Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Our worship is simple, handed down from the tradition of the Apostles - entire families assemble together to sing, to pray, and to hear God's word declared

03/01/2026

This Sunday is the Athens Area Fellowship Meeting at Shiloh. Service begins at 4pm and Lord willing, Elder Dan Hall will be preaching to us. Please join us! 5900 Hwy 81 in Loganville.

09/07/2025

Shiloh is hosting the Athens Area Fellowship
Meeting today at 4:00 PM. Elder Dickie Halbgewachs is scheduled to preach for us. We would love to see you there!

05/31/2025

Shiloh is hosting the Athens Area Fellowship Meeting tomorrow at 4:00PM. Lord willing, Elder Rodney Byrd will be preaching to us. We would love to see you there!!!

02/27/2025

Shiloh is hosting the Athens Area Fellowship Meeting this Sunday at 4:00PM. Lord willing, Elder Dwayne Hooven will be preaching to us. We would love to see you there!!!

11/29/2024

This Sunday is the Athens Area Fellowship Meeting at Shiloh. Service begins at 4pm and Lord willing, Elder Dwayne Hooven will be preaching to us. Please join us! 5900 Hwy 81 in Loganville.

10/19/2024

Very insightful commentary on a tough text in Scripture thanks to Elder Marty Smith.

Mark 8:36-38: "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Simon Peter confessed that Jesus is Christ, the Son of God, in the presence of others in Matthew 16:13-17, and Jesus Christ confessed Peter as one taught directly by his Father in heaven.

Simon Peter denied even knowing Jesus in Matthew 26:69-75, and Jesus Christ denied Peter before the Father, to provide comfort from his bitter weeping, until after His resurrection.

Many people in that generation believed in Jesus Christ (giving evidence they were born again) but would not confess him before men (John 12:42-43). If they continued in that state, their last days on earth could be very grievous, for the Lord was coming during that very generation (Matthew 24:34) to judge Jerusalem, and their souls would be lost in fear, despair and ignorance. Matthew 24:36-44 indicates that this 70 AD judgement would be the result of a visit to Jerusalem by the Son, the Father, and the holy angels. It provides lessons for us today.

During the destruction of Jerusalem, the disciples who confessed and followed Jesus Christ saw, however, that this destruction was only of a physical city and nation, and that the heavenly Jerusalem of Hebrews 12:22 was well established as their home away from home. They even saw the desolation of Judaea as an opportunity to help their fellow saints! They thus obeyed the command which the Lord Jesus gave His disciples before He went to the cross: "In your patience possess ye your souls." (Luke 21:19)

I do not think the teaching in Mark 8:36-38 is about eternal destiny, but about daily peace for individuals in that (and this) generation. Believers who were ashamed of their Lord lost their souls in despair, while disciples who were faithful and patient possessed their souls in hope.

08/31/2024

We are hosting the Athens Area Fellowship Meeting tomorrow (Sep 1) at 4:00 PM. Elder Ed Vickers is the invited minister. There will be a pot luck supper afterwards. Please plan to join us.

08/16/2024

Elder Gary Harvey will be preaching for us this coming Sunday morning. We will have a potluck lunch afterwards. Please join us if you can!

06/06/2024

1 Peter 5:8-9 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world."

2 Chronicles 16:9 "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him."

Our adversary can only walk around in this earth, but our God can run. He sees all and can help instantaneously. God and Satan are not equals. Satan can only go as far as the Lord allows him (see Job 1 and 2). That's good news. Cling to the Lord who is powerful over all.

05/20/2024

"And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?" (John 6:65-67)

Many Christians today think that God the Father gives every man, without exception, the ability to come to Jesus Christ. They think the only thing that prevents any man from coming to Him is that man's willingness. But the Bible teaches that, before the new birth, man lacks the willingness and lacks the ability to come to the Lord. Jesus Christ states: "Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word." (John 8:43) Notice that He does not say "will not hear," but He says "cannot hear".

Only after God causes a man to be born again does that man have the ability, or the willingness, to come to Jesus Christ.

This is not always a popular teaching. It portrays man as not being able to choose, not in control, and totally dependent on God and His grace. At the start of John chapter 6, the Lord has a crowd of over 5000 people; by the end of the chapter, the crowd seems to be about 12 people. A large crowd does not mean the truth is being taught, and neither does a small crowd. The criterion for truth is not crowd size; the criterion for truth is harmony with the word of God.

But because of His everlasting love, His abundant grace, and His shed blood, the truth is that the crowd size - however small here - will be innumerably large in heaven. All that the Father gives to Jesus Christ will indeed come to Him.

Elder Marty Smith

04/21/2024

The world has two choices: Christ or chaos. Choose wisely. I surely hope you choose to worship the former with the church of your choice tomorrow morning. Without the former, the latter will reign.

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5900 Georgia Highway 81
Loganville, GA
30052

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