Back To The Old Paths

Pastor George Ashburn, of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Chattanooga, TN, preaches during the February 6, 2025 meeting of The Old Fashioned Preachers Fellowship, held at the Mineral Park Baptist Church, McDonald, TN.
Luke 16:19-23 KJB: 19   There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20   And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21   And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22   And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23   And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Pastor James Langston, of the Hillcrest Baptist Church, Ooltewah, TN, preaches during the February 6, 2025 meeting of the Old Fashioned Preachers Fellowship, held at the Mineral Park Baptist Church, McDonald, TN.
1 Kings 19 KJB:
1   And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2   Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3   And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4   But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5   And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6   And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7   And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8   And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9   And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10   And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11   And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12   And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13   And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14   And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15   And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16   And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17   And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18   Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19   So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20   And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
21   And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

Missionary Bob Patenaude, to Asia/USA, preaches during a Camp Meeting at the Pleasant View Baptist Church, Taylors, SC, some years ago.
Genesis 12:1-6 KJB: 1   Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2   And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3   And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4   So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5   And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6   And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Hebrews 11:17-19 KJB: 17   By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18   Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
19   Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

Brother Randy Bryson preaches during a morning service of the December 2003 Camp Meeting, held at the Pleasant View Baptist Church, Taylors, SC.  During this time, he was Pastor of the former Open Door Baptist Church, Easley, SC and is now a preacher out of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, McQuady, KY.
Genesis 6:5-12 KJB: 5   And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6   And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7   And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8   But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9   These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10   And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11   The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12   And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Pastor Dale Massengale, of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, McQuady, KY, preaches on Sunday morning, April 26, 2020, during our third Drive-In Service, which, due to the weather, became mainly an Online-Service.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 KJB: 22   Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Pastor Dale Massengale, of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, McQuady, KY, preaches on Sunday morning, April 19, 2020, during our second Drive-In Service.
Colossians 3:1-17 KJB:
1   If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2   Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3   For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4   When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5   Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6   For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
7   In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
8   But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9   Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10   And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11   Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
12   Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
13   Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
14   And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
15   And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16   Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17   And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Pastor Dale Massengale, of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, McQuady, KY, preaches on Sunday morning, April 12, 2020 (Resurrection Sunday), during our first Drive-In Service.
John 14:15-21 KJB: 15   If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16   And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17   Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18   I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19   Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20   At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21   He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Brother Richard DeHart, former long-time Pastor of the Faith Baptist Church, Reidsville, NC, preaches during a Jubilee service, at the Lawsonville Road Baptist Church, Reidsville, NC, back in (I believe) October of 1998, during the late Brother Bobby Rorrer's term as Pastor.  Brother DeHart was originally from the Chattanooga, TN area and moved back there, after his aforementioned pastorate.
John 1:29 KJB: 29   The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Pastor Michael Lindsay, of the West Side Baptist Church, Mayodan, NC, preaches on Wednesday evening, March 27, 2024.
Ezekiel 8 KJB:
1   And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
2   Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
3   And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
4   And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
5   Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
6   He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7   And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
8   Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
9   And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10   So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
11   And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
12   Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
13   He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14   Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
15   Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16   And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
17   Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.
18   Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Evangelist Dr. Larry K. Raynes, of Taylors, SC, out of the Progress Baptist Church, Hendersonville, NC, preached this message some years ago, during his thirty-five-year-plus pastorate of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, Taylors, SC.
Haggai 2:10-23 KJB: 10   In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11   Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12   If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13   Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14   Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15   And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16   Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17   I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
18   Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.
19   Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20   And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21   Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22   And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23   In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.