The Baptist Standard

Psalm 60:4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.


 
Presentation to Cozaddale Baptist Temple on January 2, 2011
Bro. Jeff Allen (left) designed the flag with input from Pastor Travis Burke (right).
Isaiah 62:10
“Go through the gates: prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.”

We felt it time that we as Baptists had a standard to lift up…the Baptist Standard. For months Pastor Travis Burke & our music minister Jeff Allen prayed and designed this Baptist Standard. The Lord has blessed Bro. Allen with a tremendous talent, which the Lord used to make this flag a reality.

There is no pledge, this is not an idol or a symbol of arrogance, but rather a statement and a stand that this is what we believe. This flag doesn't unite all of Christendom, but separates Truth from error. We thank the Lord for the Truth of His Word and pray by His grace we will continue to stand.





CRIMSON BANNER

  • Represents the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • For without His blood there is no salvation.

  • Also a memorial of those faithful martyrs who shed their blood to stand for the Truth in the face of evil dignitaries, persecutors, and apostates.



PILLAR

  • Observe the Pillar and Ground of Truth, which
    1 Timothy 3:15 designates as the church:
    “…in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

  • It is the Lord's churches that have been given
    the responsibility to uphold the truth of God's Word.



TRIANGLE

  • Represents the Holy Trinity, our Triune God:
    • The Father
    • The Son
    • The Holy Ghost

  • The Scripture in that Triangle reads:
    “…THROUGHOUT ALL AGES”
                   and “WORLD WITHOUT END.”
  • This is referring to Ephesians 3:21 which reads:
    “Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.”



HOLY BIBLE

  • The Pillar and Ground of Truth is upholding the Word of God.

  • KJV Bible - King James Version, 1611

  • Preserved, Precious, Powerful



FLAME


  • Represents the duty of the Lord's churches to be Keepers of the Flame: to pass down the Truth from generation to generation until the Lord calls us home.

  • Also calls to mind the "Fire of God" - the Holy Spirit whom indwells every believer.



BAPTISM


  • Baptism by total immersion is depicted: the scriptural mode of baptism.

  • The first of the two ordinaces of the church.

  • As timelines go from left to right, on the left of the flame baptism likewise precedes the Lord's Supper on the right side.



LORD'S SUPPER


  • Observing the Lord's Supper is the second ordinance of the church.

  • For believers in their local church.

  • The Lord Jesus Christ commanded each believer to remember his sacrifice on the cross where his substitutionary death paid for their personal sin.

  • Drinking the cup containing the fruit of the vine is done in remembrance of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ shed on the cross.

  • Eating the unleavened bread is done in remembrance of the broken body of the Lord Jesus Christ as he was bruised for our iniquities.



CROSS FORESHADOWING GLOBE


  • Located directly above the flame emanating from the Bible.
  • The cross represents the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ — the gospel message of God's peace and good will to all men.

  • The globe shows the entire world is the vast field of harvest the Lord Jesus has made the church responsible to reach.

  • These combined elements represent the church's Great Commission to evangelize unto salvation, baptize believers and to teach believers throughout the entire world.



As we learned this past year, the modern day “Christian Flag” was designed and created by a Protestant to stand for all “Christendom.” The World Book Encyclopedia (Vol. 3, 1967, pg. 405) reads, “The Christian Flag has been the emblem of Protestant Churches since 1897.”

The "Christian Flag" is not a Baptist flag but a Protestant flag! It is the emblem of Protestant churches, not Baptist Churches.

Somewhere in the twentieth century, we came to accept the emblem of Protestant churches as fitting us. By publicly displaying the emblem, we are thereby saying what we do not believe-in essence saying, “we are Protestant.”

We are not Protestant! While we do believe in the Kingdom of God, we do not agree with the definition of the Kingdom of God that a Protestant will give you. We do not believe in an universal, invisible church.

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