verse of the day

Saturday 13 August 2016

Purgatory [ Romans 10v 9-13 ]

Now back to William Tyndale, who lived for one purpose alone, that of translating the word of God into English.He succeeded in this,but at great cost,by being partial strangled,and then being burnt to death.Just before he died he prayed,that the king of England's eyes would be opened.He also had said,''that if God spared his life a boy behind a plough,would know more of
the scripture than the  Pope did''Europe was held fast in the tyranny of the Church of Rome,under the Pope scripture was hidden,and many ,many errors came into being.One of these errors was purgatory,which is not to be found in scripture,but was a twelfth century invention.It is a belief that we go to purgatory,when we die,to be refined in its flames,the church taught that this suffering could be reduced if a mass  was said,but of course a mass would cost money.In fact all it ever has been is a money making business.Henry V11,sought to avoid it by having ten thousand masses said for his soul at 6d a time. We owe so much to the likes of William ,and to all who translate  the scriptures,for as we are told ,faith cometh by hearing and
hearing by the word of God ,[Romans 10v 17]
                                           A prayer.
Dear God we thank for William Tyndale,and for all who translate the word of God,for a true knowledge of your word we will  be ensnared in error,
and never come to a true knowledge of salvation,by trusting in Jesus Amen.

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