REFORMATION

OR

RESTORATION

The Restoration of New Testament Christianity has been the goal of many individuals throughout the past few centuries. Even those who began the Reformation were, in spirit, restorationist. They not only sought to reform a corrupt religious institution, they soon learned that reforming was not enough. Their goals soon turned to the truths revealed in the scriptures. They recognized that the scriptures were the source of truth. From the scriptures they could read God's will for humanity. Instead of reforming, they began to seek to restore the truth revealed by God's Word.

These individuals realized that the only way to achieve a full return to the authority of the scriptures, that they had to put God's word into the hands of the common man. For centuries the Bible was withheld from the common people. The Church declared that only the priest had a right to read and interpret the scriptures. If the common person could read and understand the Bible in their own language, then the truth would come to light.

History provides us with the stories of men who sacrificed their lives so that the common person could be able to read the scriptures in their own language. By their efforts, almost every known language, today, has the scriptures translated so that it can be read and understood. Only when God's Word is freely accessible can people learn what God's will is for them.

That spirit of restoration still exist today. There is still religious blindness on the part of individuals. There is still a need to seek for the old paths and walk therein. Only when we case off the shackles of human doctrines, creeds and dogmas, and seek a "thus saith the Lord" will we be able to come under God's authority.

This page will offer the visitor an opportunity to examine various aspects of this restoration movement. We do not seek to promote any human creed, doctrine or theology. These pages will seek only to open the scriptures, God's Word, and allow God's Word to direct you as you seek to come to the Light that God shines forth from His Word.

In Matthew 16:18, Jesus said that he would "build his church." Jesus did not say He would build just any church, but that He would build His Church. If Christ then built the church, should it not honor His name? Paul says that "every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God." (Hebrews 3:4). He then goes on to say: "but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end." (Hebrews 3:6). This should show us that Christ built only one church and that that church should honor Christ above all others.

Pilate asked Jesus: "What is truth?" (John 18:38). We should ask the same question, however in a different frame of mind than Pilate. We should be seekers of the truth. "Thy word is truth" (John 17:17) said our Lord. Only by returning to the New Testament can we learn that truth.

The various links, found in this home page, will assist you with the search for truth.

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