2 Corinthians 5.17 - Always Reforming

2 Corinthians 5.17 - Always Reforming

As Martin Luther’s hammer struck the Wittenberg Cathedral door 497 years ago - October 31, 1517 - the sound of Reformation rang across Europe. Living faith replaced lifeless formulas. Community became more important than cathedrals. But before long, Protestant paralysis set in. Reformation traditions became as ossified as Romanism. They forgot the first of Luther’s 95 declarations: “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said ‘Repent,’ He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” Reformation must always remain in the present tense. Like the modern reformer Bob Dylan said, “he who is not busy bein’ born is busy dyin.” The best way to honor our Reformation heroes is to faithfully serve Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours, with living zeal. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5.17).