One important point needs to be made. The reformers did not only present sound doctrine - they also spoke against oppositions to that doctrine. If Luther had merely posted doctrines about salvation on the door of the cathedral there would have been no reformation. It was questioning the legitimacy of the papacy and its many abuses that made his 95 Theses so powerful.
The reformers did not only present true doctrine - they also spoke strongly against abuses and denials of doctrine. Just as Paul did not only preach Christ, though that was his main focus. He also preached against oppositions to Christ. "Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands" (Acts 19:26).
Paul told the priest of Jupiter at Lystra and all his worshippers that their religion was vain - "We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein" (Acts 14:15).
Christ did not only preach truths, he opposed the religious distortions of the Pharisees, in depth and in detail.
This is what Paul refers to in II Corinthians chapter 10, where he says "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
There are many spiritual strongholds of wickedness in the USA today, especially in the churches - and with whom was Christ most angry while on earth? He was angry at the false religious leaders that obscured the truths of God. There were thieves, robbers, murderers, sexually immoral people, godless people in Christ's day, but he was not angry with them.
One important point needs to be made. The reformers did not only present sound doctrine - they also spoke against oppositions to that doctrine. If Luther had merely posted doctrines about salvation on the door of the cathedral there would have been no reformation. It was questioning the legitimacy of the papacy and its many abuses that made his 95 Theses so powerful.
The reformers did not only present true doctrine - they also spoke strongly against abuses and denials of doctrine. Just as Paul did not only preach Christ, though that was his main focus. He also preached against oppositions to Christ. "Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands" (Acts 19:26).
Paul told the priest of Jupiter at Lystra and all his worshippers that their religion was vain - "We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein" (Acts 14:15).
Christ did not only preach truths, he opposed the religious distortions of the Pharisees, in depth and in detail.
This is what Paul refers to in II Corinthians chapter 10, where he says "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
There are many spiritual strongholds of wickedness in the USA today, especially in the churches - and with whom was Christ most angry while on earth? He was angry at the false religious leaders that obscured the truths of God. There were thieves, robbers, murderers, sexually immoral people, godless people in Christ's day, but he was not angry with them.