1689 London Baptist Confession
1. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by his
Spirit, and faith, although they are not made thereby one person with him, have fellowship
in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory; and, being united to one
another in love, they have communion in each others gifts and graces, and are obliged to
the performance of such duties, public and private, in an orderly way, as do conduce to
their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.
( 1
John 1:3; John
1:16; Philippians
3:10; Romans
6:5, 6; Ephesians
4:15, 16; 1
Corinthians 12:7; 1
Corinthians 3:21-23; 1
Thessalonians 5:11, 14; Romans
1:12; 1
John 3:17, 18; Galatians
6:10 )
2. Saints by profession are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the
worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual
edification; as also in relieving each other in outward things according to their several
abilities, and necessities; which communion, according to the rule of the gospel, though
especially to be exercised by them, in the relation wherein they stand, whether in
families, or churches, yet, as God offereth opportunity, is to be extended to all the
household of faith, even all those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord
Jesus; nevertheless their communion one with another as saints, doth not take away or
infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions.
( Hebrews
10:24, 25; Hebrews
3:12, 13; Acts
11:29, 30; Ephesians
6:4; 1
Corinthians 12:14-27; Acts
5:4; Ephesians
4:28 )
For further study:
"Baptist Roots in America: The Historical Background of Reformed Baptists in America", Samuel E. Waldron, Simpson Publishing Co. (1991)
"A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith", Samuel E. Waldron, Evangelical Press, 1989
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