Mark, the sons of the reformation do not live in marble palaces, wear silk vestments, have golden crowns or staffs or rings worthy to be kissed , they do not have fine art work, antiques or an army to defend them ...That is what Satan offered to Jesus...the world.. and its comforts and riches.. position and power..all the reformers had was the army of satan chasing them to cut off their heads or burn them at the stake for proclaiming the truth of God..
Let us dissect that statement.
Marble palaces: LDS, CofE, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Ted Haggard, the Crystal Cathedral (been there), and so on. Silk vestment: every big hair preacher has silk suits. Canard. Which Catholic clergy has silk vestments?
Which Catholic has a golden crown? Oh yeah. The Monarch of England. Ooops, that's a Reformed position.
Staffs. Hmm. No shepherd has a staff?
rings worthy to be kissed: let's see if we can count them:
art work: are we real here?
army to defend them: what Pope or Patriarch has an army?
The Reformers had motivations, you bet. Luther wanted luxury and riches. Calvin wanted power and control And the strange mystic Zwingli wanted to be able to play soldier. See how well Zurich did under Zwingli...
Pretty good company to be in!
If God is with us who can stand against us?