Replacing The Power Of The Holy Spirit With Campbellite (Church Of Christ) #1

Bob L. Ross, author of "Campbellism, Its History & Heresies," "Acts 2:38 & Baptismal Remission," "The Restoration Movement," "Campbellites, Cowbells, Rosary Beads & Snake-Handling," "The Trinity and the Eternal Sonship of Christ," & others. Bob is also director of Pilgrim Publications of Pasadena, Texas, one of world's leading publishers of the works of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (website: http://www.PILGRIMPUBLICATIONS.COM). The "Church of Christ," "The Christian Church," "Disciples of Christ," & others come out of a early 19th century "Restoration Movement" founded by four primary men named Alexander & Thomas Campbell, Barton W. Stone & Walter Scott with Alexander Campbell being main promoter (thus the lexical use of the term "Campbellism" for this movement). These men claimed to have "restored" the "ancient Gospel" which was lost until they "restored" it again & all other churches did not have it. These men also claimed that "the Holy Spirit operates only through the word of God" & there is no indwelling of the Spirit in believers or a direct operation of the Spirit thus reinterpreting John 3:3-8 to water baptism instead. By the denial of the operation of the Holy Spirit indwelling Christian believers the Campbellites could then replace a sovereign act of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer with a work righteousness religion. The Campbellite followers could then earn their way into heaven (despite Ephesians 2:8-10) with water baptism & doing the right kind of works (church attendance, giving donations, using no mechanical instruments of music such as pianos in the worship service, etc.)