We’re fighting a faith that’s lasted for centuries.
A pervasive foreboding has enveloped the world, a feeling that we’re on the verge of something traumatic and epochal. The feeling has been stoked by overlords at the World Economic Forum and other globalist groups, promising us a miserable future, ostensibly to fight germs and changing temperatures, but actually to institute global governance and totalitarian control. That the overlords no longer hide their agenda, and that their bleak program has made the remarkable headway it has, hints at some sort of sinister, unrecognized force at loose in the world. Some say it’s satanic, though the world has been here before.
The historical analogue is Europe in 1517, just before Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of All Saints Church and launched the Reformation. That epochal movement involved a crisis of faith in a human institution—the Catholic Church—and a wrenching reexamination of belief that led to centuries-long intellectual ferment and sectarian violence across Europe. The Reformation sparked the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and eventually a belief that was stronger than faith in the Catholic Church: faith in government. As that latter faith falters, the new reformation will be just as wrenching and violent as the old one, probably more so.
“…a few tyrannical men ‘leading’ the church…” it’s always about power and control, that’s not an aberration it is the norm in the church as well as government.
Your conclusion can just as well be stated: “Consider reflecting to identify areas where faith in Him may be misplaced by the many earthly and illogical theological movements.”
There is no value to be found by following “leaders” of either a church or government. They are all fallen men and we are taught that their best intentions will come to naught as redemption does not come from good works.
Justification through Faith is the act of an individual, and finding one or two, friends and family, who have done the same is enough.
“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20 NIV
“The Reformation sparked the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and eventually a belief that was stronger than faith in the Catholic Church: faith in government. “
Hans, i agree, faith in either becomes problematic. The True Church is about faith in the Creator through the Son. To me The book of Hebrews describes the One True Church.
You sure have a strange interpretation of Luther who the Catholic Church wanted to murder, and tried many times for bringing the reform teachings to the Church as written in the scripture which the Pope and his minions rightly detested. Men love darkness more then light unfortunately.
I see your point.