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Sample page - Scroll the mouse over the Blank Spots for the Suggested Answers K Kinship (Our Baptist Heritage)Outside of the Word of God, one of the greatest areas of spiritual ignorance is that concerning the history of New Testament churches over the past 1,900 years. The Roman Catholic is led to believe his is the only "Church" which began with St. Peter and has continued intact down through the centuries. All non-Catholic denominations are called "departed brethren." The average Protestant thinks true Christianity disappeared during the "Dark Ages" and was revived after the Protestant Reformation. A lot of Baptists have been hoodwinked into believing they are Protestants and had their beginnings in England in the early part of the 17th Century. History is to be studied in the light of the Word of God. The Scriptures promise, and history confirms, the existence of true New Testament churches in every period of the last 19 centuries.
THE PERPETUITY (duration) OF BAPTIST CHURCHES.By this we mean that in every age there have been true New Testament churches and believers who have remained faithful to the Word of God. THE LORD PROMISED HIS CHURCHES PERPETUITY. A. Read: Matthew 28:18-20. This commission was given to His churches and is for the churches to fulfill. 1. In it, the Lord promised to be with them A_ _ _ _, even unto the end of the world. 2. If God made such a promise, then we can expect churches to be around until the end of the age to receive the promise. B. Read: Matthew 16:18. Upon the Rock (Himself) the Lord established His Church, and He said that the gates of Hell would not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ against it. C. Read: I Corinthians 11:26. The Lord’s Super is an ordinance given to the Lord’s churches. The Lord’s Supper is to be perpetually observed by churches. A. This again pre-supposes the existence of New Testament churches at all times to observe the ordinance.
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