The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-07-29


ing the Woyd Of G)d. Or in 9th
er words; hearing produces faith.
Now | would like to know how
my Baptist friends are going tc
squeeze repentance" in be-
tween hearing and faith? How
can they cram repentance in be-
tween faith and the thing that
produces faith? How can they
cram repentance in between faith
and its progenitor?
That is just about as ignorant
as TO try to squeeze Sunday in
between Friday and Saturday.
Why do the Baptist teach such
ignorant doctrine? Is it due to
their ignorance? The very idea
of having a man repent before
the word or seed is planted in his
heart or mind! That would be
just as ignorant as to try to raise
crop of wheat before planting
the seed. My Cod My Cod!
Mr.. Stump quotes the language
of Paul in Acts, 20:2O-21. How
| kept back nothing that was
profitable unto you; but showed
you and have taught you public
ly, and from house to house, tes-
t;fying both to the Jews and al
so to the Greeks, repentance to-
ward God and faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Now Mr.. Stump takes it for
granted that Paul here is laying
down in divine order, the gospel
plan of salvation. but he is not.
He is simply writing and makes
mention of few things that he
had formerly preached to them.
He was not laying down in
gospel order the plan of salvation
because he only mentions two of
the conditions on which salvation
is promised. He did not mention
the planting of the word in our
minds by hearing and under
standing it; neither did he men
ton the ordinances of baptism,
which is one of the conditions
upon which salvation is prom
ised; for Christ says: he that
believes and submits to the or
dinance of baptism has the
promise of being saved.
So it is plain to be seen that
Paul was not laying out the plan
of salvation, as Mr.. Stump
claims, but was just simply re-
hearsing.
And Paul, like many other
writers, in telling of some great
accident, they often mention the
last event first. Like the report
er telling about the 1900 lives
that were lost by the sinking of
the Titanic; ne then begins and
tells what caused the loss Of so
many lives, by stating that the
ship struck an iceberg, but he
mentioned the last event first.
And many Of the epitaphs ON
Tombstones, tell the date Of the
death, then they go back and
give the date of birth and tel the
age Of the deceased, and then
often states the cause of death.
And such is the case with PauPs
rehearsal in Acts, 1920.
Now | wish to show you where
the Baptist invert the divine or
der of the gospel plan of saliva
ton. In the Baptist creed which
is based upon profound ignorance
they place repentance before
faith, which is an absolute inn
possibility. 1t is impossible to
squeeze repentance in between
faith and the thing that pro-
duces faith. Hasn't our Baptist
friends intelligence enough to see
that?
Christ says: he thaC believes
and is baptized shall be saved, ~
but the Baptist creed is thus. he
that believes and is already
saved must 90 and be baptized
because he has been saved Ggno-
ranceD
Christ says to Nicademus. "a
man who is not born Of water
and also born of spirit. can not
enter the Kingdom Of Heaven
Greek Testament But the Bap-
fists invert the divine order, by
OntfipO. tho eririt bofo,.o tI,o ,,.,