ULRICH ZWINGLI, BOLD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST (3 OF 4)
by Joe Alain
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-4
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Ulrich Zwingli, Bold Soldier of Jesus Christ (3 of 4)
Series: Profiles of the Protestant Reformation
Joe Alain
2 Timothy 2:1-4
Series: Profiles of the Protestant Reformation. This is the third (3) in a series of four (4) messages that were delivered on the four Sundays leading up to and culminating in Reformation Sunday.
Sources: Christianity through the Centuries, Earl Cairns; Theology of the Reformers, Timothy George; A Treasury of Great Preaching, Clyde E. Fant, Jr. and William Pinson, Jr.; Turning Points, Mark Noll.
It was the Fall of 1531 and war was imminent among rival territories in Switzerland (called cantons, there were 13 in the old 15th century Swiss Confederacy, 26 today). In October the city of Zurich was attacked. The few troops from Zurich were soon defeated and one of the great Protestant reformers, Ulrich Zwingli was killed in battle. So hated was Zwingli that his enemies cut his body into four pieces and tossed them into a fire. His last words were, ''They may kill the body but not the soul.'' Others took up the cause of reform for which Zwingli died. But none among the German-speaking Swiss ever attained the powerful influence that Zwingli exercised.
Of the major leaders of the Protestant Reformation (Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox), Ulrich Zwingli may be the least famous yet Zwingli played a very influential role in the beginning of the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland. A courageous reformer, he confronted falsehood and superstition and challenged people to give their total allegiance to God by forsaking all worthless idols and by being undivided in their loyalty to God.
Courage, standing for truth, upholding the Scriptures as the final authority, undivided loyalty to God, Zwingli was truly ''a good soldier of Jesus Christ.'' Paul used the analogy of a soldier to speak of the Christian in 2 Timothy 2:1-4. 1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me sa ...
Series: Profiles of the Protestant Reformation
Joe Alain
2 Timothy 2:1-4
Series: Profiles of the Protestant Reformation. This is the third (3) in a series of four (4) messages that were delivered on the four Sundays leading up to and culminating in Reformation Sunday.
Sources: Christianity through the Centuries, Earl Cairns; Theology of the Reformers, Timothy George; A Treasury of Great Preaching, Clyde E. Fant, Jr. and William Pinson, Jr.; Turning Points, Mark Noll.
It was the Fall of 1531 and war was imminent among rival territories in Switzerland (called cantons, there were 13 in the old 15th century Swiss Confederacy, 26 today). In October the city of Zurich was attacked. The few troops from Zurich were soon defeated and one of the great Protestant reformers, Ulrich Zwingli was killed in battle. So hated was Zwingli that his enemies cut his body into four pieces and tossed them into a fire. His last words were, ''They may kill the body but not the soul.'' Others took up the cause of reform for which Zwingli died. But none among the German-speaking Swiss ever attained the powerful influence that Zwingli exercised.
Of the major leaders of the Protestant Reformation (Martin Luther, John Calvin, and John Knox), Ulrich Zwingli may be the least famous yet Zwingli played a very influential role in the beginning of the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland. A courageous reformer, he confronted falsehood and superstition and challenged people to give their total allegiance to God by forsaking all worthless idols and by being undivided in their loyalty to God.
Courage, standing for truth, upholding the Scriptures as the final authority, undivided loyalty to God, Zwingli was truly ''a good soldier of Jesus Christ.'' Paul used the analogy of a soldier to speak of the Christian in 2 Timothy 2:1-4. 1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me sa ...
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