{"id":19151,"date":"2024-06-06T15:46:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T19:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=19151"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:01:12","slug":"19151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/19151\/","title":{"rendered":"Declared Distinctives Displayed Distinctions Proverbs 22:28 &#8211; Proverbs 23:10a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> &#8220;Declared Distinctives&#8221;<br>&#8220;Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers<br>have set.&#8221; Proverbs 22:28<br>God is interested in distinctions which means &#8220;different,<br>not the same, separated, well defined, sharp and clear,<br>obvious, plain, unmistakable, distinguished by some feature.&#8221;<br>A landmark in the Bible means a border or boundary, and<br>common sense tells us that refers to a distinct, clear, plain,<br>obvious, identifiable border or boundary. God made<br>distinctions between men and women, boys and girls and the<br>Bible recognizes gender distinctions. God created male and<br>females. A preacher one time was marrying a couple that both<br>had long hair &#8230; he wasn&#8217;t really sure which was which, so he<br>said, &#8220;Would one of you please kiss the bride!&#8221;<br>God wants His people to be different, not weird or odd, but<br>separate from the world and not conformed to it (see Rom.<br>12:2). Sadly, we are living in a day when churches are<br>becoming more and more like the world. Many millennials of<br>our &#8220;Canaanite Culture&#8221; prefer the blur instead of a boundary,<br>a blindfold to borders, a compromise to convictions, a<br>preference to a precept, choosing cater to carnality!<br>Lots of churches are just not open to admit or advertise<br>whatever it is they are and that&#8217;s why they&#8217;ve removed any<br>label, tag or landmark of identity. What they are, who they are<br>and what they believe or stand for is blurred and<br>undistinguishable. It either means, &#8220;We don&#8217;t stand for<br>anything definite&#8221; or, &#8220;if you come to our casual, comfortable<br>church, we&#8217;ll just make you feel so good.&#8221; There motto might<br>be, &#8220;Come as you are and leave as you were.&#8221; -G.T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the \u201cBaptist Bread\u201d June 4, 2024, devotional by author  GARY TROUT, Pastor, Bellpoint Baptist Church, Hinton WV. With permission from Tim Green, editor of Baptist Bread.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/timgreenministries.org\/the-baptist-bread\/\">The Baptist Bread<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Displayed Distinctions&#8221;<br>&#8220;Remove not the old landmark:&#8221; Proverbs 23:10a<br>Tags, titles, names, and labels all tell a story, and I am<br>always happy to stand up and be counted as to who I am, what I<br>am, what I believe and where I stand! Doctrinally, I am a<br>Baptist. I wasn&#8217;t Baptist born or Baptist bred, but when I die,<br>I&#8217;ll sure be Baptist dead. I stand where the Baptist crowd has<br>stood historically. The Baptist distinctives of salvation by<br>grace through faith, the blood atonement, the inspired,<br>inerrant, infallible Word of God (preserved in the King James<br>Bible), eternal security of the believer, the Rapture and the<br>pre-millennial return of Christ.<br>I realize we are ministering in an age of &#8220;itching ears&#8221; but<br>I don&#8217;t believe in an undefined theology, and am not ashamed<br>of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Indeed, it is a sad day when<br>many churches are closing the doors and others are removing<br>or moving the landmarks, becoming more and more like the<br>world. One who has friendship with the world is the enemy of<br>God! (see James 4:4). Leviticus 18:3 says, &#8220;After the doings<br>of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and<br>after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you,<br>shall ye not do:&#8221; We are supposed to be different and the world<br>expects us to be different.<br>So, in this age of compromise, carnality and change, let me<br>challenge you to &#8220;Remove not the old landmark:&#8221; Be faithful<br>and remember that a cold church, like cold butter, never<br>spreads well! -G.T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the \u201cBaptist Bread\u201d June 5, 2024, devotional by author  GARY TROUT, Pastor, Bellpoint Baptist Church, Hinton WV. 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