"I found the book of the law in the house of the Lord" 2Re.22: 8 b)
With the discovery of the Word of God began a major spiritual reforms in history the people of Israel, one that was led by King Josiah. The people had turned away from Jehovah God, to serve diligently to the gods of the nations. Listening to the Voice of false prophets which gave them a confidence and security vain vacuous, acting worse than all the nations that God was throwing before them (2Re.21: 9). Lost a succession of corrupt kings and priests had been prostituting the people abandoning the true faith and committing heinous acts in the presence of the Lord, killing the prophets of God who raised their voices to bring back the people from their evil way. This was the view that prevailed in Israel when Josiah began to reign at age 8, and much had not changed when ten years later he found the book of the law as a symbol of spiritual rebirth and hope.
When in 1507 Martin Luther entered the Augustinian order, was far from imagining that the Lord would use it as an instrument of enormous dimensions reform in faith and life of His Church. For ten years, nothing changed in the environment surrounding the student monk. The church had the faith as a dismal picture.
As in Old Testament times, many prophets were built before announcing the Word of God, to open eyes that were in darkness and bring back the wrong way for the people of God. Wyclef John (1324-1384), in England, and John Huss (1369-1415), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) were examples of those worthy prophets, pre reformers who were persecuted and the wrath of the powerful in order to serve his Lord and faithful witness His Words. The pre-reformer John Huss was martyred for the Lord. For the year 1511
Luther went to Rome and get a strong emotional impact to appreciate the luxury and corruption that reigns in "the Holy See." At about this time Pope Leo X decided to build St. Peter's Basilica and to bear the costs of constructing the sale of indulgences provided the main resource. "When a currency falls in the ark, a soul out of purgatory "that was the commercial slogan used to provide security which false prophets and false peace void of those who profit from human credulity. What to do if, as in the days leading up to Josiah's spiritual leaders have been perverted to serve his belly before his Lord, walking in and worshiping the creature rather than the Creator. Blind guides leading everyone to an irreparable ruin.
is when Luther discovered the Holy Scriptures. In the midst of a church whose leaders taught a salvation by works, and practiced the trade of forgiveness, the German priest in the Bible that passage of. Ro.1: 17 which states "But the just shall live by faith." As the Holy Book Josiah was able to give wisdom and strength to undertake his mission, Luther found in these words the light and strength to begin what God transformed into the greatest spiritual reform of all time.
In 1517, October 31, nailed to his church in Wittenberg, Germany the 95 theses that stirred the foundations of the "sacred" Roman Catholic Church. Opposing the papal power over the Universal Church, and the sale of indulgences, among other falsehoods once promoted by the church and its leaders, Luther earned the enmity of those men away from God claimed to be their champions. However, it also earned the gratitude of the genuine children of God, of every language, time and nation we believe that "the just shall live by faith." Thank God for their son Luther and glory to God for His Holy Word.
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