Evening journal., 1914-10-26
accuse MODERATOR
Of HERESY sermon
North Baptist Church Calls
on DR.. w. R. McNutt to
Quit Baptist Association
SUBSTITUTION THEORY
OF ATONEMENT ISSUE

Alleging that the Rev. DIR. W. r. Me-
Mutt, pastor of Prospect Hill Pa, Bap-
tist Church, and moderator of the Della
ware Baptist Union Association. made
some utterances that were heretical
IN his sermon before the Baptist Union
m this city recently, the North Baptist
Church of this city, of which the Rev.
W. /. Pettingill is pastor, has adopted
resolutions calling ON Dr. McNutt TO
resign from the moderatorship and
from membership in the Delaware Bap-
tist Union Association. North Baptist
also calls upon sister Baptist churches
: TO Join us in our effort TO purge our
selves from fellowship with this false
teacher and his teaching and sug
gests that Prospect Hill Church take
disciplinary action against DIR. McNutt
! Moderator McNutt's statements to
which objection is taken, dealt with
the substitutionary theory of the atone
ment, which he is quoted as saying is
Immoral at its core"
! lie also is quoted as saying that ii
| ne believed God sent his angel and kill
ed the hrstbom OF Egypt, 81 would
curse him. The resolutions adopted
by North Baptist Church are as fol-
/ lows:
Resolutions Adopted
Whereas, At the annual sessions Of
the Delaware Baptist Union Associa-
tion. meeting on October and O.,
1914, with Bethany Baptist Church
of Wilmington. Delaware, the Mod
orator. W. r. McNutt, pastor of the
Prospect Hill Church, of Moore.
Pennsylvania, delivered the Associa-
tiOnal, or Doctrinal, sermon on the
evening of the first day, Thursday.
| October 8. in which sermon the
speaker gave utterance 10 teaching
which is plainly contrary to the writ
ten Word Of God as contained in the
Holy Scriptures Of the Old and New
Testaments; and
Whereas, Among other things the
! speaker said: IF Jesus bore my guilt,
He did an immoral thing. The whole
! substituionary theory of the atone
ment is immoral at its CORE" and
/ Whereas, He also said: 81 have
read somewhere story that God sent
i His angel one night and killed the
firstborn of Egypt. II 1 believed that
God would do a thing like that,
! would curse Him." and
! Whereas, The fact that this false
: teaching went forth from the presid'
ing officer of our Association ant
; was given in the Associational. ol
4 Doctrinal, sermon makes this teach
5 ing the official doctrinal pronounce
e ment OF the Association and in SO IA
e involves all the churches connecte'
3 with the Association; therefore, be
NIar. a.
3 Church OF Wilmington, Delaware, i
e a regularly meeting assembled
hereby records its utter repudiatio
9 Of this sermon and It's teachings. W
n are deeply grieved that this man Ia
= thus taken advantage of the conf
dence reposed in him, as expresse
i in his election to the ModeratorshiI
to promulgate from his official posi-
ton doctrines which he must hav
known were repugnant TO the doc
. trinal views always held by Baptisti
and plainly taught in the Holy Scrip
i lures. We declare most emphaticalll
our belief i'm the substitutiOnar,
atOnement wrought for men on the
Cross OF Calvary by our Lord Jesus
Christ. for il is written: "As Nose.
lifted up the serpent in the wilder
q ness, even so must the Son of mar
be lifted up: that whOsoever believ
/, eth in Him should not perish, bu
, have eternal life. For God so loveC
q the world, that He gave His only be
q gotten Son, that whosOever believetl
! in Him should not perish. but have
\ everlasting life" (Jno. 3 14-16.) An,
! it is written again: God commended
> His love toward us, in that, whil'
we were yet sinners, Christ died TO
q US. Much more then, being now jus
q titled by His blood. we shall be save'
e, from wrath through Him." (Rom. 5
2 S-9.) And it is written again: Chris
died for our sins according TO tn
n Scriptures" q Cor. 15:3D And it Il
r written again: Grace be TO you ant
. peace from God the Father, and from
{ our Lord Jesus Christ, Who gave
K Himself for our sins" (Gal. / 3-4)
a And It is written again: Christ hatl
{ redeemed us from the curse of thl
e law, being made a curse for us: TO
Il is written, cursed is every one tina
;, hangeth on a tree" (Gal. 3: 49,. Ant
e 1t is written again: 1--WE see Jesus
r Who was made a little lower thai
d the angels for the suffering of death
y crowned with glory and honour: tina
: He by the grace of God should tast
Y death for every man." Heb. 2 81
e And il is written again: Christ als'
e suffered for us, leaving us an exam
- pie. that we should follow His steps
gl Who His own self bare our sins II
e His own body on the tree, that We
l. being dead to sins. should live unit
j. righteousness: by Whose stripes y
p were healed" Il Pet. 2: 2-24). Ant
it is written again: Christ also hat
+ once suffered for sins. the just 70
r the unjust, that He might bring N
to God" q Pet. 3: 49,.
Resolved That we also believe IN
record concerning the shifting of tn
frstbom in Egypt, for it is written
And il came 10 pass, that at midnigh
I Jehovah smote all the frstbon IN th
land of Egypt, from the tirstbom o
Pharoah that sat ON his throne unto tn
Ifrstborn of the captive that was in tn
I dungeon; and all the iirstborn of cattl,
p And pharoah rose up in the night, he
9 and all his servants. and all the Egypt
lians; and there was great cry b
Egypt; for there was not hous
were there was not one dead" lex. II
4 20, 30). This record is precious to Il
= because it points ummistakably, in typ
4 land symbol, TO the substitutionary an
4 vieariOus suffering IN our room an
stead OF Christ our Passover Is sacri
= feed for u.s." Il Cor. =: ~. As TO III
:, validity and authenticity of the Ol
= Testament record OF the Passover night
the matter is settled for us, beyond al
p controversy, by the testimony OF Il
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