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Our clear-cut view of the Doctrines of Grace and the unity of the Scriptures aligns us with the Reformers and the Puritan Anabaptists will never teach anyone the Doctrines of Grace. Our view of the unity of the Scriptures make it impossible for u accept the Dispensationalism set forth in the Scofield Reference Bible. On the other hand, our Baptistic view that the New C in Jesus Christ has replaced the Old Covenant at Sinai makes it just as impossible for us to accept the Covenant Theology se the Westminster Confession of Faith. It was that very Covenant view of Scripture that was used by the Puritans to justify the the steel sword against our Baptist forefathers. The true heirs of the Puritan view of Covenant Theology are those who toda what is called Theonomy. Some people feel that if the Theonomists were to gain control, Baptist blood along with other would once more be shed in the name of "God's holy truth." More and more writers and preachers are demonstrating that both historic Dispensationalism and classical Covenant Theo bankrupt as far as being complete systems. Both systems are being greatly modified today, and there is a move toward "seein truth in both systems." In no sense does this mean there is an attempt to "synthesize" the two systems. It means that people in camps are starting with the Scriptures and discovering two things. They are seeing that (1) their own system is not totally con with many texts of Scripture, and (2) those same texts are forcing them to accept some things held by the other system. This i happening simply because honest men are admitting that they simply cannot prove some of their basic presuppositions with a of Scripture. They realize that they "assume" the basic system before they ever get to the Word of God itself. Many young me seeing that both of these systems "assume as facts" their basic presuppositions without any clear Biblical proof. The Word of God itself is once more becoming the final authority in the conscience of Christians. The footnotes in Bible pronouncements of men with papal personalities, and the creeds of our fathers no longer exercise unqualified control over th and hearts of many sheep. The cry, "What saith the Scriptures themselves?" is being heard in the land as it has not been since of the Reformation. Some of us dare to believe that this may be the generation that shall see the remaining vestments of Rom removed from our Calvinistic churches. There is no question that we are seeing a reformation of the church. It is the prayer of many that our generation will emul great things that the Puritans and Reformers did and avoid the tragic mistakes they made. We need a "reformed" reformation just a repeat of the sixteenth century. I would say here what I wrote in my booklet When Should A Christian Leave A Church Let us not make the same mistakes that the Reformers made. They thoroughly reformed the gospel message of justificatio but failed to reform some other doctrines. They threw out justification by the works of the law, but held on to sanctification They rejected the Church's authority over your soul, but hung on to the Church's authority over your conscience. They discar priestcraft and substituted clericalism. They rejected the authority of Church tradition (which taught Papal infallibility) but r with man-made creeds that soon became as authoritative as Scripture. In reality they replaced a two-legged Pope with a pape They cried sola Scriptura while waving a creed in one hand and a sword in the other.
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