GALATIANS 5
Galatians 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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Galatians
5 videos-
https://www.dropbox.com/s/43vihaof8iq287c/1-17-17%20Galatians%205.mp4?dl=0 https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg08R75QPEHmGLZxm
https://1drv.ms/v/s!Aocp2PkNEAGMg08R75QPEHmGLZxm
https://youtu.be/u3Sne2TFlmw
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-17-17-galatians-5.zip
ON
VIDEO
.Not
under law
.Walk
in the Spirit
.Law
fulfilled by love
.Against
such there is no law
.Fruit
of the Spirit
.We
wait for the hope of righteousness
.Calvinism-
Arminianism
.We
are all in process
.Self-control
is a fruit
.To
be effective in the kingdom you need discipline
.Protestant
Reformation- Trent responds
.Legal
fiction?
.Backsliding?
.Evangelical
reductionism
.You
are all 1 in Christ
.MLK
Jr.
PAST POSTS [Past teaching I did that relates to today’s video- Galatians 5- verses below]
(1335) GALATIANS 5- Paul’s main theme is if we possess the Spirit as believers [being indwelt by God’s Spirit] then let us also walk in/by the Spirit, as opposed to trying to please God by the
law and being circumcised. Paul will use the somewhat controversial term ‘ye are fallen from grace’ which simply means that these Gentile believers started by faith and went back to the old
Jewish system, much like the themes in the book of Hebrews. Paul says when you go back to the law you have left grace. Christ has ‘become of no effect to you, you who are justified by the law’.
This is a good example of how words and certain phrases can develop over the centuries of church history and develop a different meaning over time. In essence the bible does teach that a person
can ‘fall from grace’ but this does not describe what the modern reader might think. The first church father who attempted to formulate the Christian doctrine of the Trinity was a man named
Tertullian, he lived in the second century and was what theologians refer to as one of the Latin fathers [as opposed to the Greek ones- Origen, etc.] Tertullian was famous for the sayings ‘what
does Jerusalem have to do with Athens’ and ‘I believe because it is absurd’ he was resisting the influence of Greek philosophy on the church, he felt that Greek wisdom was influencing the church
too much. He was trained in law before becoming a theologian [like Luther and Calvin of 16th century Reformation fame] and he used the words ‘God is one substance/essence and also three persons’
later church councils would agree with this language. But the word ‘person’ at Tertullian’s time was the Latin word ‘personi’ which was taken from the theater and meant a person/actor who would
put on different masks during the play; the word had a little different meaning then what we think of today as ‘person’. Later centuries would come to condemn certain Christian groups who seem to
have formulated language on the Trinity that expresses the same thing as what the original developer of the doctrine meant to say, but because words and their meanings change over time we get
ourselves into disputes that might be getting us off track. Paul also tells the Galatians that if they become circumcised that they are obligating themselves to keep all the law. Of course the
medical procedure that many have done in our day is not what he is speaking about, but in Paul’s day getting circumcised was the religious rite that placed you into the religion of Judaism, and
this is what Paul is refuting among the Galatians, he tells them not to go down that road. This chapter has lots of good ‘memory verses’, the famous lists of the works of the flesh versus the
fruit of the Spirit are found here, and it seems pretty clear to me that Paul identified circumcision with the moral law of the 10 commandments, that is he saw being circumcised as an act that
obligated you to ‘keep all the law’ some theologians are discussing whether or not Paul meant the law of Moses when speaking about going ‘back under the law’ some think Paul was speaking only of
the ceremonial law and the system of animal sacrifices when he was telling the gentiles that they should not go under the law, I believe if you read Paul in context both in this letter and the
book of Romans, that he is speaking of the moral law too, not just the ceremonial law. All in all Paul exhorts these believers to fight for their right to be free from the past restraints of
religion and bondage, he tells them to not desire to go back under a system of bondage, that Christ has made us free from that legalistic way of life and he has liberated us by giving us the Holy
Spirit- if we ‘walk in the Spirit we will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh, for the flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh, and these two are contrary one to the other,
so that you cannot do the things that you would’ amen to that.
[parts]
Galatians 1
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-1-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1-16/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/wcbfkhc6p1fkpxazlw_bng
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-1-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-16046790
https://wt.social/post/jfi5ub25360665537221
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-1-xykvowj
https://parler.com/post/dd518eb61bfa4e53ae8c476b3c8619dd
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105394968263653884
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-1-2299c227a9ce
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-1-ce5f29d3-263a-4a1c-86e7-018097bbd8ce
https://www.plurk.com/p/o50uxw
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-1-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2361079/galatians-1
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/17/galatians-1/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-1.html
Galatians 2
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-2-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2-18/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/pizaavvbhnsul6mwpsi8ua
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-2-5
https://wt.social/post/1b6ucyi5362123616094
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-2-xomlxkn
https://parler.com/post/5dd947d6ea2c4feb8c9e74ef858d95a9
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105423634678296448
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-2-fcdbc3788d45
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-2-11613556-63d6-4d0b-baae-2fb0659457c0
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5adzh
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2387211/galatians-2
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/22/galatians-2/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-2.html
Galatians 3
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-3-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/o2nb8lfuxxplcj2mq6ywxg
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-3-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-36880587
https://wt.social/post/3ungwki53626817192
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-3-xryyokk
https://parler.com/post/67feb31532aa4184b175284b2e713af3
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105434608063686819
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-3-bc88f8c94a96
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-3-95abab60-5e86-4a5c-a509-b420a853d416
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ea9r
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-3-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2401391/galatians-3
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/24/galatians-3/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-3.html
Galatians 4
https://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2020/12/galatians-4-text.html?m=0
https://ccoutreach87.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4-text-2/
https://ello.co/ccoutreach87/post/ce4bhrppzfc-pseeeuifww
https://ccoutreach87.webstarts.com/blog/post/galatians-4-4
https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/galatians-43231449
https://wt.social/post/zv873ep5363565440295
https://www.publish0x.com/ccoutreach87/galatians-4-xerrvqj
https://gab.com/Ccoutreach87/posts/105451977257475153
https://parler.com/post/b0cf6cea1ea9464eac8de84f91465ca5
https://johnchiarello.medium.com/galatians-4-c28bfdf12fe4
https://ccoutreach87.mystrikingly.com/blog/galatians-4-8940d7ce-918d-44d4-92a6-829f1100195c
https://www.plurk.com/p/o5ju8y
https://ccoutreach87.site123.me/blog/galatians-4-3
http://ccoutreach87-1.mozello.com/blog/params/post/2419041/galatians-4
https://ccoutreach87.jimdofree.com/2020/12/27/galatians-4/
http://ccoutreach.over-blog.com/2020/12/galatians-4.html
GALATIANS
[Links]
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/26/galatians-1/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2016/12/30/2nd-samuel-3-homeless-friends/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/02/galatians-2/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/10/galatians-3/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/12/the-seed/
https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/01/16/galatians-4/
I
quote from these bible books on today’s video [Gal. 5]- below are my complete studies-
https://ccoutreach87.com/romans-updated-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/james-2015/
https://ccoutreach87.com/protestant-reformation-luther/
GALATIANS
3
17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John
1
https://youtu.be/hhA-O_mb3Y8 Galatians 3
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/1-3-17-galatians-3.zip
ON
VIDEO
.Abrahamic
covenant
.Fulfilled
thru Christ
.Law
[covenant] came later
.1st
promise stands
.Law
revealed sin
.Faith
in Christ justifies
.Began
in Spirit [faith] don’t go back to law [works]
.Christ
took the curse of the law on the Cross [tree]
.Law
was tutor- to bring us to truth
.Jesus
is the Truth
.No
more need for the tutor
.Father
of many nations
.Legal
and actual justification
.Luther-
Trent [16th century]
.Legal
fiction?
.Mercy
seat
[parts]
(820)
ROMANS 2:1-13 ‘Therefore thou art inexcusable, o man, whosoever thou art that judgest’. Now, this chapter will run with the theme ‘who do you think you are to judge, you do the things that you
say are wrong’. Yikes, this type of preaching convicts us all. But we need to understand that Paul is saying a little more [well, a lot more!] than this. Here’s where we need to do some history.
This letter is addressed to believers in Rome, those ‘called to be saints’. Paul is also giving one of his strongest defenses of his theology, he realizes that a large Jewish population are also
at Rome [Acts 28]. By the time of this letter the lines are being drawn between ‘Paul’s gospel’ [the true gospel] and the ‘Jewish law gospel’ coming from the Judaizers out of Jerusalem. The main
fight is over whether or not Gentile believers need to be circumcised and come under the law in order to ‘be saved’ [Acts 15]. Now the mentality of the Jewish mind was ‘we have been given Gods
precepts [true] and because we are the inheritors of the law and moral standards of God, this puts us in a better class than the Gentiles’ [false]. In essence the law was supposed to reveal mans
sin to himself, it was to show us our need for a Savior. But in the legalistic mind it created enmity between Jew and Gentile. This is what it means when Paul writes the Ephesian letter and says
‘the middle wall of partition has been removed in Christ’ this ‘middle wall’ is referring to the law and how it divided Jew and Gentile. So here Paul is saying ‘you Jews who are trusting in the
fact that you were the recipients of the law, who use the law as a measuring rod to justify yourselves. This measuring rod was actually given to show you your sin. Did it never occur to you that
the very fact that the ‘rod’ says “don’t commit adultery, don’t steal” that these things are actually sins that you yourselves do [the legalistic Jews]. And yet the very rule [law] of God that
you are using to justify yourselves, this law you actually break!’ Now you are beginning to see the context. And not only were they breaking the law, but at the same time they were saying to
Paul’s Gentile churches ‘unless you get circumcised, you are not accepted with God’. The Gentile believers were actually born of God and stopped doing the things that the law commanded them not
to do. They were ‘fulfilling the law by nature’. So Paul is really rebuking this hypocritical mindset that said to the Gentile believers that they weren’t saved. And at the same time the ‘judgers
of the law’ were actually breaking the law, while the Gentle converts were keeping it by nature! In this context verse one means a lot. Now to an important verse ‘for not the hearers of the law
are just before God, BUT THE DOERS OF THE LAW SHALL BE JUSTIFIED’. Just the fact that this statement is made by Paul in this letter is amazing. Paul will spend lots of time in this letter saying
‘those who try and become justified by keeping the law are missing it’. He will go over and over again stating that trying to become righteous by works and law keeping are futile. Yet here he
says ‘the doers of the law SHALL BE JUSTIFIED, not the hearers’. Keep in context what I just showed in the beginning of the chapter. The New Testament has a theme that I have hit on before [read
the Hebrews 11 commentary on this site]. The theme is ‘men are justified’ [declared legally righteous] by faith. This faith also ‘sanctifies’ [which can also be called ‘justified’ a sort of
progressive justification. James uses this in his letter. Paul says in Galatians ‘having begun in the Spirit [legal justification] are you now made perfect by the flesh’ [law keeping]. Now the
New Testament teaches that God wants people to actually ‘be righteous’. Johns 1st epistle uses this as the marker of whether or not you are a child of God ‘by this we know… those that do what is
righteous are born of God, those that do evil are not’. In Jesus judgment scenarios ‘those that have DONE good are raised to life, those that have done evil to damnation’. So Paul in essence is
saying ‘God ‘justifies’ [using the term in a ongoing- futuristic sense] the righteous, not the ones who only hear the law [the Jewish legalists] but those who by nature do it’ [Paul’s gentile
converts]. Got it? This distinction is very important. One of the historic reasons why the Protestant and Catholic churches are divided is over this issue. The Catholic Pope [Leo] who initially
condemned Luther did so on grounds like this. The Pope who succeeded Leo re-read all of Luther’s documents, in an honest effort to bridge the schism, and came to the same conclusion. Now I like
Luther and side with him more so than the Pope, but one of the problems was some of Luther’s writings seemed to say ‘Justification is solely by faith [true] therefore sin hardily’ [false]. Now
Luther didn’t intend to come off this way, but that’s the way it sounded. So the Catholic doctrine fell more on the side of ‘Gods grace makes you righteous, God cant declare people actually
righteous until they actually are righteous’ this is called the ‘Legal fiction’ argument. They said Luther’s idea was a ‘legal fiction’. In essence some of what the Catholic scholars were saying
was correct. Now God does declare us righteous at the moment of belief, before we actually ‘become totally righteous in practice’. But the error of the Catholic argument saying ‘God cant declare
you righteous until you are’ was missing the point. When God says ‘you are righteous’ then you are! God doesn’t lie. But I understand the Catholic point. I think Paul understood it too. In this
chapter Paul says ‘not the hearers of the law, but the doers shall be justified’.
[parts]
.
ROMANS 8-10
https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2-24-15-romans-8-10.zip
VIDEO-
[I cover stuff on the videos that are not in the post- here are a few]
.Council
of Trent- what did the Church say?
.Do
we get the final say- at the Judgment?
.What
are the Catholic virtues- did Paul teach them?
.Augustine,
Calvin, Whitfield and Wesley.
.Infusion
or Imputation? How bout both!
At
the bottom I added some quotes from the Catechism of the Catholic church- to show that the official teaching of the church DOES NOT TEACH SALVATION BY THE LAW- BUT BY CHRIST.
.
REMINDER- This is a commentary I wrote years ago- the videos are new.
.CHAPTER
8- FEW POINTS;
1-
Did God choose us to believe- or did we choose him?
2-
When Paul says ‘he makes our bodies alive’ is he only speaking about resurrection?
3-
Does God use difficulty- or is it to be rebuked?
4-
Was Paul a ‘hyper- Calvinist’?
(839)ROMAN
8:1-4 ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh [sinful nature] but after the Spirit [new nature]’. Now, having proved the reality of
sin and guilt [chapter 7] Paul teaches that those who ‘are in Christ’ are free from condemnation. Why? Because they ‘walk according to the Spirit’ the ‘righteousness of the law is being fulfilled
in them’. Having no condemnation isn’t simply a ‘legal function’ of declared righteousness, and Paul didn’t teach it that way! Paul is saying ‘all those who have believed in Jesus and have been
legally justified [earlier arguments in chapters 3-4] are now walking [actually acting out] this new nature. Therefore [because you no longer walk according to the flesh] there is no
condemnation’! This argument helps bridge the gap between Catholic and Protestant theology, part of the reason for the ongoing schism is over this understanding. After the Reformation the
Catholic Church had a Counter Reformation council, the council of Trent. They dealt with a lot of the abuses of the Catholic Church, things that many Catholic leaders were complaining about
before the Reformation. They did deal with some issues and reformed somewhat. To the dismay of the more ‘reform minded’ Catholics [with Protestant leanings] they still came down strong on most
pre reform doctrines. This made it next to impossible for the schism to be healed. But one area of disagreement was over ‘legal’ versus ‘actual/experiential’ justification. The Catholic position
was ‘God can’t declare/say a person is justified until they actually are’ [experientially]. The Protestant side [Luther] said ‘God does justify [legal declaration] a person by faith alone’. Like
I taught before, both of these are true. The Catholic view of ‘justification’ is looking ahead towards a future reality [The same way James speaks of justification in a future sense- He uses the
example from Genesis 22, when Abraham does a righteous act] while the Protestant view is focusing on the initial legal act of justification [Genesis 15]. Here Paul agrees with both views, he says
‘those who walk after the Spirit [actually living the changed life] have no condemnation’.
[parts]
NOTE-
Erasmus disagreed with Luther on the doctrine of Predestination- which I covered in the last video. Luther was for it- Erasmus was what we would call ‘Free Will’.
In
his writings- which were very influential- he wrote in Greek and Latin- the language of the elites.
He
did this on purpose- for his target was the influential leaders of the Church.
He
rejected offers of money- because he did not want to align himself with any particular movement- so he could be an independent writer with no strings attached.
He
had many criticisms of the Catholic Church- and was very influential for the later reforms- those we see at the Council of Trent [Though the church criticized him- they said he ‘Laid the egg that
hatched the Reformation’].
He
taught that the church/priests/popes should be the servants of the people-
He
rejected the idea that the Priests/leaders made up the ‘whole of the church’- but he believed all believers made up the true church.
Erasmus
was a firebrand in his own way- rejecting the language that Luther and some of the reformers used [they were vulgar at times]-
Luther
respected the works of Erasmus- he thanked Erasmus for debating with him on the nature of Justification by Faith-
He
disagreed in the end- but said this debate was at the heart of the gospel- and was glad that Erasmus was willing to engage.
RENAISSANCE
ARTISTS-
The
famous renaissance artists- DaVinci- Michelangelo- Raphael- used their artwork as a form of knowledge- the images taught things- they were not just paintings.
DaVinci’s
most famous work was his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican.
It
took him 4 years to complete.
The
renaissance period- from about the 13/14th century to the 17th- [though there was a sort of Renaissance that took place- yes- in the Islamic world before the European Renaissance] was marked by
what we term Humanism.
Today
we associate this term with ‘secular Humanism’ which often has a bad connotation- especially among Christians.
But
it meant something different back then.
It
was a new focus on breaking the limits off of man- and for man to excel in knowledge and skill- and to see man as having value.
There
was somewhat of a break away from the church in a sense- in that the church and its teachings were not the only source of wisdom for man.
But-
Jesus himself taught that ‘the Sabbath was made for man- not man for the Sabbath’- so- the Humanist spirit- elevating the value of man- does have a Christian basis in my view.
Leonardo
daVinci [15/16th century] was what we refer to as a true Renaissance man- meaning his knowledge was in many fields- not just art.
He
actually considered himself a sculptor first- then an artist- though he is most famous for his Fresco mentioned above.
1989
The first work of the grace of the Holy Spirit is conversion, effecting justification in accordance with Jesus’ proclamation at the beginning of the Gospel: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is
at hand.”38 Moved by grace, man turns toward God and away from sin, thus accepting forgiveness and righteousness from on high. “Justification is not only the remission of sins, but also the
sanctification and renewal of
[parts]
Basically
the media have been turning up the heat on why Perry and all the other stoops [that would be Christians] are denying science. I have written- and posted lots about this in the past. Most people
are not aware of the overwhelming amount of science that challenges the most common ideas about evolution.
I’ll
just hit on one- Abio Genesis. This is the belief that life can spontaneously generate from dead matter. This view is false- scientifically false. It is also commonly held with the false view of
the spontaneous generation of all things.
Many
media folk hold to a belief that the Big Bang theory shows us that all things have come from no-thing. Actually- this is a scientific impossibility. This idea- creation ‘Ex Nihilo’- is
false.
Einstein’s
theory did show us that matter had a beginning point- called the Point of Singularity- yet today we have absolutely no scientific proof that all things came from nothing- yet most media folk do
indeed believe this.
So
this topic really is one where the media have created their villain [the back water Christians] and their hero [the false idea that science has proved all types of stuff- that is has not!]. Yet
they hope that if they run with the narrative long enough- then hopefully they will never be found out- you know- opening that car door and seeing their man- the man they assured the whole world
was gone- yet he lives to see another day.
[note-
those of you who are interested in more on Evolution- on my Blog if you go to the February posts of each year- I have studies on Evolution and one on Genesis- you might find them helpful in the
coming debate].
[parts]
SIMONY
AND CHEAP TRICK-
ON VIDEO-
.A.P.
article review
.Simony
.Peter/Simon-
showdown
PAST
POSTS-
Simony
(pron. [ˈsaɪ.mə.ni] or [ˈsɪ.mə.ni]) is the act of selling church offices and roles. The practice is named after Simon Magus,[1] who is described in the Acts of the Apostles 8:9–24 as having
offered two disciples of Jesus, Peter and John, payment in exchange for their empowering him to impart the power of the Holy Spirit to anyone on whom he would place his hands. The term also
extends to other forms of trafficking for money in “spiritual things”.[2][3] Simony was also one of the important issues during the Investiture Controversy. Wikipedia
.
[1770] TREASURY OF MERIT
Let’s
pick up where we left off 2 posts back. We were talking about Martin Luther and the events that led up to the Protestant Reformation.
In
order to understand the key act that caused the protest- we will have to teach some Catholic history/doctrine.
In
the 16th century Pope Julius began the effort to build St. Peters basilica in Rome. He got as far as laying the foundation and died. Pope Leo the 10th would pick up after him.
The
church needed to raise money for the project- and the German prince- Albert- would play a major role.
It
should be noted that both Catholic and Protestant scholars agree that the Popes of the day were pretty corrupt. They came from what we call the Medici line of Popes.
If
you remember last month I wrote a post on the Renaissance- I talked about the Medici family and how they played a major role in supporting the Renaissance that took place in the 13th century in
Florence Italy that would spread to the region.
Well
this very influential family also played a big role in who would get top positions in the church.
At
the time of Luther and prince Albert- if you had the right connections and the money- you could literally buy a position in the church.
Albert
already held 2 Bishop seats- and there was an opening for an Archbishops seat in Mainz [Germany] and he wanted that one too.
It
should be noted that official Canon law [church law] said you could only hold one seat at a time- Albert was bidding on his 3rd one! And he was too young for all of them.
So
even the Pope and the officials held little respect for what the church actually taught at the time.
So
Albert opens up negotiations with Leo- and the bidding starts AT 12,000 Duckets [money] Albert counters with 7,000- and they agree on 10,000. How did they justify the numbers? 12- The number of
Apostles. 7- The 7 deadly sins. 10- The 10 commandments.
Yes-
the church was pretty corrupt at the time.
So
Albert works out a plan with Leo- he will borrow the money from the German banks- and pay the banks off by the Pope giving Albert the right to sell Indulgences.
What’s
an Indulgence?
Okay-
this is where it gets tricky.
The
ancient church taught a system called The Treasury of Merit. This was a sort of spiritual bank account that ‘stored up’ the good deeds of others over the years.
You
had the good deeds of Jesus at the top- but you also had Mary and Joseph- the 12 Apostles- and other various saints thru out time.
The
way the ‘bank’ worked was you could tap into the account by getting a Papal indulgence- a sort of I.O.U. that had the Popes guarantee that it would get so much time out of Purgatory for a loved
one.
The
actual sacrament that accesses the account is called Penance [confession].
When
a penitent does penance- he confesses his sin to the priest- and he is absolved by the authority of the church that the priest has. The priest usually tells the person ‘say so many Hail Mary’s-
Our Father’s’ and that’s a form of penance.
One
of the other things the church practiced was called Alms Deeds. This term is found in the bible and it means giving your money to the poor- it is a noble act that Jesus himself
taught.
In
theory- part of the sacrament of penance was tied into Alms Deeds- you can access the account thru the practice of giving to the poor- which also meant giving to the church that helps the poor-
and in the hands of the Medici line of Popes- meant outright giving money to the Pope.
So
now you see how the abuse worked its way into the pockets of the faithful.
Albert
now had the permission from Leo to sell these indulgences in Germany- and he would pick a certain corrupt priest to sell them in a place called Saxony- the region where Luther operated out
of.
It
should be noted that the Catholic Church never taught the crass act of ‘buying your way out of Purgatory’. The practice of including giving money as a part of the sacrament of penance was tied
into the biblical principle of giving to the poor- a good thing.
But
Tetzel and others abused the official meaning of the indulgence- and did make it sound like you could by your way out of Purgatory [in theory- a loved one might be in Purgatory for so many years-
and through the indulgence you are actually getting time off for them- because the good deeds of others are now applied to the account].
The
money Albert would raise- half would go to Rome for the building of St. peters- and half would go to pay off the banks in Germany- it was a sad system- and a sad time for the church as a
whole.
It
would be wrong to judge the entire church at the time as being corrupt- you did have many sincere Priests and Catholic men and women who saw the abuses and did not take part in
them.
But
there was corruption at the top- and this would eventually lead to the breakup of the church- and the launching of what we now call the Protestant Movement.
As
a side note- it should be said that many Catholics and Protestants are not aware of the whole treasury of merit system- and the church never officially changed her position on the
doctrine.
There
were 3 Church councils since the time [Trent- 1500’s, Vatican 1- 1800’s and Vatican 2- 1962-65]. The Treasury of Merit never came up for change.
Obviously
Protestants don’t believe in Purgatory- and it’s not my purpose in these posts to change Catholics into Protestants or vice versa- but to give all sides a clear view of the issues that divided
us- and to try and be honest- and respectful during the process.
Does
the bible teach anything like a Treasury of Merit? Well actually it does. The bible teaches that the righteousness of Christ is the treasury that people can access- by faith- and become righteous
in the sight if God.
The
idea- applied to Christ- is good.
But
in the hands of the Medici Popes- and the ambitious prince of Germany- it would lead to disaster.
[parts]
The
writings of Aristotle would be discovered again during the time of Thomas Aquinas [13th century Catholic genius/scholar] and this would lead to Scholasticism [a peculiar school of thought
developed/revived under Aquinas] and give rise to the Renaissance.
Okay-
before the birth of Christ- the Jewish people resisted the imposing of Greek culture upon them- you had the very famous resistance under the Jewish Maccabean revolt- where the Jews rose up and
fought the wicked ruler Antiochus Epiphanies- and till this day the Jewish people celebrate this victory at Hanukah.
Eventually
Rome would conquer the Greek kingdom and the Jewish people were allowed to keep their culture and temple- yet they were still a people oppressed. Hassidism [getting back to the beginning]
developed during this attempt to not lose their Jewish roots- the Pharisees of Jesus day came from this movement.
Alexander
was pretty successful in his attempt to unify language- even though the bible [New Testament] was written by Jewish writers- living under Roman rule- yet the original bible is written in the
Greek language.
Bible
scholars till this day study the Greek language to find the truest meaning of the actual words in the bible [I have a Greek Lexicon sitting right in front of me].
It
would take a few centuries before a Latin version appeared on the scene [the great church father- Jerome- would produce the Latin Vulgate].
Yet
it would be the re- discovery and learning of the Greek texts [under men like Erasmus- and the Protestant Reformers] that would lead to the Reformation [16th century] and other movements in
church history.
[parts]
The
6th session of Trent was the one where the church dealt with justification [how we become saved in Gods sight].
Rome
made a distinction between mortal and Venial sin in the council- the church said that Baptism is the INSTRUMENTAL CAUSE of justification. Yet faith is the Root- Foundation and Initial act that
justifies.
Rome
also taught that Mortal sin kills the grace in the soul that brings justification- and when a person commits a mortal sin- they need the ‘2nd plank of justification’ in order to be brought back
into a state of Grace.
This
2nd Plank is the Sacrament of Penance [confession]. Catholic Moral Theologians use an example to show the difference between Mortal and Venial sin.
Drinking-
if you take a drink [alcohol] not a sin. If you get tipsy- Venial- and if you get flat drunk- mortal.
This
is a true teaching by the way- not making this up.
Catholic
scholars are not in total agreement on all the Mortal/Venial sins.
Some
teach that missing Mass on Sunday is a Mortal sin.
I
just threw this in to show you the debates that take place.
The
teachings from Trent are referred to as Tridentine.
The
Protestants [early on] rejected the belief that a person can lose Gods grace once he has it- later on the Protestants would divide- severely- over this teaching- Predestination and the
Perseverance of the Saints.
But
early on all the major Reformers did indeed teach this.
Luther
believed in the doctrine of Predestination just as much- if not more- than John Calvin.
But
sometimes in these history shows they get this wrong and say Luther and Calvin disagreed on it- that’s a common mistake that you hear every so often.
Luther
actually wrote a book dedicated to the subject [The Bondage of the Will] Calvin never wrote a book solely on the subject.
Okay-
as we end this brief study of the Protestant Reformation- you could also call it a primer on Catholic doctrine [short one].
Why
is it important that we study this?
In
John chapter 17 Jesus said that he desired unity for all of Gods people- and many of these divisions- which date back 500 years- are commonly misunderstood on both sides.
It
is common in our day to run across an ex Catholic who might say ‘you know- I left the church because I don’t believe I need to confess to a priest’ or ‘the Catholic church teaches you are saved
by works’.
The
original Reformers did not have a problem with confession- the Lutherans carried the practice over into their communion.
And
like I just showed you- the Catholic church rejected the doctrine of being saved ‘by works’ [Pelagianism] and simply emphasized the teaching found in the bible- the book of James- and focused
more on James than Paul [who the protestants focus on].
So
yes- there are still differences- but if we are not informed- then it makes it harder to strive for unity- and at the end of the day God does desire unity for all his people.
The
other day I quoted the great Civil rights leader- MLK. In one of his famous speeches that’s played when we celebrate his life- you hear Martin say that not only was he seeking unity among the
races- but also in the church.
He
said he wanted to see Catholics and Protestants- as well as Blacks and Whites- sit down together- he referred to us all as Gods kids.
I
think we should strive to achieve the desire of Martin- and Jesus.
Amen.
[parts]
VERSES- [These are the verses I talked about on the video- Galatians 5- Links to all my sites below]
Galatians
5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Galatians
5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians
5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
Galatians
5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians
5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians
5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Galatians
5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
Galatians
5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
Galatians
5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
Galatians
5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Galatians
5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Galatians
5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Galatians
5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Galatians
5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Galatians
5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Galatians
5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians
5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Galatians
5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Galatians
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Galatians
5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Galatians
5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom
of God.
Galatians
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians
5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians
5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Galatians
5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Galatians
5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Matthew
22:36-40King James Version (KJV)
36
Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38
This is the first and great commandment.
39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
James
2:21
Was
not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
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Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
James
2:24
Ye
see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
In
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James
2:25
Likewise
also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
In
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John
15:8
Herein
is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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7
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may
win Christ,
9
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
12
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus- Phil.
1
John 4:7
Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
1
John 4:8
He
that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
1
John 4:10
Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
1
John 4:12
No
man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
1
John 4:16
And
we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
1
John 4:20
If
a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
In
Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
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