The heart of the Reformation in the 16^th century is justification by faith. We need to be careful not to consider faith as a tool to get saved. The focus of the doctrine is grace of God. Faith is a gift of God. Every saint has this faith in God because everyone received the knowledge of God. We cannot believe in someone that we do not know. Faith is closely related to knowing God and His words. Faith is not complicated. Faith is simple yet get strengthened as we walk with God. Faith is the work of the Spirit. Everyone chosen by God before creation receives the Spirit at the appointed time.

 Sadly, it has gone corrupt along the way in the hands of the Reformers in the 17^th century England. They quote Luther and Calvin here and there and try to distort truths. They wanted a Christian nation. They thought they could convert anyone into Christian by causing fear through the Law. They sold indulgence like the Roman Catholic. And what we call a Christian nation does not have many true Christians but those who distort truths of God. Arminianism was condemned a long time ago but most of them follow Arminianism. And those who are in the Reformed follow the Covenant Theology and the active obedience of Christ, which God sees as rootless (unorthodox). They are no different from the Roman Catholic church.

This is the truth of justification – there is nothing that a man (even Adam before the fall) can do to be united with God unless God gives His Spirit. It is only by God’s mercy saints become united with the Son and the Father.

Earlier I wrote that Adam did not know God as the Son does because he did not receive the Holy Spirit. The word “breath” that God gave him was not the Spirit but a physical life. Even if we do not look up the Hebrew word to know the meaning of breath that Adam received, it is clear to see that Adam was not like Christ because he fell into temptation. On the other hand, the Son as the Son of Man with the Holy Spirit overcame the temptations from the devil.

Understanding this is crucial for restoring the knowledge of God and also the worship. There is no acceptable worship without understanding God’s will. When I started to have dreams, I understood the two things that God cared. The first message was: My children are not fed.  The second message was: Worship is unacceptable. Therefore, removing false doctrines and ideas in theology is critical.

The Reformed theologians try to explain everything by TULIP. But TULIP has limitations especially when we try to explain Adam before the fall. It is true that God condemns all men because of the original sin.

For God has shut up all in disobedience, so that He may show mercy to all. (Romans 11:32)

From here, ignorant people made up Adam as some superior being, a friend of God. But the Bible never says that he was a friend of God or was like the Son of God. In fact, Adam was a slave who did not know the Master’s thoughts. Some covenant theologians think Ezekiel 27 and 28 describe Adam in the garden of Eden.

In the pride of your heartyou say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a godin the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god. (Eze 28:2)

Most importantly, Adam did not believe in God. He trusted the devil’s words. Was Adam wise? Yes, in a worldly sense. Was Adam wise like Christ? The answer is: No.

The Bible, from the start to the end, explains that a man cannot keep a single command of God without the power of God. Therefore, the Bible denies salvation by works. There is no place for Arminianism, or Semi-Pelagianism in orthodox Christianity because even Adam before the fall needed Christ.

After everyone got shut up in disobedience because of Adam, we humans need a saviour who not only redeems us from our iniquities but also makes us be born again from heaven. Only Christ by the Father’s will can change our status from a mere slave who does not know the Lord’s will to a son of God. If we remain as a slave (although upright), we cannot know God. We will fall again and again if we remain as Adam.

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. (John 15:16-16)

Only Christ is given the task to make us sons of God and build the eternal dwelling of God – the Kingdom.