THE PLAIN GOSPEL 
       (Ron Halbrook)

     The Missionary Baptist Church tract on “The Plain Gospel” asks, “Are you among many today who are confused as to which religion,...denomination,...church, or...preacher is right?  They cannot all be right, can they?”  The tract correctly teaches the only thing that matters is “what the Bible actually says.”  It is our sole authority in all matters relating to salvation and service to God (2 Pet. 1:3).

     The author creates confusion when he claims, “You were born into the world with a sinful, corrupt nature....You are a sinner, and therefore you sin.”  He cites 1 John 3:4 and Psalm 51:5.  “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law:  for sin is the transgression of the law” (1 Jn. 3:4).  This shows we become sinners by transgressing the law and committing sin, not by birth or inheritance.