Reformation Seminary - "How Is Luther Relevant Today?" 11 AM

 

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How is Luther Relevant Today?

Martin Luther was trained in Biblical studies and Medieval theology. When he taught the Gospels and criticized The (Visible) Church, the Pope excommunicated him - damned Luther to Hell.

The threat of Muslim armies led the Catholic emperor to work with the excellent German soldiers to hold back the invasion, which was finally stopped at Vienna, where the coffee tradition was established...and spread.

Today?

Christendom is bloated and shrinking at the same time, trapped by numbers, graphs, and rejection of faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Luther is especially relevant because he trusted only in the Scriptures and used the Word to criticize the Church of Rome, the opposite to the Scriptures.

The effective Word taught Luther to reject the Medieval errors that became toxic to all of Europe. The printing press spread across Europe in various languages. 

Relevant

Many Lutheran clergy long to become Roman Catholic priests, and most denominations are enchanted by numbers rather than relying on the Word of God. Luther warned people about the Antichrist and little Antichrists who support their Father Below.

KJV 2 Thessalonians 2

2.1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away (apostasy) first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

1 John 2:18	Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John 2:22	Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3	And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
2 John 1:7	For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

Creation Super-Stew, Secrets Revealed - 9 AM Today

 

I am using this photo in the video to offer the Big Picture in nutrition.

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This version will have two parts, the first one offering a simple recipe, thanks to my vegetable and spice consultant. The second part has a lot of material about the advantages of the ingredients, good sources to follow, and research - thoughtful food or food for thought. My regular trips to Walmart convince me that 95% of the food offered is bad and will shorten one's life. The pharmacy and over-the-counter sections are 99% ineffective and often dangerous. I tell the pharm-techs, "My medicine is from produce and the frozen vegetables. Your section is only good for symptoms, not cures." Sometimes they agree.

I talk to cashiers often. One of them said, "How are you eating all this?" I said, in reference to my stash of frozen greens, fresh bananas and apples and blueberries, chickpeas, tomato paste, chopped frozen greens and vegetables - "I changed my habits which made me diabetic and I lost 42 pounds from eating these nutritious , healing foods."

Two Quart Saucepan

• 1-2 inches water water heated up
• blueberries (anticancer, phytonutrients, superfood)
• meat (sausage for Charlie Sue and me)
• walnuts (lowers cholesterol)
• add vegetables and spices, which can be medicinal:
• turmeric (wild ginger, reduces pain)
• black pepper (enhances turmeric)
• Italian seasoning
• allspice
• cardamom
• cumin
• mustard (activates blanched kale and  other cruciferous vegetables)
• curry powder
• chopped green/red peppers/onions
• tomato paste 
• seeds have unusual benefits

Bad Food Categories

Milk and cheese products are fat-centric and lead to brittle bones.

Eggs are fat and provide choline, both bad.

Juices are primarily colorful sweeteners with no fiber.

Bread bellies are self-evident, not very nutritious.

Processed foods? - easy expensive eating from the high cost of salt, fats, sugars.

Habits are skewed on the side of milk, eggs, fats, salt and meat overloads.

Nutrition Based on God's Creation, Compared to Processed Foods

1. Greens
2. Beans
3. Vegetables
4. Fruit
5. Seeds

The Standard American Diet (SAD) is based on fast foods (sugars, salt, fat, white bread), desserts, and snacks. Delivered fast foods and frozen foods are more of the same. The grocery stores glorify SAD and add enormous displays of candy, chocolate, chips, and fruit juices. In short, processed foods are easy and addicting to eat, but short on nutrition and good health.

Chopped frozen greens - kale, spinach, turnip greens, collards - are very high in nutrition, loaded with nutrition, filling, low in calories, and easy to blend in the stew. 

Kale beats all the greens

A single cup, or 21 grams (g), of raw kale contains (1Trusted Source):

• Calories: 7
• Carbs: 1 g
• Fiber: 1 g
• Vitamin K: 68% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Vitamin C: 22% of the DV
• Manganese: 8% of the DV
• Vitamin A: 6% of the DV
• Riboflavin: 5% of the DV
• Calcium: 4% of the DV

Chick peas (garbanzo beans) are a great source for protein and many other benefits. Healthline.com.

• Calories: 269
• Protein: 14.5 grams
• Fat: 4 grams
• Carbs: 45 grams
• Fiber: 12.5 grams
• Manganese: 74% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Folate (vitamin B9): 71% of the DV
• Copper: 64% of the DV
• Iron: 26% of the DV
• Zinc: 23% of the DV
• Phosphorus: 22% of the DV
• Magnesium: 19% of the DV
• Thiamine: 16% of the DV
• Vitamin B6: 13% of the DV
• Selenium: 11% of the DV
• Potassium: 10% of the DV

Vegetables are high in fiber and flavor. 

They offer a delicious and ever-changing combination of herbs, spices, and mixtures of peas, beans, cauliflower, broccoli, onions, peppers, and mushrooms (a delicious fungus).

Fruits Replace Candy, Ice Creams, and Lame Excuses

Apples, oranges, bananas, watermelon, grapes are often bought as a side dish but should be considered a complete and healthy substitute for the Diabetes Derby (where nobody wins).

Two Nutrition Experts - 

Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Michael Greger

When I got my blood panel after Christina died, I was shocked into eating differently. Fuhrman's Eat To Live checkmated my live to eat. I found the book in my own library and began reading it over and over.

This is Dr. Fuhrman's link - https://www.drfuhrman.com/

Internet searches and videos got me interested in the work and studies of Dr. Michael Greger. One special advantage of Greger is his free connection to his essays and videos.

Use this link to get started - https://nutritionfacts.org/

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Trinity 9 Epistle - "Complaining against God is here called tempting him. Men set themselves against the Word of God and blaspheme as if God and his Word were utterly insignificant, because his disposing is not as they desire. Properly speaking, it is tempting God when we not only disbelieve him but oppose him, refusing to accept what he says as true and desiring that our own wisdom rule."

 

Luther's Sermons - 1 Corinthians 10:6-13  Epistle. Ninth Sunday after Trinity

17. Such is the usual course of idolatry. Refusing to be considered a sin, it presumes to merit grace and boasts of the liberty of the people of God. It continues unrepentant and self-assured, even in the practice of open vice, imagining every offense to be forgiven before God for the sake of its holy worship. Thus have the priestly rabble of popery been doing hitherto; and they still adorn — yes, strengthen and defend — their shameful adultery, unchastity and all vices, with the name of the Church, the holy worship, the mass, and so on.

ISRAEL’S TRIAL OF GOD.

18. In the fourth admonition, the apostle says, “Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.” This, too, is a heinous sin, as is proven by the terrible punishment. In Numbers 21 we read that after the people had journeyed for forty years in the wilderness and God had brought them through all their difficulties and given them victory over their enemies, as they drew near to the promised land, they became dissatisfied and impatient. They were setting out to go around the land of the Edomites, who refused them a passage through their country, when they began to murmur against God and Moses for leading them out of Egypt. Thereupon God sent among them fiery serpents and they were bitten, a multitude of the people perishing.

Complaining against God is here called tempting him. Men set themselves against the Word of God and blaspheme as if God and his Word were utterly insignificant, because his disposing is not as they desire. Properly speaking, it is tempting God when we not only disbelieve him but oppose him, refusing to accept what he says as true and desiring that our own wisdom rule. That is boasting ourselves against him. Paul says in Corinthians 10:22: “Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?”

19. Such was the conduct of the Jews. Notwithstanding God’s promise to be their God, to remain with them and to preserve them in trouble, if only they would believe in him and trust him; and notwithstanding he proved his care by daily providences expressed as special blessings and strange wonders, yet all these things availed not to save them from murmuring.

When the ordering of events accorded not exactly with their wisdom or desire, or when, perhaps, disaster or failure threatened, immediately they began to make outcry against Moses; in other words, against his God-given office and message. “Why have you led us out of Egypt?” they would complain, meaning: “If you bore, as you say you do, the word and command of God and if he truly designed to work such marvels with us, he would not permit us to suffer want like this.” In fact, they could not believe God’s dealings with them were in accord with his promise and design.

They insisted that he should, through Moses, perform what they dictated; otherwise he should not be their God.

At the outset, when they entered the wilderness, after having come out of Egypt and having experienced God’s wonderful preservation of them in the Red Sea and his deliverance from their enemy, and having received from him bread and flesh, they immediately began to murmur against Moses and Aaron and to chide them for leading into the wilderness where no water was. “Is Jehovah among us, or not?” they burst forth. Exodus 17:7.

This was, indeed, as our text says, tempting God; for abundantly as his word and his wonders had been revealed to them, they refused to believe unless he should fulfill their desires.

20. And they persisted in so opposing and tempting God as long as they were in the wilderness, unto the fortieth year; to which God testifies when he says to Moses: “Because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,” etc., Numbers 14:22. It was in the second year after the departure from Egypt that the Jews murmured about the water, and now in the fortieth year, when they should have been humbled after so long experience, and when they whose lives covered that period ought to have been conscious of the wonderful deliverances they had experienced in not being destroyed with others of their number, but being brought safely to the promised land — now they begin anew to complain with great impatience and bitterness: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?” Or, in other words: “You often remind us you represent God’s command, and you have promised us great things. This is a fine way you take to lead us into the land when here we have yet farther to journey and are all going to die in the wilderness !”