Contrary to popular belief, the Reformation did not start with Luther, nor is it encapsulated with Luther. Many before that date (hundreds of years earlier) were engaged in this act of reformation and were tortured and killed AT THE HANDS OF CATHOLICS, AND LATER PROTESTANTS because of this violent pursuit of the Kingdom of God.
Michael Sattler, to me, personifies the spirit of Kingdom Reformation, Revisionist Reformation
In plain sight of Jesus His heavenly Father audibly commended Jesus, His Son, and gave the disciples a direct command by saying:
And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!”… (Mark 9:7-8)
…a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!” (Luke 9:34-35)
The Spirit of Christ has been sent to teach us the Way of Christ. We have Jesus’ words – His teachings – perfectly preserved in the Gospels and testified in of in the letters of the Apostles. What will we do with Jesus? And what we will do with what Jesus commanded?
Empires fall; Mansions crumble. Cattle die; Machinery rusts away. Earthly pleasures fade in a moment. But a child lives on and on Through the lives of descendents And in those he influences All the way… The Value of a Child
Meditate on this Truth of God FOR and IN US — those who believe in the mind-transforming promises of God!
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:20-21)
Paul’s use of “exceedingly abundantly above all” sounds very similar to his use of “width and length and depth and height” in describing the love of Christ; the fulness of God in the preceding verses (Eph 3:18-19).
Just how BIG or GREAT or MASSIVE is this power that Paul is trying to convey?The “Eternal Purpose” of God