This is the adult Sunday school lesson for Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup, Washington July 25, 2021. For more resources from Bible Baptist Church of Puyallup and Pastor Marvin McKenzie, visit bbcpuyallup.org or marvinmckenzie.org.

1. Upon this Rock
Lesson Four
A Study in Baptist Doctrine
Dr. Marvin McKenzie

2. I. AS TAUGHT BY THE
EARLY CHRISTIANS
• 1. Passages are found through out
the New Testament that tell us the
early believers believed in all three
Persons of the Trinity.
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• 2. After the Apostles passed from
the scene, those who immediately
followed also confessed a faith in
the Holy Ghost as a part of the
Trinity.

3. II. HERESIES
1. Sabellius
2. Arius
3. Controversies

4. III. THE DOCTRINE OF
THE HOLY GHOST
TODAY
• 1. The doctrine of the Holy Ghost, as we know it today,
stems from the days of Wesley, Whitefield, and Edwards.
(the 1700's)
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• 2. Until, in the 1900's, we saw another attempt to pervert
the doctrine of the Holy Ghost.
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• 3. Today we have Three Basic Views Concerning the Holy
Ghost;
a. The liberal view
b. The Charismatic View
C. The Balanced View