<TITLE>23. Par 170-176</TITLE>L-170 All right, justification... All right. The thing of it was, after they had already brought forth something that they ought not let die, that was, they had got the Bible in their hand again. The Lutherans did that. And another thing, they got the doctrine of justification by faith. That's what Luther taught; everyone knows that; that was his doctrine. Justi... Can't you see how perfect that is? Then along come Wesley with sanctification; then here comes the Pentecostal with the baptism of the Holy Ghost. See? Just as perfectly... Now, I...

L-171 "You've got a few things, hold on to them now, and--and don't let them die. If you don't hold onto that, I'll come quickly like a thief, and you'll go right back into the denomination again." And that's what they did, just exactly, went back in. "You come right back to the Nicolaitanes again, 'cause you'll go right back out a denomination. Hold on. Keep reading that Bible, and keep justification, and keep pressing on." But there's a little remnant come out of there, a little remnant.
After the first come Luther, and then come Zwingli, and on down, Calvin, and on, and so forth, on down to Wesley. But there was a little remnant come out of there that taught sanctification. And out of sanctification come a little remnant went on into the Holy Ghost. See, that little remnant, all the way along there, keeping that--that alive. All right.

L-173 But thirdly, they brought so many of the pagan forms of doctrine out with them, with it, such as denomination, false baptism. Now, they come out sprinkling and--or so forth like that, and Father, Son, Holy Ghost. They brought catechism. Truly had... Truly they fit up with the name--with the--what Jesus said here, "You have a name that you're living, but you're dead." That's correct. All right.

L-174 Fourthly, it is true that the reformation swept away many of their polished relics, and--and rituals, and so forth, but it failed in the church and the restoration of bringing forth the reform; it failed to restore back full Gospel teaching with signs following. The Lutheran church never did have it. They never had it; and they never had it in the Wesleyan age. They only had it down at the end of this Laodicean age.
Now, when we get into that, we'll get right back in the Scriptures and show you just exactly how they promised it. They did not have the--did not restore the Holy Ghost revival.

L-176 They did turn from idols; and they turned from idols; that is true. They took down the idols out of the church: Mary, Joseph, and--and Peter, Paul, and all of them. They turned from the idols, but they did not turn to the risen Christ. Luther turned them from the idols, but into more like a politic, or a--or a denomination, or organization to make themself just another organization (an image like the first one) and try to outgrow it by the denomination.
And now they're still fighting. The Methodist still wants all the Baptists to be Methodists. And all the Lutheran wants all the Baptists and Methodists to be Lutheran. The Pentecostal wants all Baptists, Lutheran, and everything else to be Pentecostals. See, it just keeps adding to your denomination. But that's not God's program in the first place. God's program for restoration was to bring back that which was from the beginning.


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