The Catholic Church the Church of God?

From what I can remember about the context of that time was that Martin Luther posted the 95 theses as anyone would other things of debate. Someone had gotten ahold of the 95 theses and had them printed and distributed. As I recall when it was made public is when the heat was on. I find it hard to believe that Luther ever had any intention of making it a public issue outside of the RCC. Later Luther was made to leave the RCC by being excommunicated.

Does that mean they rebelled against a church that is described in Rev. 2:1-5, "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this:`I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary. `But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. `Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent."?

Is the rebellion you describe much like the rebellion of a person who refuses to go into a liquor store and buy alcoholic beverages to get drunk? After all he is rebelling against the liquor store and all it stands for.

Is not the man of God supposed to rebel against evil and complacency? It seems like Jesus was quite rebellious against those things. He did turn over the tables of the money changers. In Rev. 3:15,16 it says, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot . `So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold , I will spit you out of My mouth.”

 

The reason that I say that Pink led me to the Church was because he speaks highly of the covenant of God. So did a friend of mine in the Presbyterian assembly I went to. So, with such high recommendations, I wanted to study everything I could regarding the covenant.

And when I put it all together properly (not the Presbyterian or Reformed Baptist twisted version) it led me right to the doors of the Church.

Simple.

 

Ok, as I said before, I am not reformed Baptist.

Thanks for the explanation.

Bro. Dallas

 

That's right. He wrote an earlier set of theses that was largely ignored by the church. Neither set was very radical. The 95 theses became famous only because money from the sale of indulgences dried up after they were made public.