10/31/2024
Many don’t know that October 31st is Reformation Day.
Happy Reformation Day.
Remember, reform, don’t deconstruct. Deconstruction does not develop your faith; it destroys it. Often, you end up with an unbiblical faith or no faith at all. Though it’s true the Christian Reformers did say, semper reformanda (“always reforming”), the quote is often taken out of context by deconstructionists. It was Jodocus van Lodenstein, a key figure in the Dutch Reformation, who wrote, “Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda secundum verbi Dei,” which means “The church is Reformed and always being reformed according to the Word of God.” Notice the key element: Reforming the faith is accomplished when it’s done according to the Word of God. That’s the standard. It was never about merely changing, but changing to line up your faith with the standard of Scripture. We want to be transformed, not by conforming to the pattern of this world, but by the renewing of our minds with the dictates that God has laid out in his Word (Rom. 12:1–2).
