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Reformation Heritage: Restoring God's Glory and Making Disciples

Explore the Reformation heritage of Grace Bible Church, as we glorify God by following the footsteps of the reformers and making disciples of Jesus Christ. Discover how the church preserved a remnant throughout history and learn about the significant reformers who championed sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gratia, solus Christus, and soli Deo gloria.

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Reformation Heritage: Restoring God's Glory and Making Disciples

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  1. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

  2. Our Reformation Heritage Selected Scriptures The 95 Theses - Disputation Of Dr. Martin Luther Concerning Penitence And Indulgences Opposing were the church hierarchy, the monastic orders, scholastic theologians and traditionalists

  3. Our Reformation Heritage Selected Scriptures In favor were liberal scholars, German patriots and all the ordinary Christians waiting a pure religion Our theological heritage is solidly founded in the Reformation

  4. Preservation of a Remnant The Early Church had the greatest purity, and even it had severe problems. 1 Corinthians 3:1, Galatians 1:6-9, 2 Peter 2, James 2:14-26, 1 John Matthew 13

  5. Preservation of a Remnant The edicts of Toleration in A.D. 311 & 313 stopped the official persecution

  6. Constantine The Great Constantine the Great (306-337) favored Christianity – resulting in some joining for political reasons Theodosius (383–395), made Christianity the official religion – and the church filled with false believers

  7. Constantine The Great The church does not do well when the state controls it, or it controls the state

  8. The Rise of Roman Catholicism Roman Catholicism developed due to power struggles between “Bishops” By the 5th century, Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Alexandria, & Jerusalem were the powerful bishops The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches separated from each other in the 9th Century

  9. R.C.C. Non-Biblical Doctrines The Mass - celebrated daily by 394. A sacrifice by 11th Century. Transubstantiation a dogma in 1215 Mary, “Mother of God” in 431. Payers to her by 600. Immaculate Conception - 1854. Ascension - 1950

  10. R.C.C. Non-Biblical Doctrines The Pope - 607. Kissing pope’s foot - 700. Confess sins to priest, not God - 1215 Infallibility - 1870 In 1229, the Council of Valencia placed the Bible itself on the list of books forbidden to laymen

  11. R.C.C. Non-Biblical Doctrines Indulgences - idea in middle ages. Selling them - 1184. Applied to the dead - 15th Cent. Affirmed - 1563 Council of Trent pronounced 100 anathemas against those who disagreed with official church dogma

  12. Preservation of a Remnant God has always had a remnant even in the Roman Catholic Church Bernard of Thiron, Robert of Abrissel & Vitalis of Savigny, Waldensians, Humiliati & Arnoldists, etc.

  13. Significant Reformers John Wyclif (1324-1384) Jon Hus (1369-1415

  14. Other 16th Century Reformers Those with Luther: Bodenstein, von Amsdorf, Butzer, Melanchthon, Bugenhagen, Jonas Elector Frederick the Wise & the Reichstag Huldreich Zwingli - Swiss Reformation

  15. Other 16th Century Reformers Guillaume Farel - border areas of France and Geneva. John Calvin The Anabaptists – Mennonites and Moravians Denmark / Iceland, Norway

  16. Other 16th Century Reformers King Gustaf Vasa of Sweden / Finland England - King Henry VIII opened the door, it could not be closed again God even used civil leaders with wrong or mixed motives to bring about needed changes

  17. The Great Theological Divide 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Sola scriptura - by Scripture alone. The Bible, not man, is the final authority 2 Timothy 3:16-17 2 Peter 1:19-21

  18. Sola fide – By Faith Alone Faith yields justification and good works, not Faith and good works yield justification Romans 4:5 Galatians 3:11 Ephesians 2:8-9

  19. Sola gratia - by Grace Alone God as the sole source of grace - unmerited favor of salvation Romans 4:4, 11:6 Ephesians 2:8-9 Romans 3:24 2 Timothy 1:9

  20. Solus Christus - through Christ Alone Forgiveness of sins is only through Jesus Christ Acts 4:12 1 Timothy 2:5-6 Colossians 1:14 Hebrews 4, 8, 9 and 12

  21. Soli Deo gloria – for the Glory of God Alone The ultimate purpose of the Reformation – restore the glory due God that had been taken by man 1 Corinthians 10:31 Colossians 3:17 Romans 11:36

  22. The Continuing Reformation The Reformers opened the door and laid the foundation upon which build We walk in their footsteps standing boldly on the Scriptures and humbly changing to match them

  23. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

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