Upon This Rock Revival of the Five-Fold Ministry

Upon This Rock I Will Build My Churchjesus Says In Matthew 16:18 And I Say Also Unto Thee Thatthou Art Peter And Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church; Andthe Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail Against It. It Was This Divinerevelation Of Jesus Being The Christ (Messiah Anointed One)Son Of The Living God Which Gave Peter Access To The Keys Of Thekingdom. It Is By This Same Revelation That A Young Monk Namedmarin Luther Would Declare And Understand That The Just Shalllive By Faith Thus Beginning A Reformation Of The Church.This Book Is Designed To Continue The Process Of ReformationAs In The 16Th Century Where A Partial Reformation Began To Takeplace. Martin Luther Who We Now Realize Was A Prophet In Hisown Right Was Given A Doctorate Of Theology At The University Ofwittenberg (Germany) By The Electon Frederick Duke Of Saxony.This Degree Staupitius Was Conferred Upon Him In October 1918 Dr. Michael P. Sterling1512. This Divine Revelation Caused Him To Speak Boldly Againstcertain Indulgences Such As One Could Buy A Soul From Purgatoryfor Ten Shillings And Not A Farthing Less. This Indulgence Wasprefabricated In Pretense By Pope Leo X Who Succeeded Afterjulius Ii. This Pope Leo X Imposed Such Ridiculous Practices Onthe Pretense Of Raising Money For War Against The Turks. Martinluther Began To Oppose The Pope Much Like A Latter Day AmosWho Came To Bethel And Heralded Against King Jeroboam Kingof Israel And Amaziah The Priest Of Bethel. This Prophet Martinluther Began The Genesis Of Reformation. Martin Luther Alsowas The First To Translate The New Testament Into The Germanlanguage Which Was September 1522. He Studied The Worksof Desiderius Erasmus Who Prepared Important New Latin Andgreek Editions Of The New Testament. Martin Luther Also Finishedthe Pentateuch In 1523 Thus Completing The Entire Bible Andpublishing It In 1530. As We Examine History We Find That Martinluther Was A Step Ahead Of William Tyndale. His Great Defiancewas Enacted As He Nailed The 95Th Thesis Of Contention To Thewittenberg Church Door As He Declared His Intolerance Againstthe Roman Catholic Corruption On Halloween Night 1517. Martinluther Died Of Natural Causes Although He Was Branded A Hereticby The Catholic Church. William Tyndale Was Not So Lucky Andwas Burned At The Stake In The Public Square (1596).Upon This Rock Revival Of The Five-Fold Ministry 19As We Examine Church History We See A Clear Picture Ofmartyrdom. And In Its Wake Men Like John Wycliffe Who Wascalled The Morning Star Of The Reformation Era Who 200 Yearsprior Criticized Abuses And False Teaching In The Catholic Church.Yes John Wycliffe A Professor At Oxford University Was Expelledfrom His Teaching Position By The Pope Who Also After His Deathexhumed His Bones And Had Them Burned. This Is The Price Ofreformation. Let Us Examine For A Brief Moment John Huss Usingfoxes Book Of Martyrs As Our Source. John Huss Was Chosen Asthe Pastor Of The Church Of Bethlehem In Prague. He Also Held Aposition As The Dean Of Students And Rector At The University. Healong With John Wycliffe Were Known As The Pre-Reformers. Histeaching And Revelation Upset The Pope And He Was Also Burnedat The Stake Like So Many Spirit Filled Saints Of The Time Period. Itis Noted In Historical Data That John Huss Was Heard Singing Inthe Midst Of The Flames As He Went On To Glory.