Oh, but Kevin, this Baptist brethren certainly does try and evaluate one's
profession of faith but we must do so biblically, and not by some rules or
factors or guidelines developed by men.  What do they profess?  On what
basis do they profess to be saved?  Is it by faith?

DW



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Sigafoos [mailto:ksigafoos@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:14 PM
To: pastorsforum@...
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Father and son

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Jerry Krewson
<pastorjerry@...> wrote:
>
>>>>>How do you know that a real work of conversion has been done in this
>>>>> man's life and in the boy's life?
>
> Kevin, very simply, because the Bible is true, God cannot lie, and He
works
> miracles by and through His Word.  God always saves the lost sinner who
> trusts in Him as Savior and Lord. I have total confidence that God always
> keeps His end of the deal when a lost person calls on His name for
> salvation. God NEVER says no to His promises.
>
> I don't know, Jerry, the words you use as proof are nice sounding, but
they
> are not proof. I remember when Larry Flynt called on the name of Jesus for
> salvation.

Not to mention that Jesus said that many will say "Lord, Lord" but He
will say "Depart from me, you evildoers, I never knew you."

I have appreciated all of the advice that has been offered to me.  I'm
not too thrilled with my elders' decision and I plan on talking to
them about it further, but I must say that I'm a little surprised that
my Baptist brethren don't seem to evaluate the credibility of a
person's profession at all.  ISTM that we devalue believer's baptism
if we don't make any attempt to be sure that the people we baptize are
actually believers.  OTOH, if we add non-Scriptural requirements to
baptism then we run the danger of proclaiming salvation-by-grace but
church-membership-by-works.


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Grace and peace,
Kevin Sigafoos
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For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be
glory forever. Amen. (Rom 11:36)

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