In Reformed churches tomorrow, Reformed Sunday will be observed, to commemorate the week that Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on the door of Wittenberg Church. There is a lot to be said about this requested reforms that Luther and the position Martin Luther took but sometimes too often the man of Luther is idolatrized by Reformers and not enough is paid attention to what he was exactly addressing in regard to the corruption of bishops. Reformed Sunday can be an great observance in respects to listing items of requests for transformation within churches and seminaries and to be honest much can still be reformed in respect to staying to true to the prima authority of the Scriptures within our assemblies . But something needs to be said of the idolatrization of the saints in which Protestant themselves are not immune to. It does not matter if a statue has been made to saints or not. The true issue whether that there has been an idol set up in our hearts. The apostle Paul did say to the Corinthians to imitate him in practice reflecting on the full lives of saints is important. But he also emphasized even also to not stray from the teachings of the apostles as well. Luther definitely can be noted in recovering the apostle Paul’s teaching on justification in Romans but in short neglected an important passage concerning Jews and Israel in Romans 9-11. Overall, Paul is the better person to imitate.
To examine how the Hebraic influence progressed and digressed over periods in church history and to also examine New Testament Letters and the Gospels under the Hebraic lens.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Reformed Sunday and the Idolatrization of the Saints
In Reformed churches tomorrow, Reformed Sunday will be observed, to commemorate the week that Martin Luther posted his 95 thesis on the door of Wittenberg Church. There is a lot to be said about this requested reforms that Luther and the position Martin Luther took but sometimes too often the man of Luther is idolatrized by Reformers and not enough is paid attention to what he was exactly addressing in regard to the corruption of bishops. Reformed Sunday can be an great observance in respects to listing items of requests for transformation within churches and seminaries and to be honest much can still be reformed in respect to staying to true to the prima authority of the Scriptures within our assemblies . But something needs to be said of the idolatrization of the saints in which Protestant themselves are not immune to. It does not matter if a statue has been made to saints or not. The true issue whether that there has been an idol set up in our hearts. The apostle Paul did say to the Corinthians to imitate him in practice reflecting on the full lives of saints is important. But he also emphasized even also to not stray from the teachings of the apostles as well. Luther definitely can be noted in recovering the apostle Paul’s teaching on justification in Romans but in short neglected an important passage concerning Jews and Israel in Romans 9-11. Overall, Paul is the better person to imitate.
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