[Choosing Opinions Over God’s Word] In the sixteenth century the Reformation, presenting an open Bible to the people, had sought admission to all the countries of Europe. Some nations welcomed it with gladness, as a messenger of Heaven. In other lands the papacy succeeded to a great extent in preventing its entrance; and the lightContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 1”
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The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6
[Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.—KJV] In answerContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5
[John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.—KJV] In Wesley’s time, as in all ages of the church’s history, men of different gifts performed their appointed work. They did not harmonize upon every point of doctrine, but all were moved by the Spirit of God, and unitedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4
[1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.—KJV] John and Charles Wesley, after being ordained to the ministry, were sent on a mission to America. On board the ship was a company of Moravians. ViolentContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 3
[Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.—KJV] In England the establishment of Protestantism as the national religionContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 2
[Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.—KJV] Barnes and Frith, the faithful friends of Tyndale, arose toContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 1
[Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 1”