Posted on 06/30/2017 4:43:54 PM PDT by Gamecock
The year 2017 is the year of Martin Luther—or at least it should be. Nearly 500 years ago on October 31, 1517, Luther nailed (or “mailed,” for some historians debate this point) his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Castle Church.
Even so, Luther didn’t become a full-fledged protestor of the church in that single moment. It took him about eight years (1513-1521) to challenge and hammer out a more robust understanding of the gospel.
Have you ever wondered what Martin Luther was reading during this crucial time in his life? Maybe I’m just a nerd, but I thought at least someone else might be interested in what Luther was reading during his slow, but steady, transition out of the medieval church and into the world of reformation.
Remember, Luther’s goal wasn’t to invent or start an entirely new church. His goal was to reform the church and call her to repentance and faith in the abiding Word of God.
Here are four books Martin Luther read that made him question everything:
1. The Psalms Luther spent time studying and lecturing through the Psalms in the Bible. He began to realize that the Bible teaches we are not generally sinful, we are totally sinful. Here, Luther had the beginnings of what theologians later would refer to as “total depravity,” meaning that we are sinful in our thoughts, words, and deeds.
2. Romans After that, Luther lectured through Paul’s letter to the Romans. He came across Romans 1:17, “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’” The last part of this verse is a direct quotation from Habakkuk 2:4.
Luther began to see something that he never saw before. He began to see the doctrine of imputation—that we are declared right before God not by our own righteousness, but by the righteousness of another. He began to understand that the righteousness of God that was such a terror to him as a priest (because it told him that he was unholy and unworthy), was actually the righteousness from God that told him he was holy and worthy. God gives this right standing by faith alone. It is a righteousness that is received as a gift and not earned.
3. Galatians It wasn’t until Luther started lecturing through Galatians that he began to realize that faith does not justify us before God. Faith is merely an instrument that God uses. Faith is a tool by which we embrace Jesus Christ as he is offered to us in the gospel.
Faith is, as John Murry once said, “extrospective.” It looks outward—not inward—to embrace the God who gives himself. In other words, faith is only an empty hand. It justifies because it grabs hold of the Jesus who justifies (Rom. 3:26).
4. Hebrews The last book that turned a medieval priest into a true Reformer was the letter to the Hebrews. Luther began to embrace an entirely different understanding of how the Old and New Testaments relate to one another. He realized that the law is not simply the Old Testament and the gospel is the New Testament, but that the gospel of God can be seen as preached throughout both Old and New Testaments.
The same Jesus of the same gospel was offered freely to both Jew and Gentile alike, throughout the whole Bible. Sure, there was a greater and fuller proclamation of that message, such that it went out to the whole world instead of only Israel and their close neighbors—but the gospel was preached nonetheless!
In short, reading and studying the Bible is what ultimately made Martin Luther “protest” the medieval church. Luther was convinced that the Bible was worth listening to. So this year we celebrate the anniversary of a “recovery of the bright light of the gospel.” To God alone be all the glory (Soli Deo Gloria).
And if 2 agree and 2 disagree with the 2?
Perhaps you could check out the historical Catholic commentaries.
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At this point you are the last person that I would ping to anything.
Your vicious attacks on men of Yehova define you completely.
And I have no leader but the Holy Spirit, just like all of the Notzerim, nor does Michael Rood nor any of the called men of Yehova with whom he associates claim to be a “leader.”
Yeshua will disavow all who claim to have leaders on Earth, and all that claim to be leaders. (Your leaders won’t tell you this)
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>> “I would like to be pinged too, so I can read and participate.” <<
By now we all know your kind of participation, but on the remote chance that this is an honest request, you can always go to aroodawakening.tv , michaelrood.tv or avivtv.com and begin the years of study you need to become aware of the Kingdom of Yehova.
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Read the words of Yeshua in the gospels.
He explained it well.
And after that if disagreement?
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You can ‘disagree’ all you want; the plain word is the standard.
That is why the apostles told the new believers to “hear Moses read in their synagogue every Sabbath day.” (Acts 15)
Faith cometh by hearing...
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If you cannot answer the question about what to do if disagreement, which you and I do, then you and I need to decide how disagreements should be handled.
We are commanded to be one body. We must agree to function in the world.
I personally have searched essentially all faiths and have decided.
You too? I do not think cognitive dissonance gives us peace.
Yeah, I knew you wouldn’t be able to back up your claims. You have a leader and it is Rood, NOT the Holy Spirit. Because if it was the Holy Spirit, you would see right through the accursed gospel being peddled by the false prophets and teachers associated with Michael Rood.
“By now we all know your kind of participation, but on the remote chance that this is an honest request, you can always go to aroodawakening.tv , michaelrood.tv or avivtv.com and begin the years of study you need to become aware of the Kingdom of Yehova.”
Oh no e-s, you perhaps misunderstand the request entirely.
You keep posting that any criticism of the false teacher Michael Rood has “been demolished.”
Where???????????????
Please post an article that demonstrates this demolition, since you assert it without evidence or facts or even logic.
Frankly, I don’t believe your posted claims are true.
For instance, former members of The Way cult have identified Rood as a former leader. I will post their evidence for all to see on your thread so we can discuss it.
Where’s your proof FRamigo???
The truth about Rood is published. All his sycophants and he can do is deny it until their cows come home.
All hat no cattle. Not a single cow.
The Gospel of Grace is so simple, a child can understand how to have eternal life.
The cult of Rood says you must study for years and wear a costume.
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There is and never was any “false teaching from Michael Rood.
His teachings are all plain scripture that anyone not blinded by rejection of Yehova through the embrace of the inherited lies of churchianity can see for themselves.
The simple word of Yehova is Michael’s teaching.
Do not bother posting any more of your false attacks; it is obvious where they come from.
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There are not many “faiths” to search.
Faith is the faith of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
It is the faith preached by Yeshua, and all of his disciples and apostles.
There is nothing else.
We are not commanded to be “one body,” we either believe the Gospel of Moses and Yeshua, becoming thus a member of the body of Yeshua, or not.
There is no other avenue. The path is narrow, and few will find it.
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Totally false, from the time he was a leader in The Way cult, until it destructed and he took his show on the road, dressed as a fake rabbi.
"His teachings are all plain scripture that anyone not blinded by rejection of Yehova through the embrace of the inherited lies of churchianity can see for themselves.
His teachings are far from plain Scripture. They are both a denial of Scripture and a denial of Christianity. They are clothed in fake Jewishness to try to add legitimacy. They are like every other cult, wrong on the means of salvation and wrong on the person of Christ.
You've been invited to post a thread showing how any criticism of Rood was (in your own words) "demolished." Apparently, you don't have anywhere to point to and post.
The truth about Rood’s history has been posted. It is time for you to either put up or shut up. Try to refute the Truth that has been posted about your false prophet, or shut the pie hole and look for dupes you cAn con. Your faux prophet is exposed and you’re dripping with filthy sycophancy.
You seem to be avoiding backing up your claim.
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LOL!
I don’t have to “back-up” anything.
You will have to back-up your every statement at the Great white Throne. Good luck on that; there is no “un-do” button on attacks of Yehova’s called ones.
Come Tishri 1, 6024 (2024 to you) the Notzerim will be gathered, and you then will have 1000 years to think about it.
Maybe you can write a book.
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