The Church is called to be the light in the world, leading people from the deception of sin to the truth of the Living God. For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has suppressed the truth and put people in darkness. The purpose of the Church and the Scriptures was defeated during this dark period.
According to Church history, right from the early second century, the Church has slowly deviated from the word of God to mere human methods and traditions. By the Medieval period, the Church has come into a state of darkness. The corruption in the Church was so evident and strong that God called for a reformation.
God in His own sovereign way worked out a reformation. He raised up his men who would expose the corruptions of the Roman Catholic Church and its popes. God enabled His men to fight until the truth was available for everyone. These men fought to bring back the scriptures to the primitive place and into the hands of every common man.
Today is commemorated as the Reformation day. October 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the Wittenburg church door, leading to a firestorm response in Germany. Reformation fire spread across Europe. Men like John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, John Knox, William Tyndale and many others played a major role in Reformation and men like John Hus, John Wycliffe, Jerome of Prague and others paved the way for Reformation. Oh! We cherish now because of their efforts. We hold our Bibles because of them. They laboured hard that the Word of God would be available to the common man. They laid down their lives that all men may be exposed to the Truth of God’s Word which was hidden from the world by the Popes and the Roman Church. Let us thank God for what He has done through these men. The Truth of God had burst forth through the overlay of papism, and other Roman Catholic heresies.
Let us re-affirm our allegiance to the truth revealed in the Scripture alone. Let us stand for the Truth like these men and honour God alone. For, the reformation is not over yet. Look at the modern church which is plagued by many heresies. Heresies, which spring from the wrong interpretation of the scriptures and also from those who are not subjected to the word of God.
Lo! There are false preachers everywhere, who do everything in the name of Christ, but they do not know Christ, they do not preach the truth, and only speak lies to deceive people. And there are people who flock to them, who do not seek the truth. They both represent only a false Christianity. We need to expose them. It is time for the faithful remnant to take a stand against them and against the heresies that they teach. Let all the faithful become the beacon of lights in a time where darkness pervades everywhere. A vast majority of people in the church are ignorant of even fundamental truths of the Christian faith. Many do not know that we are justified by faith alone through God’s grace alone. They need to know the importance of the word of God and the right way of studying, interpreting and applying the same.
Today’s Church needs men and women who are slaves of God and who are subjected to the word of God. We need more Pastors who would not care for their own bellies but rather shepherd the Church with love and truth. We need more faithful preachers and teachers who would expose and divide the word rightly and point people to Christ alone.
It is time for us to pray for another reformation in our day and suffer to declare the wonderful Word of God with great Joy and Gladness. May God open the eyes of His people.
May God bless His Church.
SIMPLE THEOLOGY 