GOD'S WAY CANNOT BE IMPROVED UPON
"I tell you our reason for not trying to improve on the ways of our fathers in religion. It is because our
religion is God-given, and men cannot improve what God has given. He has all wisdom, there can
never be anything new with Him. He cannot improve on His ways, for all He does is perfect. If men
can improve on God's doctrine, it must be because they know more than God knows. If men can
improve on the practices of the church, it must be because God did not see that time would change and
demand something different to what was suitable in the time of Christ. We do not want to improve on the
Bible, because we believe it to be the Word of God."---Elder Walter Cash.
"We believe that Jesus Christ Himself instituted the church; that it was perfect at the start, suitably adapted in
its organization to every age of the world, to every locality of earth, to every state and condition of mankind,
without any changes or alterations to suit the times, customs, situations and localities. We claim that a great
many things change, but principles never change, that when revelation of God was closed, that we have no
right to make any demands upon the people, religiously, that are not found therein."
---Elder Lemuel Potter
Elders Cash and Potter were very able and representative ministers among the Primitive Baptist people of their
day. Their words above stated ring very true to every well-taught child of God.---Elder Ralph Harris