs. What they practise have nothing at all to do with Christianity but, is purely about power and control.. Worst thing is, they cannot even face their own horrible History which is the present... So, so sad 😰
@@jameslaylyn Sadly some Danish Baptists (same as 'made' /raped the women we now know as the 'lebensborn) now - again/still) see themselves as above all laws, above human rights and above human lives. Sometimes - as in this Danish case, there is absolutely no forgiveness 😰. I' ve never ever, from anywhere, experienced a hate as direct and pure evil, as the Danish.... No wishes whatsoever left for these morons... None at all!!
Charismatic married baptist going to a SBC , think it weird our Name is Baptist and now don't believe Baptism is necessary for Salvation. Salvation by faith but not alone.
@larysnw418 okay then your okay with sprinkling, and infant baptistism , cus water immersion after confession according to some does not cleanse or save. so not biblical
Most Baptist will say water baptism is not necessary for salvation, but they practice water baptism as an act of faith, afterall Jesus was water baptism. That's man's idea, nowhere in the Bible does it say to get water baptized an expression of faith. What the Baptist fail to do is rightly divide the scriptures. They fail to see who water baptism was meant for, they mix truths for Israel with the Body Christ. Which will give you spiritual indigestion.
There are many Baptist denominations. Mine were the original abolitionists. And first to integrate their colleges and allow minority and female students in the first half of the 1800's. Free Will Baptists.
Baptist here! I think sometimes we don’t really realize what our denomination believes because we’ve grown up around it and it’s just natural. Great video thanks!
I went to primary school with a Baptist who told me that his faith was founded by John the Baptist and my faith was invented because he hadn’t read about John the Catholic in his bible… at age 7 I thought this was a compelling argument and it troubled me for many years.
Yea I grew up Baptist Idek a single Baptist who could explain what it means to be Baptist but God forbid you’re not Baptist (ie Catholics)
@@henrybalkwill3276 I heard that too as a child, but knew it was nonsense, because a protest or a reform needs an antecedent to direct its protest or reform at.
hey Chandler!
i followed the baptist church for a bit - but then discovered that it wasn't keeping the Lord's Commandment in Exodus 20:8-11
the Lord's day is actually the 7th day Sabbath - not sunday. sunday 'keeping' is a creation of the papacy, not God.
thanks for reading.
Happy Sabbath! (sundown this evening)
@@tony1685 It was saturday in the old testement, but then Sunday in the new testement because that was the day Jesus rose from the dead.
I jokingly say I've been a Baptist longer than I've been a Christian, since I was born into a Baptist family, but got saved as a child (obviously some time after being born!). I grew up in a church that was part of the Conservative Baptists, and as a teen, we went to an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church. My husband and I are part of the Southern Baptist Convention now. I've gleaned a lot from every church I've been part of. I have also been blessed by Christian friends from other denominations.
"Baptist longer than I've been a Christian" - So how many kids did you molest?
Do you want the truth?
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These two minute videos are fantastic. Please keep making them!
I am a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ & I find all your videos of value, but these little 2 minute servings on what various religious groups belive are extremely succinct and very helpful. Thank you, and Press On.
do you teach Exodus 20:8-11 is still the Lord's day, John?
Tell your youth pastors to stop having sex with children... you know... for JESUS
@@MichaelTheophilus906 *Happy Sabbath!!!*
i have michael, thanks!
@@MichaelTheophilus906 interesting to note also that the author of those books - Paul - he kept Sabbath - Acts 17:2
and he encouraged believers to keep all Ten Commandments - 1 Cor 7:19
or are you saying that Paul supported sin and taught apostasy?
@@MichaelTheophilus906 you've already stated this - so once again i ask - are you saying that Paul overrides the Words of our Creator in Exodus 20:8-11 ?
and are you saying Paul overrides the Words of our Saviour in Matt 5:19 and
Luke 16:17 ?
and clearly you're stating that Paul is speaking contrary himself in 1 Cor 7:19.
so Paul is ok with us cheating on our spouse, murdering, trampling the Sabbath and disrespecting our parents then??
clearly this is so, since Paul is saying we are _'released from the law.'_
I like how this video is basically: “they do this, but some of them don’t; they don’t do this, but some of them do.”
Baptists really are outstandingly diverse in terms of secondary doctrine.
I was raised a traditional Southern Baptist and am now Greek Orthodox. These videos are really great, keep it up!
Debunking catholicism
I'm more blessed than mary
Proof = Luke 11:27-28
27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen
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1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach
Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul.
Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop
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Jesus said Matthew 23:9
9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11
11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father.
Sad
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Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God
Use this to defeat the argument.
Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Matthew 12:46-50
46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.”
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”.
Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
John 19:26-27
26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards).
By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26.
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We should not pray to apostles
Romans 1:25
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Acts 10:25-26
25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.”
Acts 14:15
15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
Revelation 19:10
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 22:8-9
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
Colossians 2:18
18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession [a]for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Hebrews 7:25
25 Therefore He is also able to save [a]to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles
There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
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Apostles are allowed to marry,
1 Corinthians 9:1-5
1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry?
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The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic).
1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple
2)He sank down while walking on water
3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan
4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times
5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven
6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear
7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles.
8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land),
9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit),
10)King Soloman messed up,
11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11).
Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up)
12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up.
13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20
If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up.
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Galatians 4:21-26
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Sarah is mother of all, Not mary.
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Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics.
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Also, if the apostles didn't wrote it, I don't want it.
Same but closes Orthodox was Russian. ☦️
@@mynameis......23 he's Orthodox, not Roman Catholic
I was also raised SB, but now am OCA (Orthodox Church of America). Thank God!
@@mynameis......23 typical copy paste response
Praise Jesus! In Jesus Name I pray! Amen ❤️🙏📖
I'm one of the in-betweens, believing anybody can get saved and you can't lose it once you do.
James 2:14-26
My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him?
So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, and if anyone of you were to say to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and nourished,” and yet not give them the things that are necessary for the body, of what benefit is this?
Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.
Now someone may say: “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works! But I will show you my faith by means of works.
You believe that there is one God. You do well. But the demons also believe, and they tremble greatly.
So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar?
Do you see that faith was cooperating with his works, and that by means of works faith was brought to fulfillment?
And so the Scripture was fulfilled which says: “Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.” And so he was called the friend of God.
Do you see that a man is justified by means of works, and not by faith alone?
Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
Help me understand something please. You believe anybody can get saved. So do I. But what do you mean by saved? That is, how do you define "saved"?
@@m4641 All I know to say is my own salvation testimony.
On Friday, June 16, 2006, when I was 9 years old, the Lord saved my soul. I'd been told all my life that the Bible was true and that there would come a time when I became “lost”, separated from God because of sin, and that I should look to Jesus to save me, because He's the only one who could. Of course, I had no reason not to believe them, so I accepted that as true. That's what I call historical faith. It's the same faith that it takes to believe that Lincoln was the 16th president. You've been told that by credible sources, but you weren't there, so you basically just take their word for it. Historical faith is NOT enough to save you.
On that Friday night in June of 2006, I played with my cousin at Church, literally missed the whole sermon, but I got too loud apparently, so my parents made me sit beside them. All I heard the preacher tell was a story about a man explaining salvation to his grandson. The man placed a worm on a flat stone, surrounded it with dead leaves and then lit them on fire. The worm crawled every way it could to escape the fire, but everything it tried just made it worse as it got closer to the fire. The worm eventually gave up and curled up in the middle, waiting to be consumed, but the man picked it up and turned it loose. Suddenly, I was the worm.
Where there was once peace and completeness in my soul, there was now terror and a great absence. What was missing was my relationship with God. I had reached the age of accountability and was now lost, just like they said I would be. That was the first personal proof of it all, more than just believing what I was told, but experiencing it first hand.
My initial response was to distract myself from the problem and think about other things like cartoons and action figures, anything else that a child can think of. But, just like the worm, that made it worse. I got closer to the flames, so to speak. Next, I simply said, “God please save me!” like I'd seen others do. No dice. I suppose I promised to do some great thing if God saved me, or maybe give up some sin, but I wasn't even aware of many sins back then. None of those things worked.
It wasn't until I realized that I, like the worm, had no way of making an escape for myself other than relying entirely on the mercy of someone above it all, that it happened. In an act of what I call saving faith, I basically just gave up and asked God to either pick me up or let me burn up one. He picked me up.
As quickly as they had appeared, all my troubles vanished. I had just gone through a spiritual transformation without leaving my seat beside my parents. No one but God and me knew it, and I didn't tell anyone. By all accounts, it was a pretty dry service that night, but that didn't stop God from saving me.
In fact, I didn't tell anyone for 3 or 4 years. I did get baptized afterward, and I try to do right by God and my neighbors according to the Bible, what I call living faith, but my way into Heaven comes entirely from that one moment of saving faith. A biblical example would be David. He said the pains of Hell got hold upon him, but the Lord heard his cry and delivered him. He had no doubt that heaven was waiting for him either. When his son died, he said, “I can't bring him back to me, but I can go to be with him!”
Getting saved that night was what made it all real to me. When I went from believing with the mind, simply because I was told to, to believing with the soul, because I received personal proof.
Me too.
@@dariocarcano1379 It's not my work/works, but Jesus' work.Jesus did it all.When one is saved, they grow. And they dont do,nor do they want to do,the things they once did. what s the bible you are reading, it is not Gods holy word( God himself)
I love your videos. These short videos are a great primer to help get up to speed on a denomination.
I had communion with our sister church (Baptist) in Russia. They used wine and were APPALLED that American Baptists did not.
Because the gospels say fruit of the vine, not wine.
@@astutik8909 Even today people in the Med drink wine as it protects against typhus and other diseases. The people of Israel knew this. Grape juice did not protect from anything. I don't have time to go through all translations but William Tyndale and Martin Luther would not have access to the background knowledge we have today. But then again Baptists do not require advanced education for their ministers (though some have it).
Russians are alcooholics
pretty niave! I would guess wine was used as their water wasnt good.Noah got drunk on new wine!,,,quite niave@@astutik8909
@@astutik8909If you studied the original Hebrew text written in Hebrew, you would know your answer is wrong.
I got saved at 27. I have gotten backslidden. A few nights ago I had a feeling that I am going to Heaven. I recommited my life to Christ. I don't know how I die if it's either a natural death or I am martyred. I no longer fear Hell. Before I converted to the Southern Baptist faith I was raised Catholic. Thank God I got saved when I did...
These short videos are so helpful!
Love hearing about my people. ✊
continue doing these 2 minute overviews
This is an excellent breakdown of the Baptist denomination. Thank you
I’m an Independent fundamental baptist and love your videos!
Same!
Very interested in learning more about baptist beliefs. Would you recommend any literature? Aside from the Bible of course.
@@BlueOstinato Absolutely! Consider checking out the Sword of the Lord ministry, which is a publishing house who publish great works by great men of the faith!
'fundamentalist'?
nothing is more 'fundamental' than actually keeping all Ten Commandments!
see Exodus 20:8-11
@@tony1685 Is salvation by you keeping the 10 commandments, or by faith in Jesus Christ?
Thank you for your series. It's nice to watch videos that stay on point
I'm Baptist from India
goated
I am surprised there are any in India. Good to hear, God bless you and keep you friend. 😊❤🙏
@@nurseactual what??? If you know North East India, there are about 5 to 6 million Baptist populations in the Northeast part of India, but all under different church organizations. We are tribals and we belong to the Mogoloid race, so Mainland Indians called us with racist slurs. Since India is huge in terms of population, although we are about 15 million populations, we hardly made it 1% of the entire population, and there are no representations in the mainstream media. We were converted into Christianity by America missionaries just about 100 years ago, and before that we were animist, we worshipped nature. You can check out Northeast India on youtube. And also the largest Baptist church in Asia is in the Northeast too, check it out
@@jamesboth3785 thank you for telling me. I thought most christians in India were probably catholic or anglican, because of the british occupation. Admittedly I know little of India's history, being american.
@@nurseactualAmerican missionaries Late Edward winter Clark and his wife Mary mead Clark converted my head hunter tribe in the 1870's . I'm from India too.
I'm a Roman Catholic and went to my local Baptist church today! It was awesome!! I loved it!
I'm gonna try to be a singer in there group!
I'm new to all this. My thinking is this> If it was good for Jesus then its good for me!🙏
Thank you sir for making this video!
Keep on the true church the one founded by our Lord Jesus Christ
I was saved and baptized in a baptist church when I was young, I will always be baptist
Im also a baptist but I would rather say ” I will always be a christian”
@@bogartmotomoto8222so you're changing denominations soon?
I would like to see one on “the way international” and their beliefs. Cause I joined their fellowship a couple times and now I just realized that they hold to some unorthodox doctrines. I think People should know more about this since there has been maybe only limited amount of videos about them. A video with just the data would be helpful for people wondering like I did of what doctrines they hold without having to search through multiple articles.
Steve Ray is an ex-Baptist pastor who was previously staunchly anti-Catholic. He used to train Baptists to convert Catholics. He is one of my favourite Catholic Apologists having written books and presented many times on his conversion story, theology and tours to the Holy Land. You can see a lot of his material on UA-cam. He said he cried for the first 6 years of going to mass and receiving the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. Many Protestant theologians, scholars, pastors and the intellectually honest convert and they have such beautiful ferver when they do.
The pastors wife approached me today and told me not to hug any men in the church🤦🏻♀️
Last week the pastor did a sermon and encouraged people to do what Christ did.
He acknowledge the church to give each other a welcoming hug instead of a hand shake.
She continued on with her gibberish then said “I’ll have a talk with him about that”
I then said “so your asking me to go against God”.
She abruptly walked away shaking her head.
She seemed really upset.
But she really emphasized that I am not to hug the two pastors, one of which is her husband and the other I believe is her son in law.
I asked God to restrain my tongue.
And He did because for a split second I was ready to give her a mouth full.
The hurt etc subsided within and I started praying for her.
I’m not sure if I’ll go back to this Baptist church…That’s so sad….
I really like these 2 minutes quick info videos. Thanks!
Amazing videos as always. I would appreciate if you do these short videos about hussites, waldensians, alliancists and salvationists
As Baptist, i disagree that "once saved, always saved" because you can lose it if you sre no longer having Faith to God and doing it by your own.
me too! what if someone fully commits their life to God, but then have a change of heart and turn to a life of sin away from Him?
@@Grace-nd6vh once you are born again by the Spirit of God, you become His child. you may stop believing even, but He will always be a father to you. You became part of His body so He can't cut you off. He promised to never leave you or forsake you.
He promised once you believe, He gives you eternal life.
It's not you, it's Him who does all
Stop looking at you and look only to him.
Salvation is of the LORD.
Just take God at His word, and rest He is faithful and He can't lie.
John 3:14-18,36,5:24,6:37,39,47, 10:28
Romans 8:38-39,6:23,1Timothy 1:16, 2timothy 2:13
You can be sure 100% of eternal life; if you take God at His word
1 John 5:11-13.(kjb).
The denominations were created here by men, and are remaining here once your time is up here, no one goes with his religion to meet God.
It's going to be God, His word and you.
Got to do a 2 minute on orthodox and catholic.
Worldwide, Catholic Churches hold the same service and beliefs and sacraments on any day of the week, month, and year, in any State or Country, it is the same worldwide except for language. Baptist churches are like Baskin Robins Ice Cream with 31 different flavors to choose from? How does anyone decide with Southern, Northern, Independent, Free Will, Regular, Cooperative, International, Colored, baptist, etc. or do they just jump around until finding the mix they like? Salvation isn't some kind of buffet.
@@johns1834 Like the 2 minute format.
neither of them are Christianity - see John 14:15 and/or 1 Tim 3:15
@tony1685 Yes, they are. Unless you seriously believe God abandoned mankind for 1600 years...
Can you please do a breakdown of the main differences and similarities between the LCMS Lutherans and Baptists?
Perhaps tying into the low liturgical side of things, baptists tend to believe in church autonomy: independent church bodies outrank the denomination. This leads to a lot of the diversity, as well as a tendency to split over axiomatic differences.
Great video. There are many Baptist churches that are not congregational, however. I’m a pastor in a Southern Baptist Church in the city of Chicago, and we have been elder led for decades.
Elder led churches are still congregational polity. Congregational doesn't necessarily mean the congregation has voting authority, juat that there is no binding authority at a higher level than the particular church. So although the church is elder-led, there are no presbyteries or bishops who have authority over the congregation from the outside.
@@ReadyToHarvest Ah I see what you’re saying. I never really framed it that way, though it makes sense. The way we usually express it is that a Baptist distinctive is that local churches are autonomous.
Praise te Lord brother
I don't know what i am. Could someone please help me?
Backstory: I did not grow up with religious parents or in a religious country (even though christian traditions such as christmas, easter etc are celebrated here). I've struggled with mental health issues since childhood and i have always felt pretty lonely, so i turned to religion to relieve some of my anxiety and also to feel like i'm a part of something. Telling myself that everything happens for a reason and that it's Gods plan has helped me alot anxiety-wise and wearing my cross makes me feel less lonely, it feels good to believe that someone is watching over me and my close ones and keeping us safe. However, i am not baptised and i do not go to church and did not grow up doing that. I would like to, but i am too anxious to go alone even though theres a church in my neighbourhood (a beautiful cathedral church). I do have a bible that i try to read as often as possible and i am still learning how to pray correctly (i'm planning on adding things like thanking God for the food everytime i eat and things like that). Sometimes i feel like an impostor since i have a hard time believing some of the most important things in christianity, like for example believing in hell (i'll explain in a minute) so now i am wondering if there is a protestant denomenation i fit into, and i need anyones help. Based on my believes that i list below, what kind of christian ''branch'' would fit me?
My beliefs:
- I believe in science, but i let religion answer the parts of science and evolution that i have a hard time understanding.
- I believe that everything happens for a reason and that every person in your life comes with a lesson.
- I STRONGLY believe that God cannot control everything, and that we as human beings have a choice to be good or bad.
- I believe that if you always do your best and try to be kind to others, you will be rewarded someday. When, where and how is unkown but you will be rewarded. If you hurt others knowingly, kill and hate, karma will come and bite you in your ass. Again; When where and how is unkown but it will happen.
- I don't believe in heaven or hell, atleast not the stereotypical heaven or hell. But if there is a hell, i only think the worst of the worst will go there. I'm talking about terrorists, rapists, mass shooters, people like Hitler etc. I really do not believe that drug dealers or robbers will end up there, especially not if they're doing it to feed their family.
- I sin without feeling bad. I drink, i smoke and i have premarital sex, and i think that is fine. I strongly believe the saying ''God hates the sin but loves the sinner'' and i think that if you truly try to be a kind and helpful person, drinking, having sex and smoking really does not matter (as long as it's not hurting others)
I believe there is just two catigories, the believers and nonbelievers. Believers are people who have accepted Jesus into their heart and asked him to save them. I reccomend you try to go to an evangelical or baptist church so maby they could help you understand that there is a heaven and hell and that not just the horrible horrible people like hitler will go to hell. I believe that most catholics are going to hell as well because they are trusting faith and works and the bible says "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, least any man should boast" It it also says for all haved sinned and fall short of the glory of God which means that even if you didn't do anything "that bad" it you still fall short and will go to hell. but thankfully the Romans 10:9 says
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." My advice to you for now is to ask a baptist pastor about it. It may be scarry at to do, but your eternity depends on it. I used to be a catholic, but then God came into my heart and I now know I am on my way to heaven.
It is good that you are reading your Bible when you can and trying to learn more things such as prayer. You should keep on doing these.
However, you also need to talk to a Christian minister or leader and share your story so that you could receive more help in being guided in your relationship with Christ. Keep praying and try visiting different churches with an open mind, humble spirit. Let the words of the Bible help confirn if the church you are visitng is truly doing its best to follow Christ. Also see what kind of lives and actions the people in the church are doing to know if they truly know God. May our Lord speak and protect you as you do all of these.
I was an Anglo-Catholic who had just finished the Roman RCIA initiation course but from attending mass, studying church history, the roman interpretation of scriptures, studying the magisterium and statements of the popes against the word of God, I left and have not looked back.
By the Grace of God I have joined a wonderful Baptist Church and am being baptised as a confessing, born again believer. Praise God for His mercy.
Thanks for your videos.
I was fortunate to grow up in a Southern Baptist church that taught excess or things that hurt your body was a sin. They never preached don't drink although many or some believed that. But unusual for the time they mentioned smoking and over eating, being a drunkard or slave to the drink, as issues. This was in the 1960s early 70s so a bit novel.
Love the baptist denomination! In my opinion, serms that this denom has had the most impact on our country🇺🇲❤
I am loving this series.
i was raised a fundamentalist Baptist, a closed communion, strict in clothing(MORAL VALUES) and doctrine based in the bible. The second largest Baptist organization in the Philippines (AFBCP).
"Baptism is just symbolic and isn't salvific but it's super important we do it right because reasons"
Because its an outward sign, a confession of what we believe and who we trust.
The fact that Jesus was baptized and that the first " converts " were Jews tells me that water is involved bc of long established Jewish purifying rituals and somehow ( the Bible is not clear on it ) it became baptism and , many believe , is necessary for the forgiveness of sin . I don't believe this . Surely Jesus had no sin . So why baptism for this reason ? I know that the Apostles ( Jews ) preached " believe and be baptized " but I wish it was explained more . Peace
Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River to fulfill all righteousness, which meant following God's commandments and showing others what to do. Jesus' baptism also marked the beginning of his mission as the obedient Son of God and a model of faithfulness.
When this series concludes, one interesting comparison video would be different denominations' views on alcohol and tobacco use.
Why? Why study error?
It's just my opinion, but in the time of Jesus, most roads weren't paved, by washing His disciples feet, He was doing a servant's job. I think by what He meant by this is that we should take care of each other.
Its an act of humility. Try it experience how humbling it is.
Agree totally with your opinion.
So, why be a Baptist? Do you not say it is not necessary to be baptized? yet you have to be baptized to be a Baptist? so that means it is not necessary to be a Baptist?
Of course it's not necessary to be a Baptist, that's just a title. Baptism is not necessary for salvation because salvation is by faith ALONE. ❤
I know someone that was a Baptist and changed religion after about 25 years. During the time he was a Baptist he said he was saved (even tried to make me convert).
He is now an Agnostic (still a good person with the almost the same morals but his belief changed) . What does the word saved mean and is he still saved?
In Christian theology the term stands for recovery from sin and death by the obedience and sacrifice of Christ, who is therefore called the Savior. If your friend has become agnostic, he has unfortunately fallen from saving faith. (1 Cor. 12:10) I would continue to speak the truth in love to your friend and ask him questions, praying for him.
The idea of being "saved" in the New Testament has various temporal components:
*Past Tense:* moving from a spiritual state of being "lost" and "dead" to a state of right relationship with God; this idea is often referred to as being "justified"
- "For by grace you have been saved through faith" (Ephesians 2.8 NRSVUE).
*Present Tense:* becoming more like Christ in mindset and behaviors through the guidance of the Holy Spirit; this idea is often referred to as being "sanctified"
- "For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1.18 NRSVUE).
*Future Tense:* being rescued from a state of death and resurrected to a new life in the world to come; this idea is often referred to as being "glorified"
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But the one who endures to the end will be saved" (Matthew 24.13 NRSVUE).
Baptists disagree on whether or not these three categories are divisible. In other words, can a person be saved (justified) without then being saved (sanctified) and ultimately saved (glorified)? Free Will Baptists would say that a person who has been justified can still reject sanctification and thereby not share in glorification. Other Baptist groups disagree.
Reformed Baptists would say that a person who rejects sanctification never actually received justification. In other words, the person was a false convert--never saved in the first place. They insist that anyone who has been justified will necessarily endure in their faith to the end of their lives (as part of their sanctification) and thus be saved (glorified).
Other Baptists disagree with both positions and suggest that a person who has been justified can be glorified even if the person was not sanctified. This position is sometimes called the "once saved, always saved" viewpoint. It is based on passages such as this one:
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If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire" (1 Corinthians 3.15 NRSVUE).
In the case of apostasy (total rejection of the faith), the members of the "once saved, always saved" group might take the same position of the Reformed Baptists and assume that the salvation process was never begun in the first place. Otherwise, they might predict that the person will eventually repent and return to the faith, possibly even as a deathbed confession. A smaller number might assume that the person will be saved regardless of future repentance, since the justification has already occurred and is irreversible.
@@MAMoreno thanks, that was explained very well 👍
Is there any difference between the First Baptist Church and the Second Baptist Church? Or is that just a name?
Once upon a time, a village or town starts with one Baptist church. Then, inevitably, they get into a impassable dispute that splits the congregation, and the half in the minority goes off to establish a new congregation (or the town gets so large it simply needs a second one in a different part of town). The original congregation is thus termed the First Baptist Church, the new one Second Baptist Church, and so forth. (Where I am, the Presbyterians use the same scheme). We dont have saints, so urban churches just started being numbered ordinally (and later by the name of the street they are on), and rural and suburban ones are often either named after the road they are on, or adopt biblical placenames (Bethel, Mt. Sinai, etc.) or terms.
John Clarke, a medical doctor who came to America in 1630,was the first Baptist minister in America.
His father, John Robert Clarke, was the pilot of the Mayflower in 1620.
I feel you need giving more clarification to that. Baptism encourage reading and exploring, and people tend to choose things that they like more, so it is more about interpretation Calvinism or Arminianism, etc. A stumbling point for centuries now.. Traditions are developed depending on the culture, like in Russian Orthodox church they have eggs colored for Easter, and in American protestant a lot still have XMas tree, both of each are pagan traditions. Btw, Shiites also have colored eggs for Nauryz, but Sunnie that looks blasphemous. Just cultural features shouldn't be attributed to the denomination. I know a lot of preachers are against easter eggs, Xmas trees, and so on, but marketing is strong drive everywhere. So, I encourage you to focus on the doctrines, otherwise I feel your other videos might be flawed. All the blessings to you in your journey. 🙏
Very good Christian post, cheers !
One of my favorite lines is non denominational churches are Baptist but with guitars :) Mostly true
If I'm baptized and believe in Jesus Christ, am I damned or saved if I'm not a Baptist?
@larysnw418 I didn't mention that, did I? So, am I saved or not according to Baptist opinion?
First of all, getting water baptized only gets you wet and believing in Jesus mean very little. Satan himself believes in Jesus, we're to believe "ON" Jesus, trusting that His shed blood paid for your salvation. Read Galatians 5: 2 and substitute circumcision with water baptism.
Getting baptized has nothing to do with salvation, so if you believe on Jesus, as your only way to heaven, yes you are saved.
@@mrsginny great, I can now do as I please, hurt people who hurt me and lie and sin, because Jesus died for me... I guess not
Is that thumbnail a picture of Joshua getting baptized?
How about a video on Predestination?
Our origins are with the Anglican Puritans, but were influenced by the some of the Dutch groups early on. Here in the South, we have a historically Calvinist tradition in our congregations that may have been influenced by the large body of Scots-Irish settlers in the Appalachian region, and it makes sense because our language was definitely influenced by them. As for whether we are Calvinist or Arminian, that was largely determined by whether or not a congregation was made up of General Baptists or Particular Baptists. The early Calvinist Particular Baptists seem to have been in the majority, and the more mission-minded Arminian General Baptists were both less numerous and influential. Whichever side a Southern Baptist falls on, we are not likely to allow it to separate us. We generally allow theological liberty on that one issue, though we remain fixed on most others. Again, each congregation has its own mind and decides for itself. I love debating the merits of the doctrines of grace with my fellow Baptists from the Arminian side, even when it gets spirited - but the Moravians showed more wisdom when they said: In the essentials, Unity. In the non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
I'm an independent Christian. I agree with Baptists on most things. I can count on one hand the number of times I consume alcohol in a years, so it doesn't matter. I like a Margarita with Mexican food.
@readytoharvest are you Frank Turek's son? You look and sound a lot like him.
Calvinism (Reformed Baptists) is heresy. And Free Will Baptists also teach heresy. You can't lose your salvation.
Preach it!
@@mrsginny Thank you!
Slight clarification! Many Reformed Baptists have a very high view of the Lord’s Supper, holding something closer to the a Reformed view of spiritual presence.
what type of baptist church sing from the hymn book
Independent fundamental Baptist churches❤
Every Baptist church I've ever been in also seems to conflate patriotism and flag waving with Christianity. I don't come to church to recite the pledge of allegiance or wave the flag or celebrate secular holidays is general. I come to worship the Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing wrong with waving the flag or celebrating secular holidays, I just don't want to do it in church.
Totally agree
Never understood OSAS. If that's the case, whats the point of Romans, Hebrews, or any of the post-gospel books instructing us on how Christians should behave? Thankfully the Baptist church I'm considering on attending regularly doesn't adhere to that doctrine. As for communion, I'm un-decided on that but leaning more towards a real prescence. If we only think its symbolic, doesn't that cheapen the message and the faith that comes with it?
Why do we need to explain everything to make it easier to believe? I understand that even though we are Christians, that doesn't mean we should turn our brains off; but shouldn't some things be left up to mystery because of well, you know, FAITH? One of the fundemental concepts of Christianity?
Salvation is only supposed to be the beginning of your Christian life, that's why there are books after the gospel that teach us how to live, but the fact of the matter is that even if you choose not to "turn over a new leaf" and change your life you cannot lose your salvation because it's ETERNAL life.
The Baptists i grew up with used wine .... just on Saturday night ... not Sunday morning
Lol good one
Can anyone provide insight into discipline in the Baptist churches? I once belonged to an American Baptist church. Yes, I now know that that is a pretty liberal Baptist denomination, but I didn't know it at the time, and the American Baptist churches in my area tend to be fairly conservative. Anyhow, there were a number of people in my church who had formerly been Oneness Pentecostals. After talking to them a bit more in-depth than the usual conversation on a Sunday morning, I realized that these people were still heretics insofar as the doctrine of the Trinity is concerned. I brought my concerns to the pastor, and he just brushed me off. It even got to the point where they ordained one of these folks to pastor another Baptist church--and he was still spouting the Oneness Pentecostal line! That really shook my faith in both that particular congregation and in the denomination in general.
Well, the wonderful thing about Baptist churches is that the individual congregation answers to no one. Perhaps the ABCUSA, SBC, or other Baptist denomination can kick a church out of the association (with no actual consequences beyond that), but otherwise, there's nothing to stop any Baptist church from bowing down to a golden calf if they so choose. You can't really have full religious liberty without religious heresy as an unfortunate byproduct.
Baptist churches are like Baskin Robins Ice Cream with 31 different flavors to choose from? How does anyone decide with Southern, Northern, Independent, Free Will, Regular, Cooperative, International, Colored, baptist, etc. or do they just jump around until finding the mix they like? With the recent scandals in the southern baptist and threat of allowing women to be pasture, no doubt there will be further division. My brother is baptist, not sure which one, but claims he never has to repent ever again even if he sins.
@@MondernMan Just like going to a salad bar. Pick and choose, like this and don't like that.
Check out Baptist Freedom of Conscience or Soul Competency, for the reason why Baptist church leadership does not generally condemn people unless what they are doing is unequivocally against scripture, this sometimes results in heretics getting a free pass if the elders are not theologically literate.
In the original Baptist confessions, discipline is taken very seriously. They didn't go so far as some anabaptists did, with shunning and such, but early Baptists did practice excommunication. That church's failure to uphold proper doctrine and discipline is troubling and isn't what Baptists _should_ be, just in the same way that the SBC's failure to deal with pedophiles in its midst is shameful and contradictory to their identity as part of the body of Christ. Now that the SBC has confessed its sins, though, hopefully we'll see its reform movement produce fruit.
Raised very strict Baptist...very very strictly adhered Baptist. Grew up and went Pentecostal, my wife is was raised Nazarene. In reality I'm more non denominational but I lean somewhere between a Pentecostal and a Baptist
About the in betweens. As an Arminian, I find it weird that though Southern Baptists and Independent Baptists believe the same that a Christian can't fall away; I find it weird how usually Southern Baptists are more accepting of Arminians/Methodists and think that believing you can fall away is either a minor or non issue among Christians. On the other hand, Independent Baptists often attack Arminians/Methodists more and some go as far as to say an Arminian is not even saved.
Good job! I was not sure you could do it.
Do baptists practice circumcision, or do they follow the baptism of the heart theology? Can a circumcised man become a baptist?
Baptists generally practice circumsision, but yes, a circumcised man can be a Baptist.
I do not feel that churches answering to a larger denominational governing body is biblical, hence the importance of the independent Baptist church. We solve our problems together as a body and don’t allow outside groups who don’t even know us - and sometimes teach doctrine that violates scripture - to govern us, that is not the “local church.”
Wow! Truly awesome
1689 London Baptist Confession 📜
Very based
0:45 At some point while watching these videos I realized Eternal Security is Baptist for Perseverance of the Saints, which most of the churches I've attended have subscribed to lol
I've always thought it was just a non-Calvinist term for Perseverance of the Saints, since that's who I've seen use it most. But my perspective is that of someone raised SBC, where most everyone belives in Perseverance, even if they're in every other aspect Arminian.
Perseverance of the saints is a complete bollocks belief
Perseverance of the saints is not the same as eternal security.
Perseverance of the saints teaches they you won't lose your salvation because you'll continue in good works, while eternal security teaches you won't lose your salvation because Jesus said so.
YES IM A BAPTIST
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Just noting that in your thumbnail, the lower left image is of a JW baptism, not a biblical baptism at all.
ah grape juice, just like Jesus used
😂
It says the "fruit of the vine", so its not necessarily fermented.
Drunk kids, interesting
@@reaganlecroy7773The reality is obvious just look at the Hebrew . The word for grape juice is never used nor the word for freshly made ( low alcohol content ) wine . Yes, Jesus himself drank wine as well did everyone in the Bible ! Jesus invited us to drink his blood via wine and fed it to the masses and in celebration 😂. The Bible does teach against drunkenness and gluttony but not drinking alcohol .!
@@reaganlecroy7773juice hasn’t existed until the methodists came around and invented a process to limit wine from fermenting. There was no such thing as unfermented juice until then.
what about sola scriptura?
Most baptists believe in sola scriptura as well as inerrancy
Great video!
Someone inquires if I'll ever believe like Baptists? And I'm like, which ones? Short answer, never will because I know too much. There's southern Baptists and some of them are more strict than some pentecostal I know. There's pioneer Baptist. There's American Baptist. My biggest concern with them is they believe in cessation and I never will believe in cessation because I've known better than that for over 30 years. Biggest most important thing to me no matter what people..what doctrines and what group's they want to participate with is follow the Word so you can know the Spirit and discern from other spirits. There's absolutely no salvation by mentally assenting to truths of the Scriptures. Faith isn't static. It's ongoing and it requires your willingness to submit to the blood, the Word and the Spirit. You're going to have to take up your cross. I won't argue with people who have silly unfounded beliefs. It's not up to me to convict of sin or righteousness but the Spirit will give up too the more you fight Him off and refuse to believe. I'm not saying He's not available should someone decide amongst the living to repent and return. I'm just saying at some point there's going to be no return because you will not be able to get your mind right and decide to live for righteousness. So don't think you'll repent on death's doorstep because at that point you won't even think that way. There'll be 17 other less important things going through your mind and it will be too late. Many Baptists are fine people just like many Presbyterians or CoC people are but I know too much to follow their doctrines. *Just be careful with all the human wisdom arguments.
Do Baptist view our HolySpirit as male female or both?
Baptists don't believe that the Holy Spirit is gendered, as male and female are aspects of created creatures. However, as the Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to with masculine pronouns in scripture they would do the same.
It's fair to say we believe he's male
@@mrsginny 1Corinthians15:40-41 + Enoch48 + Revelation12 =Exodus3:14, John1:18, John8:58, John14:15-31, Genesis1, Matthew1-5. The Word of God, is The Breath of God, HIS HOLYSPIRIT. No man, has ever seen the face of ABBA!-Romans8:15, our Father GOD. They have seen HIS Son, HIS HOLYSPIRIT, and HIS angels. We serve a jealous God-Exodus20:4. I’m not trying to be rude. I attended a non-denominational church for 35 years. Does the crowns worldwide inquisitions Masonic brotherhoods, have anything to do with the all male trinity?
@@Peleg1331 I don't see what any of this has to do with what I said
@@mrsginny There are a lot of differences. How is the all male trinity biblical?
Ah yes, my pastor totally washes my feet every Sunday and Wednesdays.
Have you ever been to an infant baptism? The church and the parents are agreeing to support each other on raising the child as a Christian. The baptism is not complete until confirmation, when the child is old enough to make a conscious decision to commit to a Christian lifestyle
I’ve never understood why people are so appalled we don’t usually use actual wine in communion. We believe it’s symbolic so why would it matter what we use?
MANY will discover too late that when Jesus said to the disciples in Jerusalem,
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away,"
He meant it! Paul did NOT change Jesus' words, and that's why HE was picked as an apostle.
No mention of Seventh Day Baptists?
Sssshhhh, dont mention the Sabbath. The invisible 4th commandment.
They also played an important role in cultivating chattel slavery in the U.S.
Objectively false.
@@mrsginny Just research "Baptists and slavery"; it is a well known fact, and no one who has studied its history would deny this. Ask Joshua of this channel and see what he has to say. They even fought to maintain slavery.
As a Baptist, I concurr
What variety of Baptist teaches anyone can be saved but anyone saved cannot lose it, cuz I think that might could be me 🤷♂️
The independent, fundamental, baptists teach it 🙋🏽♀️
I have videos all about it if you want to learn more!
Proud to be a Muslim
Baptists are cool, they follow God's Grace & Jesus is the Way of Salvation.
May the Holy Spirit of YHWH's Truth and Love always guide the Baptists ! :-)
As with all denominations, there is a wide range.
As soon as I finished this video i got an ad for mormonism… idk what else to say i just thought it was funny
I feel like I'm being strangled.
Are you a Calvinistic Baptists(Piper, MacArthur) or non-Calvinistic Baptist(John rice, Curtis Hutson, Charles Stanley and that brilliant but insane, mad genius Peter Ruckman?
Are the Baptists part of the community of Jesus?
no
@@boots0444 Hm, some European Baptists "just" behave exactly like the subjects who are the reason the "Christian" college in Grenville was closed 😰
I never thought we should experience hate and such pure Evil as we now do from these religious maniacs. What they practise have nothing at all to do with Christianity but, is purely about power and control..
Worst thing is, they cannot even face their own horrible History which is the present... So, so sad 😰
We believe Jesus died on the cross for his sins and rose three days later as he came back and we believe god created us
@@jameslaylyn Sadly some Danish Baptists (same as 'made' /raped the women we now know as the 'lebensborn) now - again/still) see themselves as above all laws, above human rights and above human lives.
Sometimes - as in this Danish case, there is absolutely no forgiveness 😰.
I' ve never ever, from anywhere, experienced a hate as direct and pure evil, as the Danish.... No wishes whatsoever left for these morons... None at all!!
All the baptists I know DRINK 🍸
it......?
you did say I was a monster in dorados right.......?
Why didn't Apostle Paul or any of the apostles call themselves baptist?
Because the Baptists did not exist during that time.
John the Baptist 😁😂😇
Landmark Baptist is the purest form of Baptist
Now this is a true denomination
Do baptists believe in evangelizing? Like street preaching.
Charismatic married baptist going to a SBC , think it weird our Name is Baptist and now don't believe Baptism is necessary for Salvation. Salvation by faith but not alone.
@larysnw418 okay then your okay with sprinkling, and infant baptistism , cus water immersion after confession according to some does not cleanse or save. so not biblical
Most Baptist will say water baptism is not necessary for salvation, but they practice water baptism as an act of faith, afterall Jesus was water baptism. That's man's idea, nowhere in the Bible does it say to get water baptized an expression of faith. What the Baptist fail to do is rightly divide the scriptures. They fail to see who water baptism was meant for, they mix truths for Israel with the Body Christ. Which will give you spiritual indigestion.
I attend Trinity Bible Church in Phoenix, we baptize believers, not babies. Technically, we're Baptists.
So, what your saying, Baptist doctrines are all over the place.
There are many Baptist denominations. Mine were the original abolitionists. And first to integrate their colleges and allow minority and female students in the first half of the 1800's. Free Will Baptists.