Title: All reforms by only the Word of God Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from

faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

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Religious reform by Martin Luther was on October 31st, 1517. It began in 1517 when Martin Luther published The Ninety-Five Theses, and concluded in 1648 with the Treaty of Westphalia that ended years of European religious wars.

The Five solas are five Latin phrases that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers' basic theological beliefs in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church of the day. The main three were Sola Gratia (by grace alone), Sola Fide (by faith alone) and Sola Gloria (Glory to God alone). Under such reformation mottos the Protestant Reformation in the Middle Ages exploded like a volcano and succeeded. In the hearts of reformers, the shouts of reformation that flared like fire was, Live by the Word of God.

Cast away foolish thoughts of men and believe in the Word of God and let us return to the Word of God! This is the way for each of us and our family to live and be prosperous! They shouted.

As it is stated in 2 Timothy 3:15-17, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The shouts of reformation that shouted, Sola Scriptura, that was like the scene in Matthew 17:5-8 when Jesus went up the mountain with His three disciples and Jesus was transfigured before them. When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. That is why todays title is all reforms only by the Word of God.

1. Only by the Word of God means orthodox Biblical point of view of reformation church.

It means before reforming all systems, you need to reestablish the correct Biblical point of view. The right reformation is possible only by the Bible which is the Word of God. The fourth book of Gods redemptive series talks about the religious reformation done by King Josiah. King Josiah found a scroll while he was cleaning the house of God and according to the Word of God written in the scroll, king reformed the church at the time. 1) 66 books of The Old and the New Testaments are the only legitimate books of the Bible and it is the absolute Word of God. Only 66 books of the Bible are complete revelation of God and I hope you believe that believers can receive blessing from God only through this. 2) The Bible written by the prophets and the Apostles who were inspired by the Spirit of God is not only for the people of the time, but also it is given to us for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Although we have been living like the Gentiles not knowing God for thousands of years and we received Jesus later when the gospel finally reached us, we get to have the same blessing as Isaac, the son of Abraham, just as the same children of Abraham.

God did not say to Abraham only that he is righteous, but God acknowledged all believers in the world righteous and made them the sons of Abraham.

As it is stated in Romans 4:24-25 And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.[f] 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him, 24 but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
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I hope you never forget that when God said to Abraham he was righteous, God was looking at us as a whole and included us. Therefore, the Bible is complete transcending all time and it is without error and it is everlasting.

3) The Bible is our one and only standard of our faith and deed and it is the absolute standard of judgment. When God judges the universe and all things in it, the standard is the Bible.

View of creation, view of Christianity, view of salvation, church and life, all these views can only be established by the standard of the Word of God. We must believe the Bible as the absolute standard of all of our thoughts and judgments. 4) The divine authority of the Bible is the Bible itself. Sinful man has no right to speak of the divine authority of the Bible and because the Bible itself is the living Word of God, it acknowledges the authority of the Bible.

In Isaiah 34:16 Search from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these shall fail; Not one shall lack her mate. This is proclaiming Bibles independent faith.

Gods redemptive series are the Word of God written through the illumination of the Holy Spirit. Like the saying, The beacon does not shine on its own base, we do not realize this, but those who study the Bible and study Gods covenants are amazed at Gods redemptive series.

In Psalm 119:130, 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. Isnt Gods redemptive series opening the entrance of Gods Word? Gods redemptive series reveal Gods secret administration that was hidden in God for ages.

What do you think about the meaning of reformation? Do you think reformation means to change something to a new thing as well? The religious reform by Martin Luther was not changing something into a new thing, but it was returning to the Bible.

The core of reformation was to return to the Bible and not following mans ideas or systems or regulations. This is the objective towards which Christians should orient in the old days and today.

2. Only by the Word of God means we must judge all things only by the Bible.

When judging the heresy, one must reflect on the mirror called the Bible and judge. Religious reformists including Martin Luther judged Roman Catholic Church of the Middle Ages reflected on the Bible.

Because Martin Luther was a priest he knew for certain the wrongness of Catholic doctrine and he reproached, Only by the Word of God you may judge! Only by the Word of God you may rule! Teach only with the Word of God!

1) Religious reformist Martin Luther judged the wrong ideology regarding God. He judged Catholic Churchs worship of Virgin Mary. Catholic Church worshiped Virgin Mary and also worshipped numerous saints and woman saints. Martin Luther said this was wrong. Virgin Mary is human not God and therefore she cannot be the object of worship. Even though Mary bore Jesus she too must believe in Jesus in order to be saved. Mary can never be the object of worship. 2) Religious reformists judged the wrong view of life. They judged the wrong view of life with the Bible. They said to read and know the Bible properly. Catholic doctrine argues that there is the original righteousness innate in human, however, man is the wholly fallen being that has no trace of righteousness. Jeremiah 17:9
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The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?

Psalm 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Job 15:14
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What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

Romans 3:10-12
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As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
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Ephesians 2:3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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When the Bible says men are completely fallen and completely corrupt beings, if anyone denies this Word of God then that is wrong faith and therefore the reformists shouted and requested the Pope to correct first this wrong view of man. For they reproached with the Bible upholding in their hands, the Pope and all the people of Catholic church shivered before them.

3) Religious reformists judged wrong view of Christianity. With the Bible, they judged the wrong view of Christianity. They shouted with Jesus Christ only is the right of redemption.

Catholic doctrine teaches that there are many ways we can be saved and have our sins forgiven, but this teaching is totally against the Scripture Acts 4:12 where it says, Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

The Bible teaches that only Jesus Christ is the Saviour and we can be saved only by believing.

Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
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Martin Ruther began the Reformation with this Word of God.

By a recent decretal an indulgence had been promised by the pope to all who should ascend upon their knees Pilates staircase, said to have been descended by our Saviour on leaving the Roman judgment hall and to have been miraculously conveyed from Jerusalem to Rome. Luther was one day devoutly climbing these steps, when suddenly a voice like thunder seemed to say to him: The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17. He sprang to his feet and hastened from the place in shame and horror. For Martin Luther was a man who read the Bible many times he was able to have the correct view of salvation. He was climbing the staircase on his knees and suddenly he sprang to his feet and ran up the staircase. He began an amazing reformation.

The just shall live by faith!!! With this Word of God he began the Protestant Reformation. Romans 9:30

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith
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Here, it says the righteousness of faith, however, Catholic church at the time taught salvation not by faith, but by works. Teaching salvation by works is greatly distorting the Word of God and it becomes the sin of denying Gods Word.

4) Reformers judges the wrong view of Church. At the time, Catholic doctrine proclaimed that Church on earth is absolutely without flaws. However, religious reformers shouted that only Jesus Christ is the head of church and church is His body.

Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
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Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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Catholic Church at the time proclaimed that their church on earth is absolutely without flaws, however, churches on this earth are never flawless and have many flaws. Church is the place where various kinds of sinner are filled. I hope you believe that church is a spiritual bathhouse where all kinds of sinners come and believe the Word of God and cleanse their sins. True church is Jesus and Jesus is the head of all churches.

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
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5) Religious reformers judged the wrong view of afterlife. Catholic church has a wrong view of afterlife and in fact, they do not believe hell. What they say is that God is love and He did not create us to send to hell.

Thus, Catholicism argues that all people go to heaven. It is a pleasing sound to ears, but if all people are deemed to be saved, then the Scripture in the Bible saying that all are judged by their works should be erased from the Bible, right?

Not all people are saved, but only those who believe are saved. Acts 13:48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.
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Here, it says there are people who had been appointed to eternal life. How can you argue that all people are saved? The argument that all people are saved means if anyone dies without believing, and that persons family members do good deeds while they are alive, that person is moved from hell to heaven instantly. If that was true, how nice it would be, but that is never the case.

We are judged according to faith and according to works. Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.
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It is an absolutely unreasonable remark to say that you can be saved even though you die without believing. No matter what kinds of sin your dead family member had, if you pay money for your dead family, all dead people can be saved. This was what Catholic Church at the time proclaimed. What a thief! Please never be tricked by such absurd thing. Catholic Churches in the Middle Ages were that corrupt. They said when offering you put into the offering box made sound, God hears that sound and He sends people in hell to heaven. They were frauds like thieves.

6) Religious reformers judged the wrong view of the Bible. We believe that only 66 books of the Old and the New Testaments are the Word of God, however, Catholicism acknowledged believe in Apocrypha. The 66 books of the Bible are the Word of God written by the Spirit of God and it is written by the Holy Spirit, however, Apocrypha is written based on human custom and lifestyle and stories heard. Catholicism equals the Word of God in the Bible and tradition of church and moreover, they put their tradition above the Bible. No matter which sect they are, if they do not believe 66 books of the Bible as the legitimate doctrine, then they do not believe in God and they oppose God. They are anti-Christ, anti-Church and anti-Biblical. We ought to believe absolutely in the Word of God and we must find our self in the Bible and find church in the Bible and find our parents and ancestors in the Bible and honour them. 3. Only by the Word of God means we ought to live only by the Word of God being spread. Today, all churches must be re-established by the Word of God. It means to us all must be the Word of God. God protects those who have the Word of God with them. If you have the Word of God, then God protects you like the apple of His eye and guards you with the fire of the Holy Spirit. That is why God is our shield and fortress and He is our protector. God protects us yet He protects us like the apple of His eye. Psalm 17:8
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Keep me as the apple of Your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

You must find back the Word of God you lost and inscribe it on the table of your heart, on the tablet of faith deeply. If we do so, we become the flying scroll. Acts 20:20-24

how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me. 24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself,[b] so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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You too, although your family or your relatives are far away, like Paul, day or night run from house to house to testify the Word of God. I bless you with the name of the Lord you all become spiritual messenger of the gospel.

Paul said in 2 Timothy 4:1-2 I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at[a] His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
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Also, to the people of the church in Corinth, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!
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My beloved saints, Jesus is Logos, the Word itself. Jesus who is Logos came to this land on flesh where He was limited by time and space. Jesus was the One who had both human and divine characteristics. Thus, He is God yet He is complete human.

As it is stated in John 4:6-7, Jesus felt tired on His way and He also felt thirst.

In Matthew 8:24 and Mark 4:38, Jesus slept in the boat because He was tired and also Jesus felt hungry and Satan used that chance to test Jesus.

Jesus felt sadness and sometimes He cried and lamented. In Hebrews 5:7-8, it says Jesus cried vehement cries at times. Such looks of Jesus were seen because Jesus possessed human characteristics. Please do not say how come He was hungry if He was God? What we need is to lift Him up to His place so that He can break free from being human.

Romans 1:2-4 which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures, 3 concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.
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This Scripture is also testifying Jesus human nature and divine nature. We have only human nature, but Jesus came on flesh with both human and divine natures and saved us completely. If Jesus was not human, how could He speak the Word of God to us? Through the mouth of Jesus, the Word of God is delivered to us. Listen to the Words of Jesus including His teaching on the mountain. How they are filled with human nature? To the paralyzed man, Jesus said, Get up. What do you want me to do? Do not cry. It is our Jesus who speaks to humans with lips of human.

In order to save mankind God sends His Word yet if the Word of God is only heard in sound in the air. Everyone would think it is a ghost.

If there is only sound of voice and not form is seen, everyone would be scared away. God came to us, but if He is not visible, we cannot meet Him. That is why God sent His Word of salvation yet He did not send His Word invisible, but gave His Word human nature and incarnated to came on flesh as human.

Look at the prophesy in Genesis 3:15. Isnt the prophesy saying that Messiah would come as human? And thus, God taught for thousands of years that the Christ would come as the seed of the woman. When the time was full, Christ Jesus came and He had eyes, ears and mouth and He looked just like one of us. God came as man and saves men. This is the greatest miracle of all miracles. God is the Word and Jesus is the living Word. Indicating Jesus, Peter said He is the Word of eternal life. John 6:68 But Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.[i]
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How good it would had been if this precious understanding of Peter could last until the end! Lord, You have the words of eternal life; this confession means that Jesus is eternal life itself. Jesus is the living Word of God, namely, the Word of eternal life and therefore, we should never let go of Jesus until the end and believe in Him until the end. How can we meet Jesus who is the Word of eternal life? By the written Word of God, we are meeting and seeing Jesus everyday.

Gods redemptive series that revealed Gods secret administration in God are the books with the living Word of God, the Word of Eternal life written in them. It is the life giving Word of the last Adam. What is the promise between God and us humans? 1 John 2:25
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And this is the promise that He has promised useternal life.

You must believe this Word of promise firmly and for certain. God promised to send the seed of the woman and the seed of the woman came just as He promised. He came to this land and through the suffering of the cross He redeemed us and cleansed our sins and went back to heaven. And He promised that He would come again just as He was taken up. And therefore, the Scripture says those who endure until the end, those who believe until the end will be blessed. I hope you believe this Word of God for certain. Please do not say you are going to die, even though your age may be 80 or even 90 years old. Because it will be done to you as you believe, those who believe that they will die will die and those who believe that they will not die will not die and will be transfigured. God sends out His Word through the mouth of Jesus who came on flesh. If you believe Jesus who came on flesh is God and understand, then when He speaks, you will be polite before Him. People who truly believe the Word of God dance. They are full of joy and happiness to the point they just dance.

Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
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If that times of refreshing comes, would you not dance?

People who dance such dance, their faces glow and they are full of joy and they are worry free. That is why in John 4:14 and in 6:35, Jesus said if we believe in the Word of God we will never be thirsty. My beloved saints of the livinghope church, that Word of God is here with us now. God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit came here to us as the Word. Spirit which we cannot see came to us as human nature, the Holy Spirit we can see is the written Scriptures, the Bible.

I hope you believe you may lose all things but if you do not lose this Word of God and uphold it, you have more precious thing than silver and gold or treasures. John 1:14-18, it says No one has seen God, but the only begotten Son came to us. All other materials change, but the Word of God does not change. Hebrews 13:8
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The Word of God is the supporter of Kerygma movement and the Word of the Bible becomes the driving force of the Holy Spirit movement. I bless you with the name of the Lord you all become spiritual messengers who deliver the Word of God in the times of the end by actively participating in proclaiming the Word of God and spreading gospel.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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After the fall of Adam, wherever men go, this gospel must also go and to us, it is our responsibility to deliver this gospel. Because we received the words of eternal life.

Anyhow, wherever humans go, the Word of God must also go. Whether they believe it or not, the Word of God must go. The requirement of gospel movement is to believe. Mark 1:15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
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Acts 16:31 So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.
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The promise of gospel movement is eternal life. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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The purpose of gospel movement is to find back those who were lost. Matthew 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
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What type of person they are, they are all humans created in the image of God and therefore, there is no one who should perish. I bless you with the name of the Lord you all become the workers of harvest in the times of end who find back all whom are appointed to eternal life by realizing your duty is to lead those who are created in the image of God before the presence of the living God. I bless you with the name of the Lord.