SUNDAY SERMON
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
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Sunday sermon videos-
https://youtu.be/dsS4o0gxBkY https://ccoutreach87.com/10-29-17-sunday-sermon/ https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/10-29-17-sunday-sermon.zip
ON VIDEO- .Don’t oppress the stranger/alien .Local story- young ‘alien’ at children’s hospital .Poverty mentality? .From you the word goes forth .Where was Jesus going? .Not just a place [heaven] .But to God [he showed us where he was going- revealed the Father to us- and the way to get there- revealed himself as well- not just how to ‘get to heaven’- but to be with God- now- and later] .The great commandment .The book of Job? [about employment?- my short parable] .What is Wisdom literature? .Covered lots of history- .Jerome’s Latin Vulgate .Protestant Reformation .Erasmus Greek version .Luther’s early days- his guilt complex .Luther visits Rome .Crisis of faith .Then came Romans 1 .Luther debates Rome- John Eck and cardinal Cajetan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Eck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cajetan .Tetzel- purgatory and the treasury of merit .Frederick the Wise .The Catholic church warned against too many divisions .They had a point .Luther’s ‘straw epistle’? .The letter of James .The works/faith debate .Politics also played a role .The rise of the nation state .Henry the 8th broke away too- .He had personal reasons .Thomas Moore wouldn’t go along .He lost his head .And much more…
NOTE- I taught way too much on this video- at least too much for me to write a new section- so I simply added all of my past teachings below that relate. I covered lots of church history as well- and decided to just post my whole past teaching on the Reformation. I talked about the importance of the epistle of James and how it relates to the Catholic/Protestant divide- and posted that too- as well as other stuff I spoke about on this video. Overall I guess it was meant to be- either way- there is more than enough on this post for those who want to get more in depth on the issues I hit on- John.
PAST POSTS- [Parts of my past teaching that relate- Verses below] https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/ https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-samuel-links-updated-3-17/ https://ccoutreach87.com/james-2015/ https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/ https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/ https://ccoutreach87.com/mark-links/ https://ccoutreach87.com/house-of-prayer-or-den-of-thieves/ https://ccoutreach87.com/galatians-links/
PROTESTANT REFORMATION- LUTHER
Okay- let’s start a brief overview of some church history. Over the next few weeks I want to hit on the 16th century Protestant reformation and try and cover some of the key figures of the movement.
Martin Luther- the German reformer who had the most influence in the movement was born and raised in Germany.
As a boy his parents were peasant farmers and eventually his dad became a miner and became a very successful businessman- he would go on and eventually own 6 foundries.
He sent his son to law school- and young Luther excelled. At the age of 21 he accomplished more than many of his peers. One day on his way home from the university a thunderstorm broke out and Luther was almost struck by a bolt of lightning.
In fear he cried out to Saint Ann [the mother of Mary] and said ‘Saint Ann- if you save me I will become a monk’ [Ann was the patron Saint for miners- thus Luther was familiar with her].
He was spared and off to the monastery he went. Luther eventually became an ordained priest and even though his dad initially was upset that his son became a priest- yet he was proud of his boy later on.
Luther would eventually make a Pilgrimage to Rome- on foot [a few month walk from Germany to Rome!] and what he saw devastated him. Rome- and the Vatican- were in bad shape. Many of the priests lived in open sin- and the city that he saw as his headquarters for the faith- well it was a mess.
Luther made the famous penitent walk/crawl up the stairs of the Lateran church [this church was the most famous church before the construction of St. Peters. The actual stairs of the church are the same stairs that Christ walked up during his trial under Pontius Pilate. Yes- you hear many ‘stories’ while studying church history- things like the relics or left over pieces of the Cross- well these stories are usually fake. But the stairs of the Lateran church are indeed the same stairs that Christ walked on- the early ‘church’ builders dismantled the stairs at Pilate’s court in Jerusalem and installed them at this church building in Rome].
When Luther got to the top of the stairs- it is reported that he questioned the faith- he had a crisis of faith and thought that maybe the whole thing was a sham.
Okay- as we do a few more posts over the coming weeks- I want you guys to see that the main players of the Reformation were sincere Catholic men who had many questions about what they saw as corrupt in their own church. These men did not want to start a breakaway church- they simply wanted to reform the church they loved.
Keep in mind that Luther excelled during his legal studies- he had a keen legal mind- this will be important later on when we see the debates he has with Rome over the doctrine of Justification by faith- the letters of the apostle Paul [Romans- Galatians] use lots of legal language- and his early education will help him in these debates.
Okay- that’s it for today. Maybe do a Google search on Luther and familiarize yourself a little with the history.
The ‘readings’ for this week are 2nd Samuel 6-7 and Psalms 89. See what they have in common.
[1768] LUTHER- THE TOWER EXPERIENCE
Let’s start with some church history. In the last post I covered the early years of Martin Luther- probably the most significant figure of the Protestant Reformation. [Some sites- see the rest here https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/hpd8ep39gdwkigjywkdopw
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