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From the Minister's Study
The truth will make you free: Versteeg
By Pastor Andrew Versteeg
Brussels Community Bible
Chapel
Oct. 31 is a special day this year
on the church calendar. It is special
every year, but this year even more
so because of a special anniversary.
Five hundred years ago (1517)
Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to
the door of a church in Wittenberg,
Germany. This was the beginning of
what we often refer to in the church
as the `Reformation.'
Martin Luther had studied the
Scriptures as a monk and he had
become a lecturer and teacher in the
monastery and in the church. For a
number of years he had wrestled and
struggled with the matter of his own
sin and of being right with God. He
understood from the Scriptures that
God is completely holy and perfect
in everything, and he also knew from
the Scriptures and from his own
experience that he was not.
So Luther was deeply troubled.
How could a sinner, like himself, be
made right with God who was
perfectly holy? Through this
struggle and his study of Scripture,
God led him to understand that Jesus
was the answer to His struggle. Jesus
had lived without sin and He had
died to take the punishment that
God's holiness and justice required
for our sin. The fact that Jesus rose
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payment had been made in full.
Luther also came to understand
that all the benefits of Jesus' life,
death and resurrection are offered to
us by God as a gift and are received
by faith. It is faith in Jesus that
connects us with Jesus and brings all
His benefits to us.
The discovery of this truth in the
Scriptures brought great relief and
joy into Luther's heart. He knew and
believed that it was not his doing
that could make him right with God
but it was Jesus' doing. Luther was
now assured that his sins were
forgiven and that everything
between him and God was now
reconciled on account of Jesus.
This is the teaching in the
Scripture that we refer to as
"Justification by Faith in Jesus
Christ". Galatian 2:16 says, "a man
is not justified by the works of law
but through faith in Christ Jesus."
This was the teaching that sparked
the reformation and is still central to
the Christian church today.
When Luther posted his theses it
was not his aim to create a great stir
in the church. He wanted to have
discussion with the church leaders.
He was concerned that the church
had drifted into error on these points
concerning justification. Luther
wrote the theses in Latin, which was
the academic language of the church
leaders. He then nailed them to a
church door, which was a common
practice in those days when a person
wanted to discuss something with
the church leaders. He did not intend
them for the general public.
But God was at work in all of this.
Someone got a hold of the theses,
translated them into German and
then began to publish copies on the
newly -invented printing press. The
people became quite interested and
soon copies of Luther's theses were
spreading all over Germany.
The effect was what we refer to as
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29
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Worship & Sunday School - 11 am
Coffee & Snacks following the service
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"The Reformation". The truth of
justification as taught in the
Scriptures began to reform the
church. Many people began to
understand and be set free by the
biblical truth of being made right
with God through faith in Jesus.
The truth of "justification by faith
in Jesus" was not a new teaching, it
was just recovered from the
Scriptures. Today, many people are
still discovering this truth about
justification and are putting their
faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.
Jesus said, "you will know the truth
and the truth will make you free"
(Jn. 8:32).
Let us as the church of Jesus
Christ keep teaching this truth. Let
us hear the words of Galatians 5:1:
"It was for freedom that Christ set us
free; therefore keep standing firm
and do not be subject again to a yoke
of slavery."
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& Sunday School
at 11:00 am
Hillary MacDonald (905) 246-7386
Macdonald.hillary@gmail.com
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You're Invited
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Sunday, October 29
at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
650 Alexander St. (former Blyth Public School)
Sunday School for children
4 to 12 years of age at 9:30 a.m.
Childcare provided for infants and preschoolers
during the sermon.
Coffee & cookies after the morning service.
For additional details please contact Pastor Andrew Versteeg 519.887.8621
Steve Klumpenhower 519.292.0965 Rick Packer 519.527.0173
Blyth United Church
Est. 1875
Sunday, October 29
Join us at 11:00 am
at Brussels United
Church as we worship
together as
one community.
Lunch to follow.
Hillary MacDonald
OFFICE: 519-523-4224
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St. Ambrose
Saturday
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220 Carling Terrace
Listowel:
St. Joseph's
Sunday
11:00 a.m.
1025 Wallace Avenue N.