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Selected Bible Treasures - 3 - - 4 - Selected Bible Treasures Table of Contents Implications of the Reformation 4 by Dr. David Rodabaugh Soul Sleep and the Intermediate State of the Dead 14 by Paul Ripley To Make All Men See by Bill Robinson 26 IMPLICATIONS OF THE REFORMATION By Dr. David J. Rodabaugh Substitution and HUPER - A Big Doctrine and a Little Word 30 by Dr. David Rodabaugh For Whom Did Christ Die? by Bill Robinson 43 Creedal Issues by Dr. David Rodabaugh 49 A Ray of Sonlight by Bill Robinson 63 An Essential Doctrine by Dr. David Rodabaugh 72 Dispensationalism and Calvinism by Dr. David Rodabaugh 80 Repentance by Art Szafranski 83 Believers in the NT NOT Baptized Dr. David Rodabaugh 90 Does All Men Mean Every Man? by Dr. David Rodabaugh 101 IF CHRIST DIED FOR ALL, How Do You Know You Are Saved? 107 by Dr. David Rodabaugh The Meaning of Words Dr. David Rodabaugh 109 The Arminian Atrocity by Dr. David Rodabaugh 134 Creation Science Its Time to Listen by Dr. David Rodabaugh 150 Our Basis For Truth by Dr. David Rodabaugh 157 The Danger of Counterfeit Faith by Dr. David Rodabaugh 168 INTRODUCTION We have often seen in print the sentiment that Calvin, Zwingli and Luther were great men of God. Yet, it is our contention that nearly everyone who praises these men is strongly opposed to the issues important to their cause. The issues raised by the reformers were primarily two in number. Doctrinal - The issue of Total Depravity, Predestination and related subjects. Hermeneutical - The return to the literal method of interpreting the scriptures. This means a departure from the allegorical method of interpretation so often employed even to this day by Roman Catholic theologians and others. DOCTRINAL ISSUE Introduction No doubt most who are not Roman Catholic believe that the major issue of the reformation was that of the indulgences. However, as we shall prove, the basic doctrinal issue of the reformation was related to issues commonly associated with predestination. This may shock some folk. However, we believe two things: 1. It is improper to praise the courage of the reformers if you do not agree with them on what they saw as the issue of
Selected Bible Treasures - 5 - - 6 - Selected Bible Treasures the reformation. We do not praise men who courageously spread error. Certainly, Karl Marx was courageous but deeply in error. We do not praise him; we condemn him. If you admire Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli you may disagree with them on what they viewed as minor issues but not on what they called the major issue. 2. A careful study of the Word of God proves that they were right in what they taught about Total Depravity, Election, etc. We will now document from some of their writings just what they did teach. Luther's 97 Theses The belief that the major issue of Luther was indulgences so dominates the thinking of some that all we hear about Luther's protests against the Roman Church is his 95 theses. These did indeed dwell on such issues. But, this was not the major issue according to Luther himself. Before Luther publicized his 95 theses, he issued 97 theses against the teachings of the Roman Church. To prove this, we quote from a few of them. 1 Thesis 4 And so the truth is that man is created "a corrupt tree," and can neither will nor do anything except evil. Thesis 5 It is not true that the desire is free and able to make one choice as well as another. In actual fact it is not free at all but is in bondage. Thesis 6 It is not true to say that the will is able of its own volition to conform itself to that which is right. 1 James Atkinson, Ed. Luther: Early Theological Works(1962. Westminster, Philadelphia) (library of Christian Classics Vol ____XVI) Thesis 10 It is submitted, that the will is not free to pursue in the light of its own reason any good thing that has been made clear to it. Thesis 11 Neither is it in its own power to will or not to will whatever has been made clear. Thesis 28 In the texts, "Turn ye unto me and I shall turn to you" (Zech. 1: 3), or again, "Seek and ye shall find" (Matt. 7:7), or again, "If ye seek me I shall be found of you" (Jer. 29:13f.), and statements like these, if they are interpreted as implying that the first half of the activity is man's contribution and the rest is of grace, then what is asserted is only what the Pelagians said. Thesis 29 The perfectly infallible preparation for grace, the one and only valid attitude, is the eternal election and predestination of God. It is impossible to read the above without realizing that Luther regarded the doctrines of Total Depravity, Unconditional Election and Irresistible Grace as of paramount importance in Christian doctrine. It is possible that the reader does not know what these terms mean so we will give brief definitions. Total Depravity The teaching that man is totally unable to do anything that is pleasing to God. Since the Bible clearly teaches that faith pleases God, this doctrine must include the teaching that man is unable even to want to come to God. Unconditional Election The teaching that God chose certain ones to be His own apart from any conditions or foreseen faith or foreseen qualities. Limited Redemption The teaching that Christ, on the cross of Calvary effected a certain redemption for those of the Father's choosing and for them alone. Irresistible Grace
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