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Sent: February 26, 2006 09:20
Subject: [TruthTalk] Continuing
repentance
Thank you Dean, I see this also and can not for
the life of me understand why some hold these men in such
reverence. Luther once complained about the
"pagan wretch" Aristotle whose words ppl were paying more
attention to than the Words of Christ.
He (Luther) said that God had made him a curse to them because of
their sin. Could
the same be true today in our generation?? Idolatry is idolatry in any
generation.
"Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to
perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day"
(Deut 29:4)
cd: I see then as holding
part truth and part error. Their fruits shows them to be more harmful
then helpful. What did these two reform the world to Truth or error?I
see error in the magnitude of the error of the RCC-which is evident
of their praying to Mary as intercessor. Consider this- the truth has
always existed but these guys step into the place of truth and prevent
the existing truth from spreading with their teachings. The world will
always receive error before truth. This is of course derived from my
understanding of the actions of these two men
mentioned.
Dean:Am I (are we) to understand that you
and Judy have now 'dismissed' THE TWO MAJOR REFORMERS at that
time in history? Do either of you perceive Luther/Calvin as
UNbelievers?
I
think there is a big difference. Luther was a bit rude and crude
and he went from crawling up St. Peters Basillica on his knees and
flagellating himself in penance to going wild with "where sin
abounds grace doth much more abound" and running off with that. So in
his case the pendulum swung as far as it could in the opposite
direction. Also he never got completely free from the RC taint in his
attitude toward the Jews which was not one of love and longsuffering
by any means. One can see the influence of Augustine there - Luther
wanted them hunted down and killed.
cd: Judy
did you know that M.Luther had Street Preachers put in oversize
bird cages and hung up in the church even on Sunday morning
while he and his followers worshiped God. Amazes me that some
people quote hin as an enerest speaker for God. In the entire
Bible who was persecuted- the Christians or the pagans? When
have Christians done such acts? Concern the moderation of
religion-here is what the Bible
says:
Jud 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was
needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith which was
once
delivered unto
the saints.
In the above I see no room
for modernizing (ie.alter/changing)the gospel to comform to
modern belief of righ or wrong.To do so is a great
mistake.
