Hardshell Absurdities

In an Internet posting titled "ARE YOU A PRIMITIVE BAPTIST OR A REFORMED BAPTIST?" Elder Buddy Abernathy wrote following (February 2018 - here - highlighting mine):

"Primitive Baptists contend that believing the gospel is an evidence of spiritual life, but not the only credible evidence. Some of the other evidences, identified as “the fruit of the Spirit” (Gal. 5:22), include “…love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance…” (Gal 5:23), all of which may be manifest in the absence of “gospel” faith. In other words, Primitive Baptists believe there are multitudes of God’s people who have never heard the gospel and do not understand the meaning or implications of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Furthermore, they believe that some of God’s children, even when exposed to the gospel, may not embrace it or may only continue in faith for a season (Mat. 13:18-23, 23:37-39; Rom. 11:28-32; 2 Cor. 4:4-5)."

"Primitive Baptists believe that once a child of God has been born of the Spirit, there is a conviction of sin because he is now a “new creature” and “old things are passed away; behold all things are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17, 1 Pet. 4:3-4). The child of God may have little or no understanding regarding what has transpired. He now possesses a new nature in which God begins to work in him “both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Php. 2:13, Rom. 2:14-15). If exposed to a false religion, he may respond to these feelings according to that particular religion’s explanation of the origin, meaning, and purpose of the feelings. Having now assigned meaning to his feelings, the teachings of that religion are, in his mind, validated. Consequently, he now lives under the influence of that particular religion (Acts 15:1; Rom. 10:1-4, 16:17-18; 1 Cor. 12:2; 2 Cor. 11:1-4; Gal. 3:1, 4:9-10; 2 Tim. 2:16-18; 2 Pet. 2:1-3)."

What a mess, theologically! This is cult teaching. It is not what the first PBs believed, not to mention those of Abernathy's religious ancestors prior to the birth of the PB denomination.

It is such a mess that it would take time to clean it up. But, our writings are full of testimony and evidence that destroys the PB beliefs that Abernathy here asserts. Thankfully, there are some PBs today who are seeing the errors of such a theological mess! What he asserts is pure cult teaching.

If he, or some other of his brethren, want to come here and prove these things, in debate, then we bid them to come.