THE TOXIC FRUIT OF REFORMED THEOLOGY -THEOLOGICAL BUTCHERS
Kelleigh Nelson continues her scholarly series “The Toxic Fruit of Reformed Theology”. Today she targets Martin Luther. This is a series that is very instructive for so many in the Church who are muddled about this very important subject, which is so rarely taught. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley THE TOXIC FRUIT OF REFORMED THEOLOGY PART FOUR THEOLOGICAL BUTCHERS MARTIN LUTHER Kelleigh Nelson I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them. Corrie Ten Boom But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. Isaiah 43:1 True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks For centuries, the Church, in conceit, arrogance and ignorance, has claimed that she alone was the true Israel, that she had replaced the ancient covenant people. (They certainly didn’t claim to be Jewish during the Holocaust!) The Church taught emphatically that the physical people of Israel were eternally rejected. This belief is still in effect and is even growing, and it’s a lie from the very pit of hell. The foundational Abrahamic Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3) establishes a biblical mandate for the world’s relationship with Israel and the Jewish people. We cannot and must not ignore it. Psalm 105 has the answers to God’s promise to Abraham and his descendants and how long those promises are good. The Lord says, “He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations, the covenant He made with Abraham, the…