Reformation or Revolution PowerPoint Presentation

1. REFORMATION OR REVOLUTION
Dr. Peter Hammond

3. This year, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the launch
of the Protestant Reformation
Contrast

4. and the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of
the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

5. These two monumentally important historic milestones present
the stark choice before us: Reformation or Revolution!

6. In Charles Dickens’ classic
novel, A Tale of Two Cities,
he contrasts London
with Paris…
A Tale
of Two Cities

7. In London he showed the fruit of the Great
Evangelical Awakening of George Whitefield
and John & Charles Wesley..

8. This was contrasted Paris - where the Renaissance
Humanism of Rousseau & Voltaire led to the
French Revolution and The Reign of Terror.

9. Dickens’ famous opening sentence summarises the drama of
A Tale of Two Cities:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,

10. it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven,
we were all going direct the other way…”

11. The contrast between Christianity and communism
is dramatically presented throughout A Tale of Two Cities.
Christianity vs Communism

12. The fruit of the Protestant Reformation and the Great
Evangelical Awakening was wisdom, faith, light, hope
and joy.

13. The fruit of anti-God, radical secular humanism and the
revolutionary fanaticism that triumphed in France in 1789,
produced the worst of times

14. and an age of foolishness, unbelief, darkness, despair and misery.

15. “They promise them freedom,
While they themselves are slaves
of depravity…” 2 Peter 2:19

16. It was most appropriate that in 1989, on the 200th anniversary of
the French Revolution, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
of Great Britain presented French president, Francois Mitterand,
The Iron Lady in Paris

17. a leather-bound first edition of Charles Dickens’, immortal
A Tale of Two Cities book.

18. When reporters at the G7 Conference in Paris flocked to ask
Margaret Thatcher’s impressions of The French Revolution,
the Iron Lady replied: “It resulted in a lot of headless corpses
and a tyrant.”

19. Prime Minister Thatcher had a sense of the momentous event,
as this G7 Conference had been scheduled in Paris to coincide
with the 200th anniversary of The French Revolution.
Resistance to Revolution

20. The Iron Lady’s symbolic act of resistance was itself historic.
Margaret Thatcher advised the French President to read
A Tale of Two Cities, to learn why the French Revolution
had been completely unnecessary.

22. Indeed, today, we see mobs targeting Historic monuments for
removal and destruction,
Revolution Today

32. George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984,
now seems ominously prophetic.
Following the Revolutionary Herd

33. First published in 1949, Orwell’s 1984 envisaged
a future with omnipresent government surveillance

34. and public manipulation through party politics,
the cult of worshipping the party leader,

35. historic revisionism, intimidation and social engineering.

36. All this no longer looks like a joke.

37. Orwell predicted the manipulation of language into newspeak,
with thought crimes punished by thought police.
Subverting Freedom of Thought

39. The Ministry of Peace ensures perpetual war.

40. The Ministry of Truth uses lies and propaganda

41. to distort all information in news, entertainment,
education and the arts.

43. The Ministry of Plenty controls
rationing and ensures starvation.

44. The Ministry of Love tortures, terrifies
and crushes all dissent and resistance.

46. The Ministry of Love would also orchestrate two minutes hate
and hate week campaigns to distract and channel the anger and
frustration of the masses towards a real, or imagined, enemy.
Mobilising Hate
in the Name of Love

47. The Ministry of Truth would also vaporise, or expunge,
from the public record, opponents of the state
which could not be debated with, or argued, against.
Memory Holes

48. These would become un-persons
who would disappear down the memory hole.

51. Every monument needs to be replaced,
every street name changed.
Rewriting History

53. History itself would need to be re-written in order to accord with
the current policy of the ruling political party

55. (As Karl Marx declared:
“The first battlefield is the rewriting of History”).

58. Today, the sinister suppression of free speech,
Supressing Freedom of Expression

59. manipulation of language

60. and
intimidation
of the general
population
is becoming
an all too real
factor in
everyday life.

61. In the past, to suppress dissent the accusation of “heresy!”
or “treason!” was sufficient.

62. Today: “Hate Speech!” is the modern equivalent
to silencing free speech.

63. Merely accusing someone of: “racism!”,
“homophobia!”, “Islamophobia!”, or “bigotry!”
is sufficient to silence opposition
and prevent free and open discussion.

65. We are also witnessing an unprecedented
war against freedom of speech,

74. Race politics is pervasive

75. With many openly advocating land invasions of
white-owned commercial farms,

76. & laughing at rampant tortures and murders of white pensioners
and farmers

78. and genocidal hatred tolerated and promoted by politicians.

79. and an international campaign to eliminate white Anglo-Saxon
races from the earth,

80. , along with hysterical Christophobia seeking to eliminate
all public expressions of Christianity,

87. we are on the verge of a new revolution.

88. Karl Marx wrote that the Communist priority must be :
"The abolition of religion "

89. In the
Communist Manifesto,
Karl Marx wrote,
"Communism
abolishes
eternal truths,
it abolishes
all religion
and
all morality."

90. Marx quoted positively from Paris Communard, Flourens,
who declared:
"Our enemy is God.
Hatred of God is the beginning of wisdom."

91. Marx wrote:
"I wish to avenge myself against the One who rules above."
"I shall build my throne high overhead,
cold, tremendous shall its summit be.
For its bulwark – superstitious dread.
For its marshal - blackest agony."

92. Karl Marx wrote to his father:
"New gods have to be installed."

98. In his drama Oulanem, he wrote:
"The hellish vapours rise and fill the brain,
till I go mad and my heart is utterly changed.
See this sword? The prince of darkness sold it to me.
For me beats the time and gives the signs
evermore boldly I play the dance of death."

99. Marx loved to quote the words of Faust:
"Everything in existence is worth being destroyed."

100. "If there is a something which devours,
I'll leap within it, though I bring the world to ruins
– the world which bulks between me and the abyss,
I will smash to pieces with my enduring curses."

104. In his poem, Human Pride, Marx, wrote:
"With disdain I will throw my gauntlet full in the face of the world,
and see the collapse of this pygmy giant
whose fall will not stifle my ardour.

105. Then will I wander god-like and victorious
through the ruins of the world and,
giving my words an active force,
I will feel equal to the Creator."

106. Karl Marx's good friend, Frederick Engels wrote:
"Karl Marx is a monster possessed by ten thousand devils."

107. Robert Payne, a friend of Karl Marx, wrote: that Karl Marx "had the
devil's view of the world and the devil's malignity. Sometimes he
seemed to know that he was accomplishing the works of evil."

108. "Without violence, nothing is ever accomplished
in history."

109. Karl Marx wrote that he wanted to:
"Hurl gigantic curses on mankind."

110. "Thus Heaven I've forfeited, I know it full well.
My soul, once true to God, is chosen for hell."

111. Karl Marx's family life
was a disaster.
He had seven children by
his wife, Jenny, and
another by his housemaid
Helen Demuth.

112. Three of Karl Marx's
children starved
to death.

113. Five of his
children died
prematurely.

114. One of his daughters, Eleanor,
married Edward Aveling, a
Satanist known for his
blasphemous lectures on
"The wickedness of God",
and for his poem to satan.

115. Two of his daughters committed suicide, as did his wife.
Laura Marx
Marx married Jenny von Westphalen

116. Karl Marx wrote that he did not love anyone
and that he was entirely comfortable with hatred.

117. He referred to the Slavic people, like Russians, as "ethnic trash"
and prophesied that: "their very name will vanish."

118. He dismissed Mexicans as "lazy",
and Negroes as "frozen at pre-historic levels" who would never
contribute anything worthwhile to society.

119. In the Manifesto, Karl Marx wrote: "We destroy the most hallowed
oblations, when we replace home education with social."

120. Marx's dedicated disciple, Vladimir Lenin, declared:
"Atheism is the natural and inseparable part of Communism.
We must hate. Hatred is the basis of Communism".

121. Under Vladimir Lenin,
one of the slogans
of the Soviet Union was:
"WE FIGHT
AGAINST GOD
to snatch believers
from Him."

122. A prominent slogan of the
Communist Party
of the Soviet Union was:
"Let us drive out
the Capitalists
from the earth,
and God from
Heaven."

123. Alexander Solzhenitsyn declared:
"The world has never before known a godlessness as organised,
militarised and tenaciously malevolent as that preached by Marxism.

124. Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, and at the heart of
their psychology, Hatred of God is the principle driving force, more
fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions.

125. Militant atheism is not merely incidental, or marginal,
to Communist policy; it is not a side effect, but the central pivot.

126. To achieve its diabolical ends, Communism needs to control
a population devoid of religious and national feeling,
and this entails a destruction of faith and nationhood.

127. Communists proclaim both of these objectives openly,
and just as openly put them into practice."

134. At the end of the 19th century,
General William Booth of the Salvation Army predicted:
“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be
A Most Relevant Warning

135. religion without the Holy Ghost,
Christianity without Christ,
forgiveness without Repentance,
Salvation without Regeneration,
politics without God
and Heaven without hell.”

136. Two Extremes
Facing the threats of secular humanism, the New World Order
attempts to rebuild Babylon, privileges for perverts,

137. many respond in one of two extremes. There are those who
want to deny that any problem exists…

138. and those who declare that there is no hope!

139. No Problem
To try to deny reality and claim that there is no problem is
to fail to recognise the depravity of man.

140. Mankind is in
rebellion to
almighty God.
It is
impossible to
violate God's
Laws without
serious and
disastrous
consequences.

141. No Hope
On the other hand,
those who claim that
there is no hope are
failing to take into
account the sovereignty
of God, the power of
the Word of God and
the power of prayer.

142. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7

143. Communication Imperatives
Others have also observed that:
5% of people think.
15% of people think they think.
80% of people never think

144. For those who think, we need books,
seminars, conferences, documentation.

145. For those who think they think, leaflets
and video documentaries are needed.

146. For the 80%, we are reduced to sound-bites,
slogans, T-shirts and bumper stickers.

147. Reaching Every Sector of Society
However, every movement needs to mobilise each section of society
starting with Leadership Training, books and seminars,
going on through leaflets and documentaries,
but not neglecting the slogans, sound-bites and social media.

155. The goal is to inform, inspire and involve, to educate and enlist,
to motivate and to mobilise.

156. Raw information,
such as makes up the majority of
newspapers, is cheap.

157. Understanding
is valuable.

158. Participation is most precious.

160. Demographic Dynamics
It is said that 5% of people make things happen.

161. 15% of people watch things happen.

162. 80% of people have no clue what happened.

163. We need to renew minds, transform lives, make disciples by
teaching obedience to all things that the Lord has
commanded.

164. We desperately need Reformation and Revival.

165. German Reformer Dr. Martin Luther warned,
almost five centuries ago:
“I am much afraid that schools will prove to be wide gates to
hell, unless they diligently labour in explaining the Holy
Scriptures, engraving them in the hearts of youth.
Wide Gates to Hell

166. I advise no one to place his child where the
Scriptures do not reign paramount.
Every institution in which men are not
constantly occupied with the Word of God
must become corrupt.”

167. Education today most certainly is a battleground.
School Campuses are a
Battleground

168. Freedom of speech and
freedom of conscience
is under fire
on school and
university campuses
which are meant to be
free market places
of ideas where
“iron sharpens iron”.

169. Dr. Martin Luther declared: “If I profess with the loudest voice and
clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God, except
precisely that point which the world and the devil are at that
moment attacking, then I am not confessing Christ, however
boldly I may be professing Him.
Fight for Faith and Freedom

170. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved;
and to be steady on all the battlefront besides, is mere flight and
disgrace, if he flinches at that point.”

171. Martin Luther’s earnest request for peace with God, intensive
study of the Scriptures and 95 Theses challenge over unbiblical
practices of the Roman papacy led to primary questions on
authority.
First Things First

172. Our Lord Jesus Christ taught: “But seek first the Kingdom
of God and His righteousness and all these things
shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

173. Martin Luther’s love for the Word of God and dedication to the
truth led him to challenge the entire ecclesiastical and political
structure of the Roman church and empire.
Freedom of Conscience

174. “Unless I am convinced by Scripture and by clear reasoning that I
am in error – for popes and councils have often erred and
contradicted themselves - I cannot recant, for I am subject to the
Scriptures I have quoted; my conscience is captive to the Word of
God.

175. It is unsafe and dangerous to do anything against ones
conscience. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. So help me God.
Amen.”

176. In this incredibly courageous stand against the assembled political
and religious might of Europe, Professor Luther argued for
Freedom of conscience, based upon the authority of Scripture
alone.
Foundations for Freedom

177. By translating the Bible,
from the original Greek
and Hebrew, into the
common tongue and
making it widely available
to all, Martin Luther
championed universal
education and literacy,
freedom of conscience
and religious liberty.

178. The Protestant doctrine of the priesthood of all believers became
the foundation for modern representative governments.
Instead of the prevailing “Rex Lex” (the king is the law)
the Reformers championed “Lex Rex” (the Law is king!)

179. No one is above God's Law. Jesus Christ is the King of kings and
the Lord of lords. Everyone is under God's Law.

180. The social implications of this religious Reformation were
enormous. The Doctrine of Sola Scriptura led to Constitutionalism.
The priesthood of all believers led to the concept of representative
forms of government based upon Law.
Roots of Western Civilisation

181. Religious liberty and freedom of conscience led to freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association
and all the other out-workings of political and social freedom.
Ideas have consequences.

182. The Reformers’ teaching on the depravity of man, the Covenant
and Church government have influenced positive political
developments in liberty throughout the Western world and
beyond, establishing checks and balances, the separation of
powers and constitutional authority.
Faith and Freedom

183. All of us are beneficiaries of this tremendous movement for Faith
and freedom. If you love liberty, you need to re-examine
the history and principles of the Reformation
and resist Revolution in all its forms.

184. “…Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the
Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
2 Chronicles 19:2

185. “It is better to trust in the Lord than to
put confidence in man.” Psalm 118:8

189. "And you
shall know
the truth
and the truth
shall make
you free."
John 8:32

192. Dr. Peter Hammond
Reformation Society
P.O. Box 74
Newlands, 7725
Cape Town, South Africa
Tel: (021) 689-4480
Fax: (021) 685-5884
Email: info@ReformationSA.org
Website: www.ReformationSA.org

195. Frontline Fellowship
PO Box 74
Newlands
7725
Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: admin@frontline.org.za
Web: www.frontline.org.za