Conclusion
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Psalm 119:10
Psalm 119:10
The history of the Church can only be found in the history of the Bible. For wherever God’s Word abides there also resides the Truth. The True Church is not one made by temporal hands, but is a unification of all those who believe in Jesus Christ as the head of the Church. Therefore, the history of the Bible will follow the history of those who stand on the Word of God. Our Christian heritage is the heritage of the Word, who became flesh and dwelt among us. Our Christian heritage is of those who would proclaim the Truth of Jesus, courageous men and women who stopped at nothing, not even death, to protect and advance the Truth. It is those who the Apostle John speaks of when he said,
“And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”
Revelation 12:11
and they did not love their life even when faced with death.”
Revelation 12:11
It is this thread, the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in which the history of our Bible and the heritage of our Christianity lie. The preservation of the Truth who gives life to all who find Him in these inspired words. A promise of never ending joy, eternal happiness, and the path of everlasting life to those who trust in His Word.
The only true reformation is that which emanates from the Word of God. The Holy Scriptures,
by bearing witness to the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, create in
man, by the Holy Ghost, a faith which justifies him. That faith which produces in him
a new life, unites him to Christ, without his requiring a chain of bishops or a
Roman mediator, who would separate him from the Saviour instead of
drawing him nearer. This Reformation by the Word restores that
spiritual Christianity which the outward and hierarchical
religion had destroyed; and from the regeneration
of individuals naturally results the
regeneration of the
Church.[1]
by bearing witness to the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, create in
man, by the Holy Ghost, a faith which justifies him. That faith which produces in him
a new life, unites him to Christ, without his requiring a chain of bishops or a
Roman mediator, who would separate him from the Saviour instead of
drawing him nearer. This Reformation by the Word restores that
spiritual Christianity which the outward and hierarchical
religion had destroyed; and from the regeneration
of individuals naturally results the
regeneration of the
Church.[1]
[1] D’Aubigné, J. H. M. (1862). History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century. (H. Beveridge & H. White, Trans.) (Vol. 5, p. 134). Glasgow; London: William Collins; R. Groombridge & Sons.