StanleyOnBible Letter No 232 - 17 October 2025
R. Stanley
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Online Letter 232 17 October 2025 Dear Online Friend(s), Greetings! Following the Apostolic era, the Church slowly and steadily drifted away from the New Testament doctrine and pattern. But there was always a remnant down through the ages standing with God for His Word and His Ways. Even the identification marks of the Church were lost during the Dark Ages. God who purchased the Church by “His own blood,” and Christ who so loved the Church that He gave Himself for it, raised a man called Martin Luther who spearheaded the Protestant Reformation in 1517. Sadly the Church of today, whatever be the denomination, has entered into semi-Dark Ages, by selling the pure Biblical doctrine for a cup of soup! What do we protest today? We are just juiceless non-Catholics! “Dear Lord, please don’t vomit us! Give us another chance to repent!” (Rev 3:16). Beloved, we think we are wealthy, but actually we are wretched; we think we have properties, but actually we are paupers; we think we are enlightened, but actually we are blind; we have robes, but actually we are naked! (v17). We go on with our Church Services not realizing that Christ is standing outside knocking the doors of our Cathedrals! (v20). It’s high time to hungrily seek God and heartily work towards Another Reformation! Another Revival! For total Restoration of all things before the imminent Return of our dear Redeemer (Acts 3:19-21). Thankfully we have not reached the point of no return even though “the foundations are destroyed” (Psa 11:3). Traditions have replaced the Truth (Mk 7:13). Be an Ezra to rebuild the Temple! Be a Nehemiah to rebuild the walls! The Church that is, is not the Church that was! The Church that is, is not the Church that should be! Let’s put our hearts, heads and hands together to bring back the lost glory! Arrange for fullday Prayer Gatherings, interdenominationally and interorganisationally, everywhere on 31 October 2025, or another convenient day, to seek the Lord until He grants us the “latter rain” so our Churches would overflow with “wheat, wine and oil” to feed the Christless hungry masses all around us (Hos 10:12; Joel 1:13-16; 2:18,19,23). Because we have lost the Holy Ghost fire, millions rush to the hell-fire! The “priests” (Pastors & Leaders) should be the first to kneel down tearfully with the people (v17). To help rekindle the fires of Protestant Reformation, I wrote a 56-page booklet, “Here I stand!,” at the commemoration of its 500th Anniversary in 2017. It’s available with us in English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Odia and Malayalam, freely downloadable from my website: www.StanleyOnBible.com. Read it and forward it to Christian friends everywhere, both to Protestants and Roman Catholics. The hardcopy is available with us in Vellore at Rs. 15/- per copy, forwarding extra. Most of the Churches observe October 26 as the Reformation Sunday this year. You may distribute this booklet to your congregational members anytime this year which is the 508th Anniversary. A minimum of 15 days necessary to execute your orders, as we may not have sufficient stock in the language you desire. With you to protest anything that’s unBiblical, R. Stanley
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