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0:00 Opening Remarks…The Need For Continuing Reformation In The Church…Rom1:1-17
3:09 Martin Luther’s Struggle With Sin & To Be Right With GOD In His Own Effort…Finally, He Understood To Trust The Merit Of JESUS CHRIST ALONE (Rom1:1-17)
3:56 (A) What Do We Mean By THE REFORMATION? (B) Why Do We Speak Of THE REFORMATION? (C) Why Do We Call Our Churches REFORMED CHURCHES?
4:05 (A) Throughout Church History To The New & Old Testaments, Remind Us That The Church Is Always In Need Of Reform To Serve GOD With Greater Consistency & Obedience
4:32 (B) The Mosaic Law, Times Of Covenant Renewal & REFORMATION (Every Seven Years, Jubilee The Fiftieth Year)…Josiah’s REFORM…Malachi…Paul & The Corinthian Church…JESUS’ Letters Through John To The Seven Churches In Rev2&3…
6:30 (C) Reformation Churches Are Called “REFORMED” Because They Have Been Purified, Yet The Call For Greater Reformation (Consistency & Obedience To GOD) Is Always There
6:46 The REFORMED CHURCHES, Are Those That Began During The 16th Century Especially In Northern Europe, & Are Particularly The Calvinistic Branch Of The Churches That Come Out Of THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
7:06 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION: The Traumatic Biblical Revival Of GOD’s Work In The 16th Century…Began (In A Sense) On The Eve Of, ALL SOULS DAY aka HALLOWEEN October 31, 1517…Martin Luther Announces A Disputation On Indulgences…95 Thesis
7:47 95 Thesis (A Closer Look)…An Obscure Man Challenges The Pope…Reformation By Happenstance
9:50 What Was An Indulgence? A Release Of A Sinner From The Penance That Was Necessary To Keep Him Out Of Purgatory…Or, To Release Him For Some Period Of Time From Purgatory…GLB Expands…(Medieval View Of HELL)
11:25 eg, What Indulgences Meant…Martin Luther Called It Out As, “CHEAP GRACE”
13:35 Luther’s Disputations At Heidelberg 1518; Augsburg 1518; Leipzig 1519…Luther’s Published Accounts Of These Disputations Empowered The Common Person To Know What Scripture Actually Taught…1520 Luther Was Excommunicated By The Pope…1521 At The Diet (Assembly) Of Worms, Luther Was Outlawed By The Emperor Charles The 5th
14:43 Luther’s Famous Words At The Diet Of Worms, “Here I Stand. I Can Do No Other. GOD Help Me.” …His Only Hope Is In CHRIST ALONE
16:08 Luther’s Publications To Help The Common Person Understand THE WORD Of GOD…1529 At The Diet Of Speyer Emperor Charles The 5th Opposes Luther’s Movement By Force
16:34 German Princes (States) PROTEST Emperor Charles. And From That Time On Those Who Stood Against The Roman Catholic Church Were Designated Those Who PROTEST aka PROTESTANTS
16:49 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION…Three Traditions: Lutheran; Calvinist; Anglican…GLB Expands About The Impact Of TPR On Society
18:36 Why Was TPR Necessary; And, Is It Necessary Today? Absolutely Yes! GLB Expands On The Major Issues Of Contention Between Protestantism & Romanism…
20:33 THREE MAJOR POINTS DISTILLED FROM THE PROTEST THAT WERE ISSUED BY THE REFORMERS:
20:39 1) SOLA GRATIA (GRACE ALONE)
20:48 2) SOLA SCRIPTURA (SCRIPTURA ALONE)
20:55 3) THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS
21:11 The Roman Catholic View Of Justification (Congruous Merit & Condign Merit)…Contradicts Heb11:6; Rom 8:8; Rom 6:23; Eph 2:4
23:51 Romanism Teaches Synergism (Justification Is Dependent On Some Form Of Work/Merit By The Pupil Rather Than Fully Relying On JESUS’ Work Of THE CROSS)…GLB Expands…Confession; Penance; Indulgences; Excess Merit; Treasury Of Merit; Supererogation; Post Baptismal Pardon
26:39 The Exaltation Of Church Tradition & Infallible Interpreter (The Pope) To Justify Blasphemous Doctrines & Abuse Of The Scriptures…GLB Expands With Galatians 1:8; Matthew 15:2; Isaiah 29:13
28:12 THE REFORMERS CONTRAST TO ROMANISM…They Didn’t Seek Theological Innovation, They Sought Theological Renovation
29:24 Rome’s Strategy Against Protestantism & Luther’s Efforts…The Exaltation Of The Priest
30:43 1Peter2 – ALL OF GOD’s PEOPLE ARE PRIESTS & GO BEFORE THE VERY THRONE OF GOD THROUGH ONE MEDIATOR: THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
31:23 All Occupations Are Equal…DO NOT EXALT THE PREACHER…We Are All SERVANTS OF GOD…Right & Duty Of All Members Of The Church…The Proper View Of Church Government
32:24 THESE THINGS MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD!
33:27 THE REFORMATION MAY DIE?!…Dies In The Softening Of Antithesis To Rome…In Our General Culture As People Don’t Understand The Need For GOD’s GRACE…In Our Churches (Deadly Misunderstanding About Faith & Grace)…Exalting Church Traditions & Men Within The Church…
38:56 GLB Expands To Our Personal Lives…Failure To Study The Scripture Seriously…To Perform Holy Service In All Our Vocations…Indulging In Cheap Grace
40:41 PRAYER
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