Faith and Practice of True Baptist

The world is very different than it was in the time of Christ. There are many different so-called churches that proclaim to believe and practice the way that Jesus taught in His personal ministry. With so many varieties, it leaves you wondering just who is really correct. The individual must search the scriptures with humility of heart and seek the things that the Holy Spirit of God will reveal.

Cohabitation of Unmarried People

We find in Hebrews 13:4 that “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” The word “marriage” in the Greek is gamos {gam’-os} Its meaning is 1) a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast. 2) marriage, matrimony.

The word “honourable” in the Greek is timios {tim’-ce-oa} Its meaning is 1) as of great price, precious 2) held in honour, esteemed, especially dear. From the beginning of creation God has ordained the marriage union as the basis for the family structure. (Genesis 2:24) We see from observing the scriptures that marriage has been a public ceremony and celebration down through the ages.

How We Got Our First English Version of The Bible

“I suffer trouble as an evil doer, even unto bonds (Paul was in jail), but the word of God is not bound, therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus” (II Timothy 2:2-I0).

NEARLY 500 YEARS AGO

Nearly one hundred years before Columbus discovered America, there was a boy named John Gooseflesh, living in the old town of Mainz. His mother helped to make a living for the family by preparing parchment for the priests to write on. John liked very much to carve and cut with his knife. One day he was sifting beside the fire watching a pot of purple dye that his mother was heating and amusing himself by carving and cutting his name in wood. Suddenly one of the pieces of wood, with a letter cut on it, fell into the dye pot. He snatched at it, caught it, but dropped it again, this time onto a piece of parchment lying nearby. It fell upside down, and when he picked it up, there on the parchment, was the letter ‘h’ clearly printed.