A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine insisted quite strongly that to belong to the New Testament church, a person had to be baptized with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues: 54 50 The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the seal of a finished salvation in Jesus Christ. . . . God’s standard of the baptism in the Holy Spirit is found in Acts 2:4, and He has only one standard. The Church of Jesus Christ is composed of Pentecostal people. . . . We have an abnormal Christianity in the world today (that is, those we must recognize as Christians, but who are not filled with the Holy Spirit) for which it is impossible to find any Scriptural provision. In other words, only Spirit-filled people are recognized as being in a place that they are pleasing to God. Wherever we find converts in the New Testament who are not filled with the Holy Spirit, we find the Apostles dealing with them to lead them into the experience. We conclude, therefore, that a Church, from a Scriptural standpoint, is a company of people who are called out of the world, made new creatures in Christ Jesus, buried with Him by baptism into death, and filled with the Holy Spirit. . . . The denominational churches of today are of purely human origin. Not one of them has any Scriptural authority for its existence. . . . As said above, people become members of Christ’s true, holy, spiritual Church when they are born of the Spirit and filled with the Spirit, as this is the only normal Scriptural experience.
The Finished Work Controversy Durham saw Acts 2:38 as the paradigm for New Testament salvation. He quoted this verse on the masthead of his Pentecostal Testimony. In a widely distributed tract entitled Salvation in Christ for All, he wrote: If the Bible teaches anything it is that salvation is by grace through faith. . . . The question then is: How may a man receive this great blessing of full deliverance through Christ? Acts 2:38-39 tells us: [quotation]. . . . This is a wonderful truth! Men do not have to join any particular church, nor subscribe to any creed of man, but can be saved eternally by simply repenting and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ; and then they can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost with signs following, as in the days of the Apostles. He said the three steps of Acts 2:38—repentance, water baptism, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost—were God’s standard of salvation. By these steps a person identified with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ: 55 When we appeal the case to the Scriptures, we see that They teach to repent and be baptized and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38-39. All through the Acts and the Epistles of Paul, we see this order of teaching. Not one single Scripture ever mentions any second work of grace. But the rule laid down by Peter on the day of Pentecost is continually followed, both in teaching and practice. . . . The Epistles were written for the instruction of 51
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A <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>Doctrine</strong><br />
insisted quite strongly that to belong to the New<br />
Testament church, a person had to be baptized with the<br />
Holy Spirit with the evidence <strong>of</strong> speaking in tongues: 54<br />
50<br />
The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the seal <strong>of</strong> a finished<br />
salvation in Jesus Christ. . . .<br />
God’s standard <strong>of</strong> the baptism in the Holy Spirit is<br />
found in Acts 2:4, and He has only one standard.<br />
The Church <strong>of</strong> Jesus Christ is composed <strong>of</strong><br />
Pentecostal people. . . .<br />
We have an abnormal <strong>Christian</strong>ity in the world<br />
today (that is, those we must recognize as <strong>Christian</strong>s,<br />
but who are not filled with the Holy Spirit) for which<br />
it is impossible to find any Scriptural provision. In<br />
other words, only Spirit-filled people are recognized<br />
as being in a place that they are pleasing to God.<br />
Wherever we find converts in the New Testament<br />
who are not filled with the Holy Spirit, we find the<br />
Apostles dealing with them to lead them into the<br />
experience.<br />
We conclude, therefore, that a Church, from a<br />
Scriptural standpoint, is a company <strong>of</strong> people who are<br />
called out <strong>of</strong> the world, made new creatures in Christ<br />
Jesus, buried with Him by baptism into death, and<br />
filled with the Holy Spirit. . . .<br />
The denominational churches <strong>of</strong> today are <strong>of</strong><br />
purely human origin. Not one <strong>of</strong> them has any<br />
Scriptural authority for its existence. . . . As said<br />
above, people become members <strong>of</strong> Christ’s true, holy,<br />
spiritual Church when they are born <strong>of</strong> the Spirit and<br />
filled with the Spirit, as this is the only normal<br />
Scriptural experience.
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