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Printed by Independence Baptist Church,
January 2006
Independence Baptist Church
P. O. Box 70
124 South Main
Foristell, MO 63348
636-673-2180
Wayne Reynolds, Pastor

Those Things Most Surely Believed Among Us
Luke 1:1
Index
The Holy Bible........................................................Page 1
Of The True God.....................................................Page 9
The Fall Of Man Into Sin........................................Page 16
The Way Of Salvation............................................Page 20
Of Justification........................................................Page 25
The Freeness Of Salvation......................................Page 34
Grace In Regeneration............................................Page 37
Repentance And Faith.............................................Page 42
Of God’s Purpose And Grace.................................Page 48
Sanctification..........................................................Page 59
The Perseverance Of The Saints.............................Page 65
Of The Harmony Of The Law And The Gospel.....Page 70
A New Testament Baptist Church..........................Page 75
Baptism And The Lord’s Supper............................Page 85
Of The Christian Sabbath........................................Page 101
Of Civil Government..............................................Page 106
Of The Righteous And The Wicked.......................Page 109
Satan........................................................................Page 115
Lawsuits Between Believers...................................Page 121
Giving.....................................................................Page 125
Creation...................................................................Page 135
Human Sexuality.....................................................Page 145
Divorce and Remarriage.........................................Page 149
Abortion..................................................................Page 155
Gambling.................................................................Page 162
Of The World To Come..........................................Page 166
Church Covenant....................................................Page 182
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THE HOLY BIBLE
WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MEN
DIVINELY INSPIRED AND IT IS A PERFECT TREASURE OF HEAVENLY
INSTRUCTION; THAT IT HAS GOD FOR ITS AUTHOR, SALVATION FOR ITS
END, AND TRUTH WITHOUT ANY MIXTURE OF ERROR FOR ITS MATTER;
THAT IT REVEALS THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH GOD WILL JUDGE US; AND
THEREFORE IS, AND SHALL REMAIN TO THE END OF THE WORLD, THE
TRUE CENTER OF CHRISTIAN UNION, AND THE SUPREME STANDARD BY
WHICH ALL HUMAN CONDUCT, CREEDS, AND OPINIONS SHOULD BE TRIED.
I must at the very beginning of this study state that the King James Bible is the only
Bible used by Independence Baptist Church. We believe every other version of the Bible
has the wrong foundation, a foundation created by man to fulfill the desires of man.

I. WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY BIBLE WAS WRITTEN BY MEN DIVINELY
INSPIRED AND IT IS A PERFECT TREASURE OF HEAVENLY INSTRUCTION
A. II Timothy 3:16-17 – All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished
unto all good works.
1. VERSE 16a--Paul tells Timothy that it was through the learning of the
scriptures as a child he was brought to saving knowledge through faith in
Jesus Christ. The Old Testament scriptures are meant in this verse. The New
Testament was being written at this time.
2. VERSE 16b--The Old and New Testaments are given by God and are
profitable for:
a. Doctrine...The Word doctrine means, teaching.
b. Reproof...conviction, the Word of God rebukes with such effectual power
that it is able to bring conviction of sin.
c. Correction...setting right improvement
d. Instruction...Discipline chastisement, it is used in the N. T. especially of
God’s chastisement by means of sorrow and evil.
3. VERSE 17--Two things are pointed out concerning what the Bible will do for
those who study it. It will make them:
a. Perfect...This word means complete or fitted, for special uses.
b. Thoroughly furnished...To complete or finish, the one who studies the
Word will be fitted out. Fitted out for all good works.
B. Other scriptures that teach this to be true are:
1. II Peter 1:21 – For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:
but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2. II Samuel 23:2 – The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was
in my tongue.

II. THAT IT HAS GOD FOR ITS AUTHOR, SALVATION FOR ITS END
A. John 5:39-40 – Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life:
and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye
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might have life. Jesus said to Search the scriptures, all of them!
1. They reveal eternal life.
2. Jesus said that the Old Testament scriptures told of him.
3. People in the Old Testament were saved just like we in the New Testament are
saved: by faith in Jesus Christ.
B. Other scriptures that teach this to be true are:
1. I Peter 1:10-12 – Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto
you: 11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings
of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 12 Unto whom it was revealed,
that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which
are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto
you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels
desire to look into.
2. Acts 11:14 – Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house
shall be saved.
3. Romans 1:16 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.
4. Mark 16:16 – He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.

III. AND TRUTH WITHOUT ANY MIXTURE OF ERROR FOR ITS MATTER
A. Proverbs 30:5-6 – Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that
put their trust in him. 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.
1. Verse 5--The Word of God is not like the word of man. It is pure and can be
trusted.
2. Verse 6--To add to God’s pure Word is foolish and will always make the one
who does it a liar.
3. Other scriptures that teach this to be true are:
a. John 17:17 – Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
b. Rev. 22:18-19 – For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if
any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the
holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
c. Romans 3:4 – God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar;
as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and
mightest overcome when thou art judged.
B. It must be noted that the Bible is “word perfect”.
1. God has inspired all the words of the Bible.
2. God has preserved all the words of the Bible.

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IV. THAT IT REVEALS THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH GOD WILL JUDGE US
A. John 12:48 – He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that
judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the
last day.
1. The very same Lord that men reject and refuse to receive will judge them in
the end.
2. Every person will be judged according to God’s Holy bible!
B. Other scriptures that teach this to be true are:
1. Romans 2:12 – For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish
without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the
law;
2. I Corinthians 4:3-4 – But with me it is a very small thing that I should be
judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that
judgeth me is the Lord.
3. Luke 10:10-16 – But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you
not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 11 Even the
very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you:
notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh
unto you. 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day
for Sodom, than for that city. 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting
in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and
Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 16 He that heareth you
heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that
despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
4. Luke 12:47-48 – And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten
with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have
committed much, of him they will ask the more.’

V. AND THEREFORE IS, AND SHALL REMAIN TO THE END OF THE WORLD,
THE TRUE CENTER OF CHRISTIAN UNION
A. Philippians 3:16 – Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk
by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
1. Paul tells the local church at Philippi that if we are to have fellowship and
cooperate together we must all walk the same way and by the same rules, we
must mind the same things.
2. This is why Baptists cannot unionize or join meetings with others.
3. Only those who are willing to walk by the same rule and mind the same things
can fellowship together.
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4. We must agree upon what the Word of God teaches in order to have Christian
union.
B. It is possible to have “limited” fellowship with others.
1. We can always fellowship with saved people around Jesus Christ.
2. We can fellowship with others as far as our agreement goes.
3. When we reach a point of disagreement on the word of God, our fellowship
must stop.
4. We must never compromise the word of God in order to fellowship.

VI. AND THE SUPREME STANDARD BY WHICH ALL HUMAN CONDUCT,
CREEDS, AND OPINIONS SHOULD BE TRIED.
A. I John 4:1 – Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1. The Bible teaches God’s people to try or test the spirits to see if they are of
God or not.
2. There are many false prophets who claim God sent them.
3. How are they to be tested? By the Word of God. Isaiah 8:20 says, To the law
and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this Word, it is
because there is no light in them.
B. Other scriptures that teach this to be true.
1. I Thess. 5:21 – Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
2. I Corinthians 13:5 – Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
3. Acts 17:11 – These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the
scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
4. I John 4:6 – We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is
not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the
spirit of error.
5. Jude 3-5 – Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the
common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort
you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares,
who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men,
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 I will therefore put you in
remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved
the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that
believed not.
6. Eph. 6:17 – And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God:
7. Psalms 119:59 – I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy
testimonies.
8. Philippians 1:9-11 – And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more
and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 That ye may approve
things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till
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the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which
are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
C. Christ will try us by the Bible; therefore we should try others and ourselves by the
word of God.
1. John 12:48 – He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one
that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him
in the last day.
2. Acts 13:46 – Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but
seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting
life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

The Inspiration of the Scriptures

II Timothy 3:16,17 - All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the
man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

I. Is the Bible trustworthy as a record of historical facts?
A. About a century ago critics held the Bible to be untrustworthy as history. (Other
things were also happening about 100 years ago – Darwin and his Origin of
Species was popular, and new beginnings of psychology were beginning –( to
mention a few)
1. They said the four kings mentioned in Genesis 14:1 never existed, and that the
victory of the kings of the West over the kings of the East, as described in this
chapter, never occurred.
2. They denied that such a people as the Hittites ever lived.
3. Sargon, mentioned in Isaiah 20:1 as king of Assyria, was considered a
mythical character.
4. Moreover Daniel, Daniel 5:1, was supposed to be in error in mentioning
Belshazzar as a Babylonian king.
5. Typical New Testament examples of supposed historical errors:
a. Acts 13:7 – Luke’s representation of the island of Cyprus as being ruled
by a proconsul is false.
b. Luke 3:1 – Lysanias as being tetrarch of Abilene while Herod was tetrarch
of Galilee has been proved true.
6. Many today deny the Genesis account of creation, which will never be proven
or disproved by facts.
a. It is by faith we understand the worlds were framed by the word of God –
Hebrews 11:3 states, Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
b. II Peter 3:1-7 gives a warning of scoffers in the last days.
1) Because men have rejected the historical accuracy of the Word of God,
they reject the relevancy word of God, and the accuracy of prophecy.
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2) Because men have rejected the Genesis account of creation, they also
reject the destruction of the world with water, and that this present
world will be destroyed by fire.
3) Because men have rejected God as creator and Adam as bringing sin
into the world, they reject the presence of sin and their need of a
Saviour and of Jesus who came to save.
7. Many also reject the fact that sin causes death.
a. Therefore they reject the need of a Saviour.
b. They will spend their lives futilely searching for the truth of why we are
on this earth and will spend their eternity in a burning fiery Lake of Fire.
B. But how is it now?
1. We can say today, after far-reaching investigations concerning ancient nations
have been made, that not a single statement in the Bible stands refuted.
2. The confident denials of early critics have been proved to be the assumptions
of ignorance.
3. Prof. A. H. Sayce, one of the most eminent of archeologists, states, “Since the
discovery of the Tel el-Amarna tablets until now great things have been
brought out by archeology, and every one of them has been in harmony with
the Bible, while nearly every one of them has been dead against the assertions
of the destructive critics.”
4. Some years ago the United Press broadcasted the testimony of A. S. Yahuda,
formerly Professor of Biblical History at the University of Berlin and later of
Semitic Languages at the University of Madrid, to the effect that every
archeological discovery of Palestine and Mesopotamia of the Bible period
bears out the historical accuracy of the Bible.

II. Inspiration is concerning only the original.
A. The original is what God inspired.
1. God has the original Bible in heaven just like the original tabernacle is in
heaven.
2. Moses made the tabernacle after the pattern in heaven.
3. One of these days God will compare all these modern man-made bibles with
the one he has in heaven.
4. All that are wrong will be thrown out, and those people that have added to or
taken away from his word will be justly punished.
B. All the copies of the verbally inspired Word of God are the inspired Word of God.
1. It is not wrong to say that copies of the Bible are verbally inspired because
they are the Word of God.
2. It is very technical, and somewhat silly, to make a difference between the
verbally inspired original and the verbally inspired copies.
3. The copies of the Word of God are inspired because God preserves them.
4. If God did not preserve his original inspired Bible, we do not have the Bible
today.

III. How was the Bible inspired?
A. God revealed to men what to write.
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