[Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he (God) is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from allContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 3”
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The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 2
Luther was ordained a priest and was called from the cloister to a professorship in the University of Wittenberg. Here he applied himself to the study of the Scriptures in the original tongues. He began to lecture upon the Bible; and the book of Psalms, the Gospels, and the Epistles were opened to the understandingContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 1
[Psalms 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.Psalms 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. KJV] Foremost among those who were called to lead the church from the darkness of popery into the light of aContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Luther’s Separation From Rome—Chapter 7, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 5
[Horror in Bohemia: Above Fear of Death] [Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Psalms 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest myContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 4
Yet another stake was to be set up at Constance. The blood of another witness must testify for the truth. Jerome, upon bidding farewell to Huss on his departure for the council, had exhorted him to courage and firmness, declaring that if he should fall into any peril, he himself would fly to his assistance.Continue reading “The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 3
The schism in the church still continued. Three popes were now contending for the supremacy, and their strife filled Christendom with crime and tumult. Not content with hurling anathemas, they resorted to temporal weapons. Each cast about him to purchase arms and to obtain soldiers. Of course money must be had; and to procure this,Continue reading “The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 2
[Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. KJV] From Bohemia the light extended to Germany, for disturbances in the University of Prague caused the withdrawal of hundreds of German students. Many of them had receivedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Huss and Jerome—Chapter 6, Part 2”