Thanks Brother Edsel for laying the foundation for the rest of your sessions. God bless you and those who hear and follow Jesus in faith and obedience.
Thank you, Edsel, for this informative lead-up to the Anabaptist movement itself. The visuals presented with your teaching were excellent. We so much need the information you are presenting in these sessions. I appreciate this simple, non-academic approach to this subject.
I'm sure glad that after 1500 years of practicing religion the way Jesus and the Apostles taught us that finally a man figured out it was all wrong and reformed it. Yes, I am being facetious.
That's the contention though, if you can show religious people that they aren't practicing their religion as their Founder demonstrated- reform is not only necessary, but in "digging one's heels in" to tradition shows that person wasn't following after God to begin with! And if someone's religious practice towards God reveals that their service is to tradition first, and to the disregard of truth (after light has been shown to them), they have cast their lot as it were with the Pharisees of Jesus' day. That isn't to say there are no orthodox Christians who don't follow after justice and love. But as Luke 11:42 says, "Woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone." If through tradition one is able to excuse justice & love from their life within the context of Judaism, there is no basis that this could not (and has not) happened within the context of Christianity.
Thanks Brother Edsel for laying the foundation for the rest of your sessions. God bless you and those who hear and follow Jesus in faith and obedience.
Thank you, Edsel, for this informative lead-up to the Anabaptist movement itself. The visuals presented with your teaching were excellent. We so much need the information you are presenting in these sessions. I appreciate this simple, non-academic approach to this subject.
I'm sure glad that after 1500 years of practicing religion the way Jesus and the Apostles taught us that finally a man figured out it was all wrong and reformed it. Yes, I am being facetious.
Fact is Jesus and the Apostles were also but mere men.
@@joegarry8983 Your fact is factually incorrect. I'll pray for you.
That's the contention though, if you can show religious people that they aren't practicing their religion as their Founder demonstrated- reform is not only necessary, but in "digging one's heels in" to tradition shows that person wasn't following after God to begin with! And if someone's religious practice towards God reveals that their service is to tradition first, and to the disregard of truth (after light has been shown to them), they have cast their lot as it were with the Pharisees of Jesus' day.
That isn't to say there are no orthodox Christians who don't follow after justice and love. But as Luke 11:42 says, "Woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb and pass over justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone." If through tradition one is able to excuse justice & love from their life within the context of Judaism, there is no basis that this could not (and has not) happened within the context of Christianity.