Hardshell & Primitive Baptist "Conditional Time Salvation" Warning

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ForestGreenCook

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It has become necessary to post this here since we have this false doctrine being peddled on CC of late. Believe it or not, I care about people and wish to help protect the flock from error! Please note and take time to read Acts 20:28-30 and other Scriptures provided.

Please do not be deceived by the "Conditional Time Salvation" heresy promoted and peddled by Primitive Baptists otherwise known as "Hardshells" or "Hardshell Baptists". They are merely seeking converts to their teaching while at the same time being anti-evangelistic. There has to be another outlet when one turns to such false teaching, and it extends itself in them trying to reach others with their false gospel and to make "converts."

Nearly every post will be about this heresy, they focus on this to poison the well and deceive others.

Understand who this is coming from, and realize that Hardshells or Primitive Baptists are against these things:

1) That preaching the Gospel is God's means to save his people with an eternal salvation in Christ; 1 Corinthian 1:18; Romans 1:16; Ephesians 1, 2 &c.

2) They are against missionary work.

3) They stand against contextual eternal salvation as revealed in the NT Scriptures.

These deny what they call "means salvation" (their terminology) and will ridicule others for their "Gospel means" preaching, in other words for believing Scripture that God uses this preaching to save his people, eternally. Note Romans 10:13-17 for example. So they would call others who believe this in Romans "Gospel means" preachers or "means preachers" and it is meant to be derogatory.

The logical conclusion of their teaching is hyper-Calvinism, and is totally anti-evangelistic, anti-missionary, anti-Gospel. The latter they will deny because they've truncated the Gospel into their meaning of "gospel," making it completely false; note Galatians 1:8-10. They will also deny they are in any fashion "Calvinistic" but only to avoid the fitting label of "hyper-Calvinism."

Please read these excerpts that explain this better than I can. I will provide a link at the end or further reading:

"Secrecy" of some sort is a characteristic of a cult. Christians have their "secrets" (Psa. 25:14; Prov. 3:32), but the distinctive secrets of the Hardshell cult are not the secrets of God or of His kingdom."

"Their primary "secret" revelation concerns the doctrine they call "Time Salvation." You have to be trained in Hardshell "dogma" to know all that the words convey. What the Hardshells believe the terminology, "Time Salvation," represents would never cross the average Bible reader's mind. You have to hear it from a Hardshell to be introduced to and informed in the meaning of its theological “jargon.”

"It is an integral part of the Hardshell DEFENSE and APOLOGETIC, for their "Spirit Alone" and "No-Means Regeneration" theories, to get their opponents or would be "converts" to inbibe <sic> all the teachings involved in this doctrine of "Time Salvation."

"It will become obvious to most who read this essay on Hardshellism, that these Hardshells, who have historically opposed any thing "new," i.e. "inventions," have themselves, ironically and hypocritically, introduced many new things under the Baptist and Christian name, at least in doctrine."

Read more here.
Going on vacation for a week, sure going to miss your funny assumptions.
 

ForestGreenCook

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18-21 The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written,

I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head,
I’ll expose so-called experts as crackpots.

So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.(1 Corinthians 1)

16-17 It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”(Romans 1)

13-14 It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This signet from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.(Ephesians 1)


14-17 But how can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of the One who can be trusted? And how can they hear if nobody tells them? And how is anyone going to tell them, unless someone is sent to do it? That’s why Scripture exclaims,

A sight to take your breath away!
Grand processions of people
telling all the good things of God!

But not everybody is ready for this, ready to see and hear and act. Isaiah asked what we all ask at one time or another: “Does anyone care, God? Is anyone listening and believing a word of it?” The point is: Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ’s Word is preached, there’s nothing to listen to.(Romans 10)

Everyone saved has to hear the word.
Going on vacation for a week. Sure going to miss your funny conclusions.
 

Noose

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Wow! You sure don't have a clue how to read the Bible! I suggest you read Gordon Fee's "How to read the Bible for all it's Worth!" He is a Greek scholar, but this book is simple enough for even you to read.

He goes through basic hermeneutics, genre and explains them using many Bible examples!

Oh wait! You don't read any books except the Bible, Left Behind leader guides and Schofield notes in your Bible, right?

Here's a clue! Read a wide range of books on eschatology, then draw your own conclusions. You may find you have been deceived by these Dispensationalists!

As for our culture being the worst? Guess again! How about all the emperor cults with no laws, and rape/pillage/burn being the standard? Like the Mongols, the Vikings, the Canaanites, Babylonian etc, etc. Maybe read something about history. Then read about biblical anthropology, and how we are all sinners, saved by grace. In fact, western culture is highly moral, compared to many pagan societies!
Evil generation doesn't mean barbaric, it means people having the word of God , reading the scriptures but still don't understand it. Vikings and Mongols are by far righteous compared to a generation that spends more of their time in churches but still do not understand God.

Gordon Fee is not an apostle and was not appointed by God at any time.

When God tell His people to get out of Babylon (Rev 18), does He mean tribal Jews should get out of Syria or the church to get its way straight? well, that was all Jeremiah prophesied. Take it or leave it.
 
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It would be helpful if you would back up your statements with scripture and not someone else's interpretation.,
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,(Ephesians 1:13)

Notice the sequence in the above verse. They trusted after they heard the word of truth, the gospel of their salvation. After this, they were sealed with the Spirit.
 
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Unbiblical? How?

2 Peter 1:20-21 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scriptures is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old times by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Of course you probably will not believe this because it came from the KJV. I am surprised that you did not know this, seeing you went to a preaching school.
Do you know what private interpretation s mean here, that "
Going on vacation for a week, sure going to miss your funny assumptions.
Not hardly an assumption, it's a fact, and you're fully aware of it. It's the entire reason you're on this forum which is why I exposed and refuted your false gospel that saves no one.

The sad thing, if God doesn't intervene, you'll come back from your vacation just as deceived, if not more deceived as when you left.
 
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Wow! You sure don't have a clue how to read the Bible! I suggest you read Gordon Fee's "How to read the Bible for all it's Worth!" He is a Greek scholar, but this book is simple enough for even you to read.

He goes through basic hermeneutics, genre and explains them using many Bible examples!

Oh wait! You don't read any books except the Bible, Left Behind leader guides and Schofield notes in your Bible, right?

Here's a clue! Read a wide range of books on eschatology, then draw your own conclusions. You may find you have been deceived by these Dispensationalists!

As for our culture being the worst? Guess again! How about all the emperor cults with no laws, and rape/pillage/burn being the standard? Like the Mongols, the Vikings, the Canaanites, Babylonian etc, etc. Maybe read something about history. Then read about biblical anthropology, and how we are all sinners, saved by grace. In fact, western culture is highly moral, compared to many pagan societies!
He "doesn't follow man" unless that man's two feet take him into a PB "church" then it's all good.
 
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I ask you why it is unbiblical and you ignored it.
I've yet to see where you asked this. Point me to the post.

Speaking of ignoring, you've ignored nearly every text that dismantles your false gospel and nearly every other question in this thread.

Look in your book, the answer is in there. The "I don't follow man" disease is unbiblical and arrogant and you're in the latter stages.
 
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Rev 22:18-19 - Was John inspired when he wrote these verses?
The KJV is not inspired my friend. Let me put it like this...

Say God moves me to write something that is inspired and considered to be scripture(we know that isn't possible but I am writing this to show you something). That which I wrote on paper would be considered inspired. Over the years people make copies of it. Then someone in Germany translated it into German. Those who have my writings in the German language have a copy of my inspired scriptures, but those copies are not inspired themselves.

That's the same way with any version of the bible. Biblical inspiration means they were inspired in the originals, but the copies are not.
 
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I ask you why it is unbiblical and you ignored it.
When a preacher preaches or teaches God's word, he doesn't just get up there and quote a bunch of scriptures and then sits down, but expounds on what those verses are truly saying. They are giving you/us a verbal commentary of the bible.

If you reject commentaries because they are the works of men, you have to reject sermons as well, as sermons follow the same principle(s) written commentaries do my friend.
 

Grandpa

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This flies in the face of Ephesians 4:11,12.
Ephesians 4:11-16
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

How can a person say that there are whole societies of people that are saved that have NO knowledge of Christ or even what the Faith is?

John 6:44-47
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

I guess no one can skip that step of coming to Christ and still be saved. How can a person believe in Christ if they have never heard of who Christ is and what He has done?

Very strange to say you believe what the bible says and yet still have a theology that teaches against what Christ has Said.
 
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How can a person believe in Christ if they have never heard of who Christ is and what He has done?

Very strange to say you believe what the bible says and yet still have a theology that teaches against what Christ has Said.
Agreed.

Paul said the same thing in the inspired Scripture: Romans 10:5-21

The PB's say "Oh, contraire!!!" and deny God's Word via putting their own spin on it. They are "the enlightened ones" the "neo-Gnostics" having received "special revelation"...which contradicts the word of God. It is another gospel.
 

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Once again "preacher" has led his "flock" down the broad road.

Baptists are like Baskin-Robbins, there are about 31 flavors of them but they are all baptists who believe in the basics of Christianity. Some like old way, like foot washing, some prefer to be conservative and some have become quite liberal, like the American Baptist group. In 1832 there was a rash of unbibical teachings infiltrating the mainline churches, and this group of Baptists met at Black Rock Maryland to lay down some guidelines for themselves. They basically hold to the doctrines of grace with some diverting to the free will side of the aisle in the 20th century. To mock and savage the characters and faith of these people is nothing short of an attack by Satan on people of faith.

Generally speaking, groups that identify themselves as Primitive Baptists fit within the ranks of orthodox Christianity. As with most church groups, however, Primitive Baptists espouse a spectrum of beliefs that cannot be pinned down in one article. The word Primitive in their name refers to their desire to adhere to the original teachings and methods of the early church rather than the newer traditions that have accumulated over the years. The Primitive Baptists have also been called “Particular Baptists,” “Regular Baptists,“Old School Baptists,” and “Hardshell Baptists,” though “Primitive” has become the preferred name in most cases.

The Primitive Baptists first became an identifiable group after meetings in Black Rock, Maryland, in 1832, in which they expressed concerns about extra-biblical groups like tract societies, Sunday schools, cooperative missions programs, and theological training schools. After the Black Rock meeting, the Primitive Baptists separated from all such “innovations,” claiming to follow only the New Testament model for church practice. Primitive Baptists are strongly Calvinistic, but they do not apply that term to themselves, preferring to be identified as predestinarian. Primitive Baptists are to be distinguished from Missionary Baptists, General Baptists, and Southern Baptists, being more devoted to the 'free will' theory, although they all share a common lineage.
 
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Once again preacher has led his lock down the broad road.
:ROFL:

Um...not quite.

Care to address the false doctrine espoused by PB's or do you just want to attack your straw man and tie it with your outright false accusations? It appears all the times I've corrected you online has left you with quite the grudge. :)

Do show us all where I've lead any down a false road. You've said it happened "once again" so show the evidence or put an end to the above.

The teachings that the PB's and ForestGreenCook espouse are not orthodox unless you also buy its false gospel. Quoting a source that only supplies the rosy part of the PB's isn't true as is no half-truth. It conveniently, like yourself, only presents what it likes to present.

The PB cult began around the time of William Carey's mission endeavors and that's when its errant gospel began.

You really have a serious problem of not knowing what you're talking about. A lot.
 
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Once again "preacher" has led his "flock" down the broad road.

Baptists are like Baskin-Robbins, there are about 31 flavors of them but they are all baptists who believe in the basics of Christianity. Some like old way, like foot washing, some prefer to be conservative and some have become quite liberal, like the American Baptist group. In 1832 there was a rash of unbibical teachings infiltrating the mainline churches, and this group of Baptists met at Black Rock Maryland to lay down some guidelines for themselves. They basically hold to the doctrines of grace with some diverting to the free will side of the aisle in the 20th century. To mock and savage the characters and faith of these people is nothing short of an attack by Satan on people of faith.

Generally speaking, groups that identify themselves as Primitive Baptists fit within the ranks of orthodox Christianity. As with most church groups, however, Primitive Baptists espouse a spectrum of beliefs that cannot be pinned down in one article. The word Primitive in their name refers to their desire to adhere to the original teachings and methods of the early church rather than the newer traditions that have accumulated over the years. The Primitive Baptists have also been called “Particular Baptists,” “Regular Baptists,“Old School Baptists,” and “Hardshell Baptists,” though “Primitive” has become the preferred name in most cases.

The Primitive Baptists first became an identifiable group after meetings in Black Rock, Maryland, in 1832, in which they expressed concerns about extra-biblical groups like tract societies, Sunday schools, cooperative missions programs, and theological training schools. After the Black Rock meeting, the Primitive Baptists separated from all such “innovations,” claiming to follow only the New Testament model for church practice. Primitive Baptists are strongly Calvinistic, but they do not apply that term to themselves, preferring to be identified as predestinarian. Primitive Baptists are to be distinguished from Missionary Baptists, General Baptists, and Southern Baptists, being more devoted to the 'free will' theory, although they all share a common lineage.
Note this:

"Generally speaking, groups that identify themselves as Primitive Baptists fit within the ranks of orthodox Christianity."

Oh, GraceandHalfTruth left off this portion of the article:

"However, some Primitive Baptists emphasize predestination to the extent that they say the elect are saved by God’s grace, even if they have never heard the gospel—a teaching that comes close to universalism. As with any church, it is wise to do some research into its history, practices, and teachings before joining."

The underlined isn't orthodox Christianity, and once any group begins doing this, it is no longer orthodox.

Convenient, wasn't it, how she copied everything but that portion which was on the same page? Seems GraceandHalfTruth likes to stack the deck, give out part of the story, in addition to her false accusations, and attempt to slander.

https://www.gotquestions.org/Primitive-Baptists.html
 

cv5

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:ROFL:

Um...not quite.

Care to address the false doctrine espoused by PB's or do you just want to attack your straw man and tie it with your outright false accusations? It appears all the times I've corrected you online has left you with quite the grudge. :)

Do show us all where I've lead any down a false road. You've said it happened "once again" so show the evidence or put an end to the above.

The teachings that the PB's and ForestGreenCook espouse are not orthodox unless you also buy its false gospel. Quoting a source that only supplies the rosy part of the PB's isn't true as is no half-truth. It conveniently, like yourself, only presents what it likes to present.

The PB cult began around the time of William Carey's mission endeavors and that's when its errant gospel began.

You really have a serious problem of not knowing what you're talking about. A lot.
Sorry...by PB's you mean Baptists of some stripe?