Martin Luther, believed the book of James should not have been in the Bible........?

Question

Martin Luther also hated Jews, and said some things not mentionable about them. Don't get me wrong, I have a great deal of respect for what he accomplished as one of the main forces in the reformation. However I am quite interested in the opinions of others on this subject. So, if you would please ?

God be with you,
The Reverend, William M. Butler, St. Luke Ministries

My dear friend golago, I know the answers to all the questions I place here. I am educated in the Holy Scriptures through Emmaus Bible College, Pillar of Thuth Bible Institute, and the Holy Spirit. My question was one of interest as to what others thought.

God be with you,
The Reverend William M. Butler

Dear Angel, you are in very hands with the Holy Spirit. My education is worth nothing, without the Holy Spirit. As a mater of, all that I know comes from the Holy Spirit, and we know is in part, but Jesus comes for the body of Christ, then we will know in whole.

God is with you,
Reverend William

Answer 1

Martin Luther was wrong on a few things. He didn't care for the fact that Protestant denominations also downplayed Mary's place in the church. Personally, I find the book of James to be a perfect book for having a tight synopses of the Christian faith. Unfortunately, it seems that people suggesting books don't belong in the Bible has gotten crazy in recent times. In recent times, certain people have suggested that books like Daniel, Revealations and a few others don't belong too.

Answer 2

Dear Reverend,

Where is your faith man?

Let me ask, is it possible that you are struggling with his "Faith without works is dead," paradigm?

So should the letter from James be in the Bible?

God incorporated so many mathematical watermarks to eliminate doubt and confusion over what should have been included or excluded from the ultimate Bible of 66 books.

Consider this.

The Bible contains 1189 chapters.
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter of the entire bible.
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter of the bible.
From Genesis to Psalm 117, there are 594 chapters.
From Psalm 119 to Revelation, there are 594 chapters.
Between the two Psalms is Psalm 118, which contains the prophecy of Jesus Christ and the Great Pyramid of Egypt. It is no coincidence that this Psalm is positioned directly in the middle of the Bible as the entire world was centered around Jesus; the Great Pyramid sits at the center of the Earth (There is more land that runs through both latitude and longitude lines of the Great Pyramid than any other location in the world); and the Great Pyramid symbolizes Jesus Christ – He is the Headstone of the Pyramid which was never placed on top, being the Stone that the Builder’s rejected. The entire Great Pyramid represents the completed, perfected Body of Christ, all parts joined together by love; the cement that binds the spiritual stones. Therefore it is appropriate that the God would reflect his position by putting Psalm 118 in the very middle of the Bible.

If James were not in the Bible, this math could not work. (And there are many more mathematical designs that God worked into His Word to mankind)

The entire bible of 66 books was divinely inspired to be precisely the size and length that it is, with precisely the number of chapters and verses which it contains. There is no Old and New Testament, but one continuous, seamless chronicle of history, wisdom and salvation, from Adam to the end of the age.

The word of God is one book, one testimony, one message given to all of mankind.

Step away from your church's doctrines for a spell and look into the Great Pyramid. It is God's witness to Himself, Jesus Christ and the Bible.

Isaiah 19:19-20: In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; when they cry to the LORD because of oppressors he will send them a savior, and will defend and deliver them.

I also recommend the work of Ivan Panin if you want to see just how incredibly and brilliantly designed the Bible really is.

God bless you in your search for the truth.

Answer 3

Martin Luther, concurred that the Bible is indeed a Catholic Book.
He had this to say:
"We are compelled to concede to the Papists that they have the Word of GOD, that we received it from them, and that without them, we should have no knowledge of it at all."
Martin Luther, commentary on St. John.

Isn't it strange that other Christian Churches have to admit (since they use the same canon) that the Catholic Church made an infallible decision when it decided which books of the New Testament are inspired and which ones aren't, yet these same Churches reject the Canon of the Old Testament decided by the same Bishops in the same Councils?

For almost 1500 years there were seven Sacraments in Christianity. Now most of the other Christian Churches only have two Sacraments. By whose authority were the other five removed? They were removed by a Catholic Monk, Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, who had no authority whatsoever to do so. Luther was rebuked by King Henry VIII for doing this, and his Chancellor, Saint Thomas More, tried in vain to get Luther to change his mind and reinstate them.

Here is what the founder of Protestantism had to say:
"The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart."
Martin Luther, (Sermon, September 1, 1522).

Answer 4

From the hot testomony he bumped off the Books of Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation. EDIT: Why? is a complicated question. i could say Martin Luther bumped off books from the bible which failed to agree along with his theology.

Answer 5

Again, my ignorance is going to show...I am not up on reformation or Martin Luther (unless your talking about Martin Luther King) so I can't give an opinion, but I will say this: In my short walk with the Lord all that I have learned was by Him. I know that with more reading of the word and patience, more will be reveled.
So thank you for giving me a "reality check" on knowing that my walk doesn't end with just faith, but with understanding too.

Answer 6

I guess he did some good and some bad eh?

He wanted the traditions of the RCC stopped when it conflicted with the bible IE paying money for sins, paying to get loved ones out of purgatory to finance St. Peters.

He also translated the bible into German so the masses would read the bible which was forbidden. The RCC had become an abomination to God.

Luther didn't want to divide the church he wanted it reformed. If the evil pope at the time and the bishops would have been Godly men it would have reformed and we may still be under one unified church but...Satan had a huge role in this don't you think?

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Answer 7

The book of James is part of the inspired Word of God. To reject it would be to reject God's teachings.

As to the authenticity of James, it is contained in the Vatican No. 1209, the Sinaitic, and the Alexandrine manuscripts. It is included in at least ten ancient catalogs prior to the Council of Carthage 397 C.E. It was widely quoted by early ecclesiastical writers. A deep inner harmony with the rest of the inspired Scriptures is very evident in James’ writings.

Answer 8

From what I've heard, he seemed kind of unsure about a lot of things. I've read that at first he rejected the book of Revalation and then later accepted it. Same thing with the other books of the Bible. But I am glad he made a stand against Catholicism, otherwise I would probably be Catholic right now.

God be with you too.

Answer 9

The books of the Bible were settled around 1600.
This was done by an ecumenical council of the Church.
The criteria were that the author knew the apostles.
There were many different opinions going around.
Attitudes of anti-semitism existed from earliest times.
Slavery was also condoned by so-called Christians.

Answer 10

No matter what good that a man does, he is still but a man.

It is why we are not to follow men and their thoughts and ideas.

We need to know the word of God and we need to be able to take what a man tells us and compare it to the bible and make sure that man is telling us and teaching us the truth.

There are many many wonderful men of women of God, but the best of them never tell you to follow them, they tell you to follow the word of God. They know that their words must match the bible which is the word of God.

Men and women can do great and wonderful things in the name of God and within his will, but they can just as easily show their imperfections and fleshly side. Follow God, and you will not be let down by him. He makes no mistakes.