Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-29
MY DEFENSE OF MY
FAITH
By Rev. Jesse McGruder
Macedonia Baptist Church
PART 2.

go They say man can be lost
after he is born OF God; and to this
do not agree. The good old
faith" from which some say !
have departed is. Once a child OF
God always a child OF God" This
l believe. only / believe you must
be sure you are a child" We are
told in Rom. 1919. THAT II thou
shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised
him fom the dead, thou SHALT
BE-SAvED." 1t does not say you
MAYBE saved. The only thing
that is wrong is, so much believing
has been with the head and not
with the heart. We are also told n
John SPA "He that heareth my
word. and believth on Him that
sent me, hath everlastig life. and
shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life"
To this l only add, truly believe
In the security OF the believer. az
These Holiness Movements" So
called, to which some say be-
long. tell people they must tarry
for the Holy Ghost. They maintain
that, when the Lord. In Luke 24:49
said: "Tarry we in the City OF Jer-
usalem, until ye be imbued with
power from on HIGH he was talk
ing to not only those people, but
to us as we'll and to others who are
yet to come. Well. all We have to
say about this is. IL II were meant
for us, we would certainly be in a
deplorable predicament. especial
~ now) for all OF us would have
to go to the "City OF Jerusalem"
and sojourn there. But the truth OF
1t is, as we find IN John 1912
while l was with them In the
world. | kept them in my name"
and Jesus says in John 1916 land
will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another comforter" We
understand from these words that
Jesus kept his disciples while he
was on earth. but he is to leave
them, and will not leave them
comfortless." therefore. he will
pray the Father to send them, an
other comforter. This comforter,
we find in John 1916 is the spirit:
but this comforter will not come
II | go not away" John 1871. So he
told his disciples to tarry or wait
in the City of Jerusalem until this
Comforter should come, which
they did. The comforter came and
has been here ever since. Now as
we close this chapter allow me to
say that l do not believe. as they
do, that observation-disclosures" Is
sign the Holy Ghost has come In.
We feel that. since the Tongues"
have misled so many, more space
than we have should be taken,
therefore IL anyone should desire
to know more about II you may
| write me.
j am accused by my friends. of
departing from the faith. / am in
viting and have invited Pastors
| OF the City OF Detroit or OF the
State of Michigan, or OF the United
States of America. to look into
what | teach and see whether /
have departed from the faith or
not. But l think you will find 1t
to be, that l am trying to get back
to the faith that was delivered to
the Saints. After have finished
writing these series of articles, all
of those who want to be fair. put
them all together and study them;
get any good Baptist Manual. and
see who is 1t who have departed
from the faith.-I. or some OF these
Modern Baptist" who are no Bap-
fist at all. They do not stand for
the things the good old Baptists
stood for years ago. My friends,
let us come and reason together.
II you know anything at all about
Baptist History you know came
to Detroit too late to depart from
the faith And II you don't under
stand what l mean watch for a
later article on why we Stopped
the Practices of Certain Things In
the Church. In that article shall
attempt to show you that the old
Baptists knew nothing of the
things that are practiced in the
Church today. Get hold OF some
good Baptist Manual and you will
see that the good old faith was get
ting back to the Bible. II was not
getting back to the dollar and self
advantages as we are today. l will
say no more on this subject Just
now as I shall speak at length
AoA1A oh.