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'Who would have thought it? I, for one, didn't. It never crossed my mind that it might happen. It really didn't. But I was wrong. It has. What has? Baptist sacramentalism It never occurred to me that Baptists would become sacramentalists. I thought the two were mutually exclusive, self-contradictory. But I was wrong. A growing number of Baptists are becoming sacramentalists. Baptist writers are publishing book after book promoting sacramentalism. Baptist teachers are teaching it. Baptist preachers are preaching it. And more and more Baptists are adopting it. I'll say it again. Baptists are becoming sacramentalists Incredible ' Wait a minute Baptist sacramentalism? What are you talking about? 'Baptists are convinced that Scripture teaches that those who give a credible profession of saving faith in Christ should be immersed in water - as a public sign or outward symbol of the inward work of God's grace that they have already experienced. Baptists are opposed to sacramentalism. They cannot abide it Well, that's how things stood until recently. But a growing number of Baptists are now beginning to teach that grace - that the Holy Spirit himself - is actually conveyed to those whom they baptise. Incredible Sacramentalism, of course, has long held sway among infant baptisers. In my "Infant Baptism Tested", I exposed it and probed its dreadful consequences. Now I must do the same for Baptist sacramentalism. Hence this book. In these pages, I expose what has gone into this Baptist sacramentalism - the re-writing of history, the faulty exegesis of Scripture, and the heady (and poisonous) mixture of ecumenism (including Rome, the Orthodox, eastern religions - not excluding Islam), the charismatic movement, the New Perspective, the re-definition of conversion, and the acceptance of infant baptism. This is what makes up this pernicious cocktail. And it has only one end - baptismal regeneration'. So writes David Gay. If you are a Baptist, he has produced this book to warn you of what, if it has not already done so, is about to hit a seminary, a bookshop or a pulpit near you - and do so very soon. If you are a Baptist who is thinking of adopting this sacramentalism, he wants to let you know what you are in for. Don't buy a pig in a poke And if you are a Baptist sacramentalist, he wants to challenge the basis of your position and, at the very least, make you question it. Why does he make such a song and dance about it? Because the consequences are dreadful. If Baptist sacramentalism wins the day, multitudes will be misled into thinking they are saved when they are not. And the consequences of that are unthinkable.

The Bible teaches: (i) Christ died only for the elect; (ii) God offers Christ to all. This looks like a first-class contradiction. Many think they have found a way to avoid it. Arminians deny the first statement; hyper-Calvinists, the second. But still the Bible teaches both. Most Calvinists take another route. They use the formula: 'Christ's death - sufficient for all, effective only for the elect'. In this, some follow Mo se Amyraut and say that Christ died provisionally for all, but effectively only for the elect. Others follow John Owen and say that although Christ's death is sufficient for all on account of who he is, nevertheless it was intended and effective only for the elect. In this way, both think they justify the free offer in light of particular redemption. But both are wrong. The Bible does not try to solve the seeming paradox. It never uses 'the sufficiency formula'. It simply states that Christ died for the elect, but even so it commands all sinners to repent and believe - promising them Christ and salvation if they do. While this book does not promise an easy read, it will repay careful study. And the subject is worthy of such. Above all, its author's aim is to glorify God by stimulating the wider, more passionate, and less-inhibited preaching of the free offer to sinners by those who rightly hold to particular redemption. Michael Haykin: 'Impressive in its discussion of theological perspectives and fully competent in its handling of Scripture, here is an excellent resource for thinking through the nature of biblical evangelism and how it relates to the scriptural theme of the sovereignty of God in salvation, especially as the latter relates to the death of Christ. May those who are tempted to cool their passion for the salvation of sinners in light of convictions about Christ's redeeming work read this book and have that passion re-ignited by the fiery light of God's truth'. A free download of the author reading the book is available on sermonaudio.com

News headline: 'Humpty Dumpty Strikes Again '. What's that? 'Humpty Dumpty Strikes Again - in the Church '. Let me re-phrase it: 'Believers Sustain Big Losses by Changing the Meaning of Bible Words'. Alice was confused. Humpty Dumpty explained: 'When I use a word', he said, 'it means just what I choose it to mean; neither more nor less'. Ah, that makes it clear Does it? When Humpty Dumpty gets to work on a Bible word, trouble always follows - and with a capital 'T'. Sad to say, Humpty Dumpty has been very busy these past two thousand years, and many Bible words have suffered at his hand. Much harm has resulted. In this book, the words David Gay has in mind are 'pastor', 'minister', 'clergy' and 'ordain'. Good Bible words, all of them. But did you realise that the overwhelming majority of Christians don't use these Bible words the way the Bible does? Rather, they use them the way Humpty Dumpty invented for them. Oh, Humpty Dumpty didn't do it himself. No. He used some very learn d and clever gentlemen to do the job for him - the Fathers. And a proper thorough job they made of it, too. Moreover, their followers are still at it. Indeed, many who ought to know better are driving headlong back to the Fathers. Yes, they are What did the Fathers do? Why did they do it? And where have we ended up? What have we lost? Who is carrying on their work to this very day? Why not read David Gay's book and find out? Why not find out if Humpty Dumpty has misled you? Why not find out if he has robbed you of some biblical truths and practices? A free download of the author reading the book is available on sermonaudio.com

This book will not appeal to every Christian. It is, after all, a polemical work, designed to explore infant baptism and expose it as destructive of the gospel. And it raises important questions: What is a Christian? How does one become a Christian? What is a church? How does one become a member? And, above all, what of the eternal consequences of baby-sprinkling in the name of Christ?Some believers don

Justification by faith alone is the citadel of the gospel. No wonder, then, that down the years it has been under constant attack. Satan knows that if he can ruin this doctrine, millions of souls will be deceived, with eternal consequences. He has, therefore, tried one ploy after another to subvert justification by faith alone. Justification by faith alone was the leading issue at the Reformation. God broke Rome's grip - which she had maintained for centuries - and once again the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ was freely proclaimed to sinners. But right from the start, Satan renewed his attack on this major doctrine. He has never stopped trying to subvert the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Never more so than today. A growing number among the Reformed are molesting the doctrine, the Progressives and the advocates of the Federal Vision, among them. The so-called New Perspective shows no signs of withering. Deification and Orthodoxy are making themselves felt. Among the Baptists, sacramentalism has reared its ugly head. And Rome, whatever tinkering it has allowed, has never repudiated the Council of Trent with its anathemas for all who hold to the doctrine of justification by faith alone. And so on. David Gay has written this book to try to deal with another of these attacks upon the New Testament doctrine of justification by faith alone; namely, the hyper-Calvinistic doctrine of eternal justification. This relatively unknown warping of the biblical doctrine of justification is, in fact, an ever-present danger for those who hold the doctrines of grace. The Puritans met the error, but it probably had its hey-day - until now, that is - in the 1870s in England among the Gospel Standard Strict Baptists. With the coming of the internet, however, eternal justification has now begun to reach a much wider audience. And if it takes hold and grows, the effect on the preaching of the gospel will be unspeakably bad. Gay's book is essential reading for those who wish to be fore-warned and thus fore-armed against the doctrine of eternal justification and its consequences. A free audiobook is available at davidhjgay.com

'THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS EATON, DELL, CRISP AND SALTMARSH WERE ANTINOMIANS. THEIR WORKS SHOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND SHOULD NOT BE RE-PUBLISHED NOW 'So it will be said. David Gay disagrees. Strongly Judging by these works, which he has distilled and annotated, they preached the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in all its fullness, and with power. What they said in these sermons makes vital reading for all Christians These men were not perfect, of course, but they glorified Christ, they got to the heart of justification by faith, they set out the wonder of the new covenant, they preached to help believers find assurance, and they showed the need for, and the way of, sanctification - which is not by the law, but by the gospel. For all this, they ought to be commended, not blackballed ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK, READ THIS BOOK AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF? IT MIGHT WELL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOR GOOD, AND IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE WILL YOU OPEN YOUR MIND, HEART AND LIFE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS GLORIOUS, LIBERATING GOSPEL?A free download of the author reading this title is available on sermonaudio.com