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JB: This is It Is
Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thanks for joining me.
He's been called the leader of
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the Swiss Reformation.
Which is quite a title
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to bestow upon
somebody, considering the Swiss
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Reformation
influenced the world.
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He was born on New
Year's Day in 1494.
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Now, that's just a
few weeks after the birth
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of Martin
Luther. And he was born
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in the village of Wildhaus,
a stunningly picturesque alpine
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village in the northeast
of Switzerland, over near
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the border with Lichtenstein.
Earlier this morning I came here
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from Geneva, the city
influenced by William Farel
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and John Calvin.
I've come to Zurich.
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This is the city set on
fire for the reformation by
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Huldrych Zwingli.
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The Huldrych Zwingli story
had to be a remarkable story.
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John Calvin influenced
religious thought to the extent
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that today there's a branch
of theological understanding
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named after him, Calvinism.
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There's no
Zwinglianism today. But this man
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was called the third man of the
Reformation, Martin Luther and
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John Calvin being the other
two. Now, that's heady company.
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So who was Huldrych
Zwingli and why is what he did
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hundreds of years ago
important to us today?
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When Zwingli lived in
Zurich, he was one of about
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six or seven thousand
people who lived here.
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And what brought him
here was really interesting.
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He was a bright
child, so bright that his
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father sent him away from that
picturesque little village to
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attend a
prestigious school in Bairn.
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In fact, it was one of
the most prestigious schools
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in all of Switzerland.
This boy was a capable writer,
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a good speaker, and
an excellent musician,
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and so in that
school he attracted some
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unwanted attention. The
monks wanted to get hold of
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him and put him in a monastery.
Now, when his father found out,
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he was appalled. He
considered the monks
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to be worthless, good
for nothing, and idle.
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No son of his was ever
going to become a monk.
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So Dad sent for
Huldrych, retrieved him,
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and brought him
home. [pensive melody]
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But before long he was
gone again, this time to study
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in Basal. It was while he was
studying in Basel that a teacher
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who had read the Bible
suggested to him that it was
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the death of Jesus that
was the sinner's only hope.
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Now, this started a
change in Zwingli that would
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change him and result
in changing the world.
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From Basel he was called
to minister as a priest in a
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small alpine village near
his childhood home. And then
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from there he was called to
Einsiedeln, notable then as it
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is now as being the
home of the Black Madonna.
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In Zwingli's day,
thousands of pilgrims every year
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would come to Einsiedeln to
venerate that image. They had
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been told that by coming to
the shrine they could receive a
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plenary indulgence for sins.
Now, this bothered Zwingli no
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end when he saw how
people related to the image of
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the Black Madonna.
Now, if you're wondering
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what that is, I'll tell
you. An indulgence is the
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extra-sacramental remission of
the temporal punishment due in
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God's justice to sin that has
been forgiven, which remission
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is granted by the
church in the exercise of the
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"power of the keys"
through the application of
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the superabundant merits of
Christ and of the saints, and
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for some just and reasonable
motive. A plenary indulgence is
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the remission of the entire
temporal punishment due to sin,
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so that no further expiation
is required in Purgatory.
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Now, will you
find that in the Bible?
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No, you won't.
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But by now Zwingli had
been studying the Bible.
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And the more he
studied the Bible,
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the more he saw the clear
distinction between the light of
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the Bible and the errors
and the heresies of his church.
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He began to see the Bible
as the only infallible guide,
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and he wasn't afraid to say so.
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He saw the people
trafficking in indulgences,
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and he declared that
indulgences were nothing more
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than superstition. He
declared to the people,
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"Can unprofitable works,
long pilgrimages, offerings,
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images, the invocation of
the virgin and the saints,
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secure for you
the grace of God?"
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Of course, there were
some people who were not
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happy to be told that their long
journey to Einsiedeln was all
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for nothing. And there were
more than a few who couldn't
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understand what he could
possibly mean, that salvation
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could come by grace,
freely, as a gift from God.
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For some people it was
easier to listen to a priest
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and trust to a pope than
to receive salvation freely
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from Jesus. Now,
his church wasn't
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very impressed with what he
was doing. They had a choice:
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kick him out and deal with the
trouble that that would cause,
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or hold him in as part of
the fold and work with him
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over time. They
chose option B, which
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gave Huldrych Zwingli more time
to let the light of the Word of
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God shine. That light began to
shine brightly, but letting that
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light shine would
ultimately cost him his life.
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I'll have more in just a moment.
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♪ JB: One of the biggest
headaches the Apostle Paul
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encountered was dealing
with people who promoted ideas
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that they thought were
important but were really
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nothing more than tradition.
Traditions can be good.
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Celebrating the fourth of
July for your national holiday,
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for example. Brides wear white.
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Your annual summer
vacation at the beach.
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Traditions. But in Christianity
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some traditions aren't so
good, when they run counter
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to God's will.
Here's what Paul wrote
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in Colossians 2:8:
"Beware lest anyone cheat
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you through
philosophy and empty deceit,
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according to the tradition
of men, according to the
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basic principles of the world,
and not according to Christ."
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Why do you do what you
do? Is it because of what
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the Bible says, or is
it simply a tradition?
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If your religious
traditions contradict the Bible,
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then you've got
some real problems.
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Let's live today by Every
Word. [Catchy Theme rings out]
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♪[string ensemble - Adagio]♪
JB: This is It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
Thanks for joining me
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today in Zurich,
Switzerland. It was from
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here that the world was
profoundly influenced by a man
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that the world has largely
forgotten. This man said,
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"The Word of God
cannot fail. It is bright.
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It teaches itself,
it discloses itself.
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It illumines the soul
with all salvation and grace,
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comforts it in God,
humbles it so that it loses
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and even forfeits
itself and embraces God."
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If you're accustomed
to the Bible being always
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available, and if you're
familiar with the thought of
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salvation by grace through faith
in Jesus Christ, this might not
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seem to you to be a big deal.
But in Europe in those days
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there was essentially only
one church, and it's taught
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that salvation
came through the church.
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♪ [Mysterious melody]
♪ It taught that there was
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benefit in pilgrimages,
in giving offerings,
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in bowing before
images. The people who accepted
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these teachings
were held by them.
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Huldrych Zwingli wanted people
to be liberated to know God
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for themselves.
[hopeful piano melody]
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In 1518 or 1519,
Zwingli came here to Zurich,
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Switzerland to work as a
priest. Zurich has changed
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just a little bit
since Zwingli's day.
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There have been people
living here for 2,000 years,
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and today there
are 1.8 million people
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in metropolitan Zurich.
Zurich is the wealthiest city
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in Europe. It's often described
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as having the best
quality of life in the world,
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and much of what you've
heard about Swiss banks--Zurich.
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It's a beautiful
city, an expensive city,
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a city rich in
culture and big in sport.
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Soccer's governing body,
FIFA, has its headquarters here.
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And Zurich is a city
that was one of the most
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important centers of
the Protestant reformation.
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While what happens in
Zurich today affects the
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economies of the world,
what happened here 500 years ago
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shaked history [church bells]
Now, there's no need to think
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that Huldrych Zwingli was a
man who didn't have any faults.
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His detractors would
have had no difficulty
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finding some faults to
point to. As a young priest,
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he had relationships that didn't
really mesh with the church's
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expectations when it came to
the conduct of priests. In fact,
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he and a number of others
petitioned the bishop to allow
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priests to marry. Interestingly,
the bishop had plenty of
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incentive to refuse the request.
You see, back in Zwingli's day,
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if a priest wanted to keep a
mistress, he could as long as he
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paid a sum of money to the
bishop. If that mistress were to
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have a baby, no problem, as long
as that same sum of money was
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paid again to the
bishop. When immorality
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is a cottage industry,
there's really very little
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incentive to get rid of
it. Theologically, he had his
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issues too. He believed strongly
in infant baptism, and he
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disputed hotly with anybody
who would disagree with him.
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There was a debate held
on the subject in Zurich
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and it was decided that anybody
who refused to have their
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infants baptized
should be kicked out of town.
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Later, the town council
upped the ante a little bit.
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A law was passed that stated
that anyone refusing to have
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their infants baptized, or
anybody who would baptize an
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adult, should be put to death.
Some Anabaptists came to town
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and they disregarded that law.
A man named Felix Manz baptized
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adults. He was arrested, he
was put on trial, and he was
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sentenced to death. Sentenced to
death for baptizing somebody by
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immersion. Well, then they had
to decide what penalty to levy
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against him, or at least how
to carry out the death sentence.
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Back in those good ol' days,
people normally were sentenced
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to death by being burned at the
stake. But they said for Manz,
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something different; because
his crime involved baptizing by
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immersion, they decided that
he would be bound hand and foot,
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put in a boat, taken out here
in Lake Zurich, and drowned.
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[music]
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But in general Zwingli
stood very much on the Bible.
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And in an era when the Bible
was ignored, that's significant.
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Instead of preaching the mass,
Zwingli began preaching from the
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Bible, taking Bible
passages and proclaiming them
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and applying Bible truths
to the lives of the people.
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He experienced a deeper
conversion, and not long after
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coming to the Grossmunster
cathedral, it was filled to
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overflowing with crowds of
people who came out to hear of
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the saving grace of God. And the
church leadership wasn't happy.
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People were regularly burned
at the stake for following the
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Bible rather than the church. It
was about this time that Luther
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appeared at the [Deardadvonce],
and it was only the
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providence of God that
got him out of there alive.
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The Bishop of Constance
sent deputies to Zurich to order
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Zwingli to stop preaching the
Bible. They said he was teaching
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people to disobey the
church, and was therefore
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endangering
society. Zwingli was able to
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point to the effect that of
teaching had on the lives of
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people who heard him,
saying that Christianity
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is the best
safeguard of general security.
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He was a man who wasn't easily
scared. He said he feared the
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representatives of the bishop
as much as a cliff fears the
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waves that crash at its feet.
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He was a brave man,
Zwingli. In 1520 the
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Plague struck Zurich while
he was away on vacation. But
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instead of staying away, he
returned to Zurich to do what he
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could to help
administer. One in four people
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in Zurich--some say as
many as one in three--died
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from the plague. Zwingli
got sick himself and came
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close to death. But he survived.
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God's hand was over this
servant who still had so much
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left to do.
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Now, you'd think, wouldn't you,
that with Luther and Zwingli
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being contemporaries, with them
both believing in the Bible,
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both of them refugees from a
broken system, both men loving
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God, you'd think that because
they had all this in common,
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that because really they were
in the crosshairs of the most
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powerful church on the planet,
you'd think that Zwingli and
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Luther would get on
like a house on fire.
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Well, if you thought
that, you'd be wrong.
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And what was the
interesting event that started
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the Reformation in
Switzerland, and what did it
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have to do with sausages?
I'll tell you in just a moment.
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♪ [tender music]
♪ Planning for your
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financial future is a vital
aspect of Christian stewardship.
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For this reason, It Is Written
is pleased to offer free planned
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Zurich, Switzerland is
the beautiful city where
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Protestant reformer Huldrych
Zwingli ministered in the early
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16th century. Called here
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to serve as a priest, he
led the congregations at this
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cathedral, the
Grossmunster. People came here
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and heard him lift up the
Bible. And people had never
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heard such things
before. This was light shining
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in the darkness. But
what got the Reformation
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started in Switzerland in
the first place is interesting.
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Many say it was the
affair of the sausages.
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The church taught
at that time that meat
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should not be eaten during Lent.
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Now, Lent is a period of about
six weeks leading up to Easter.
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And there were many
churches that maintained that
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people should fast
during Lent. Well, at that time,
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Zwingli's church,
also his employer,
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the Roman
Catholic church, was firm.
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No meat during Lent.
Well, during one Lenten period,
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Zwingli was invited to the home
of a printer in Zurich named
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Froschauer for a sausage supper.
There were a number of people at
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Froschauer's home,
Zwingli among them.
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Zwingli didn't eat any
of the forbidden sausages,
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but Froschauer
did. And when Froschauer
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was arrested,
arrested for eating sausages,
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Zwingli defended him.
Well, there you have it.
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The battle was now on.
And all because of a sausage.
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Now, you'd think that
Zwingli and Luther would
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have been each other's biggest
supporters, Luther in German,
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Zwingli in Switzerland.
Zurich and Wittenberg
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or about 450 miles
apart. And the two first met
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in October of 1529.
Both men were almost
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36 years old, and
they met at a council
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called by a German prince
who was a strong supporter
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of the Reformation.
Philip was hopeful that Zwingli
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and Luther could iron out
their theological differences.
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And for the most part
the two reformists found
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that they were in total
harmony with each other,
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even though they
developed in their understanding
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of the Bible
independent of each other.
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They were taught by
the best teacher of all,
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the Holy Spirit.
Martin Luther had funded
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his opposition to
indulges. So too had Zwingli.
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In fact, before Luther
had. [dramatic theme swells]
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Both men believed
in salvation by grace
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through faith, and
not through the church.
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The Bible says that
in Ephesians 2, verse 8:
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"For by grace are
ye saved through faith,
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and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God."
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Both men believed faith in
God didn't require sacraments
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such as those offered
by the church. Jesus said,
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"Whoever comes to me, I
will by no means cast out"
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(John 6:37).
Hebrews says we should
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come boldly to the
throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16).
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Both men believed faith
in God would be revealed in a
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changed life.
Paul wrote to Titus
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that God's grace teaches
us that denying ungodliness
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and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly,
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righteously and godly in
this present world (Titus 2:12).
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Both men agreed the Bible
was to be the foundation of a
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believer's faith. Paul wrote
that all scripture is given by
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inspiration of
God (II Timothy 3:16).
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Both men agreed that
priests should be allowed to
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marry. If you believe the Bible,
you find no prohibition against
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that of any kind. In the
Old Testament, the priests were
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allowed to marry. God said,
"It's good that the man should
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not be alone." In fact, the only
place you find priests being
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forbidden to marry is paganism.
Both men believed confession of
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sins should not be made to
a priest, but should be made
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directly to God. The Bible says
there is one mediator between
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God and man, the man
Christ Jesus (I Timothy 2:5).
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Both men rejected the concept
of the mass as a sacrifice.
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But when they came
to the council at Hesse,
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it was discovered
that the men had one
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major disagreement. In
fact, this was an insurmountable
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obstacle for
them. They disagreed
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over the communion
service. Luther taught that the
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bread and the wine used in
the communion service were the
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actual body and the
actual blood of Jesus.
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Zwingli took the more
biblical position, that the
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bread and the wine or the juice
are merely representative of or
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symbols of Jesus'
body and Jesus' blood.
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It seems there was no
way the two men could find
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common ground on this subject no
matter how hard anybody tried.
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Luther came to the place that he
felt that Zwingli was a fanatic.
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You see, Luther believed that
whatever wasn't forbidden in
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scripture was
allowed. Zwingli thought Luther
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wasn't taking the
Reformation far enough.
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Zwingli believed that
whatever was not expressly
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commanded in scripture
shouldn't be tolerated.
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Now, really,
it's no surprise that
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these men would have
disagreements. It had only been
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about this long since both men
had come out of a life entirely
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without the Bible. So if one
or the other or both should be
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wrong about something,
we shouldn't be surprised
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at all. Zwingli
tried to be kind toward
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Luther. It seems Zwingli
was more kind than Luther could
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manage to be. When
news came to Luther
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that Zwingli had died out on
a battlefield, all Luther was
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able to say was,
"Those who take the sword
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shall die by the sword."
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There was no love lost
there. ♪ [pastoral melody] ♪
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Well, let's consider
Zwingli. He was a giant because
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he brought light at a time
people didn't have the light.
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He insisted people
could know Jesus personally,
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that they could find forgiveness
personally, and that the church
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shouldn't control a
person's conscience. Perfect?
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No, he wasn't perfect.
But God uses imperfect people,
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like Peter, and James and
John, who were so imperfect
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Jesus referred to them
as the Sons of Thunder.
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In 1529 a Protestant missionary
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was burned at the stake
for preaching the gospel in a
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Catholic canton. In retaliation,
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Zurich boycotted that canton.
But then in 1531 war broke out,
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and at Kappel 8,000 Catholic
soldiers warred against 1,500
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Protestant
soldiers. The result was never
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really in question, and
Huldrych Zwingli was among
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those who lost
their lives that day.
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A life that began here
in beautiful Wildhaus in the
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Togganburg Valley. I don't
know if the cows then wore bells
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around their
necks as they do now,
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but if you could hear what I
hear now, you'd hear the sound
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of cow bells all around.
It's still a beautiful, scenic,
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pristine place. In
Zwingli's day it had to have
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been even more so. It
was here that a life began,
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that went on to change the
world and still affects you
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and me today.
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Our Father in heaven,
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how good you are to
send light into this world.
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You raised up people
like Huldrych Zwingli
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for a purpose: to
advance the light of truth,
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to take the gospel to
people in desperate need
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of the light of heaven.
And I thank you today that
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you are still in the business
of reaching the hearts of men
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and women with your good
news. And Father, I want to pray
00:26:12.90\00:26:16.34
now for that man, that
woman, that young person who is
00:26:16.34\00:26:19.34
reaching out to you. He or she
who knows in his or her heart
00:26:19.34\00:26:24.38
that what is needed
in that individual's life
00:26:24.38\00:26:27.12
is Jesus Christ.
Friend, I want to
00:26:27.12\00:26:28.88
encourage you, if you've not
accepted Jesus as your Savior,
00:26:28.88\00:26:32.85
or if you've been half-hearted
in your relationship
00:26:32.85\00:26:34.92
with Christ,
reach out to God now,
00:26:34.92\00:26:37.46
and know that he accepts you and
pledges through Jesus to save
00:26:37.46\00:26:41.26
you and give you
everlasting life.
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Now, Father in heaven,
I thank you that you offer
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us eternity, and that
before eternity arrives,
00:26:45.97\00:26:49.64
eternity can
begin in our hearts,
00:26:49.64\00:26:52.47
while we live our
lives connected to you.
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We thank you for that
Christ-centered life, that life
00:26:55.61\00:26:58.51
that leans on
Jesus. Give us grace
00:26:58.51\00:27:01.25
to live that life,
and in this life live
00:27:01.25\00:27:04.69
with joy and hope
and confidence for now
00:27:04.69\00:27:08.96
and for the future,
for an eternal future.
00:27:08.96\00:27:12.19
We thank you that your
spirit has caused light to shine
00:27:12.19\00:27:19.20
in the dark.
Let your light shine
00:27:19.20\00:27:21.10
in our hearts now and always,
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I pray and thank you
in Jesus' name. Amen.
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