Editorial by Arthur Lowther, proud of his English descent and heritage
King Henry VIII used the Bible to justify those things he wanted in regard to his marriages and his right to rule over his subjects in any way he saw fit!
During the Reformation, Martin Luther, after he nailed his Articles of Dissent on the Church door of Whittenburg, and John Calvin, who went to Geneva, Switzerland from his native France, never intended to establish the Protestant Church movement, which resulted in Europe and America.
Charles Wesley never left the Church of England although the Methodist Church was later established in the United States and later in England. The name Methodist resulted from the methodical study of the Bible by a group of Wesleyans within the Church of England.
In the Protestant Churches of England and America, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches water baptism is considered to be essential to the believer's salvation. This practice cannot be found in the Scriptures. Holy Writ does teach that the believer is baptized into the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ which occurs at the moment of belief by faith in the Gospel. To say this another way, the believer “has been” baptized spiritually at that moment in time rather than needing “to be”!
King Henry's belief in the Divine Right of Kings that he, as the King of England, was God’s ruler over his subjects was not much different than the pope’s false claim of being Christ’s Vicar on earth!
He knew his Bible. My question if I will meet Henry in Heaven cannot be answered until I get there, but the Bible does say, “ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”. Isaiah 55: 11 KJV
Royal divorce was a sin in Henry’s day as it is in ours with its devastating effects upon innocent children who are caught in its snares. It is divisive to the family and to the Church.
The present Prince of Whales, Charles Arthur Windsor, who has said he will be a defender of the “faiths” should consult the Cambridge Dictionary because in its usage it is “the defender of the ‘faith,’ not ‘faiths’.”
Amazing that he would use divorce to end his marriage with Princess Diana after having had an extended adulterous relationship with the divorced Roman Catholic woman to whom he is now wed.
Should he ever become king, would he be influenced by his wife to restore England to the pope of Rome?
His late relative King Edward abdicated his throne “to marry the woman I love”, who was the American born divorced Mrs. Simpson!
The Bible is great whichever Version you read, although mine is the King James, and you should read yours through from Genesis to Revelation each year. This may be accomplished by reading just four chapters each day.
Its reward is great and will be everlastingly if we believe its Good News by faith! Amen!
Finally, may I suggest you Google search the subject of John Foxe’s Book of Christian Martyrs, and then consider if the present war against terrorism is not in fact a war against the false claims of the profit Muhammad and his present day follower?
His teachings and the Koran cannot be substantiated in the Scriptures.
The goal of all Muslims is to annihilate Israel and Christianity from the face of the earth, but shall never be because the LORD of lords, and KING of kings will return to earth to rule in His Glory. Amen!
King Henry VIII used the Bible to justify those things he wanted in regard to his marriages and his right to rule over his subjects in any way he saw fit!
During the Reformation, Martin Luther, after he nailed his Articles of Dissent on the Church door of Whittenburg, and John Calvin, who went to Geneva, Switzerland from his native France, never intended to establish the Protestant Church movement, which resulted in Europe and America.
Charles Wesley never left the Church of England although the Methodist Church was later established in the United States and later in England. The name Methodist resulted from the methodical study of the Bible by a group of Wesleyans within the Church of England.
In the Protestant Churches of England and America, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches water baptism is considered to be essential to the believer's salvation. This practice cannot be found in the Scriptures. Holy Writ does teach that the believer is baptized into the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ which occurs at the moment of belief by faith in the Gospel. To say this another way, the believer “has been” baptized spiritually at that moment in time rather than needing “to be”!
King Henry's belief in the Divine Right of Kings that he, as the King of England, was God’s ruler over his subjects was not much different than the pope’s false claim of being Christ’s Vicar on earth!
He knew his Bible. My question if I will meet Henry in Heaven cannot be answered until I get there, but the Bible does say, “ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it”. Isaiah 55: 11 KJV
Royal divorce was a sin in Henry’s day as it is in ours with its devastating effects upon innocent children who are caught in its snares. It is divisive to the family and to the Church.
The present Prince of Whales, Charles Arthur Windsor, who has said he will be a defender of the “faiths” should consult the Cambridge Dictionary because in its usage it is “the defender of the ‘faith,’ not ‘faiths’.”
Amazing that he would use divorce to end his marriage with Princess Diana after having had an extended adulterous relationship with the divorced Roman Catholic woman to whom he is now wed.
Should he ever become king, would he be influenced by his wife to restore England to the pope of Rome?
His late relative King Edward abdicated his throne “to marry the woman I love”, who was the American born divorced Mrs. Simpson!
The Bible is great whichever Version you read, although mine is the King James, and you should read yours through from Genesis to Revelation each year. This may be accomplished by reading just four chapters each day.
Its reward is great and will be everlastingly if we believe its Good News by faith! Amen!
Finally, may I suggest you Google search the subject of John Foxe’s Book of Christian Martyrs, and then consider if the present war against terrorism is not in fact a war against the false claims of the profit Muhammad and his present day follower?
His teachings and the Koran cannot be substantiated in the Scriptures.
The goal of all Muslims is to annihilate Israel and Christianity from the face of the earth, but shall never be because the LORD of lords, and KING of kings will return to earth to rule in His Glory. Amen!
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