Fred Okemwa.
THST 624 Protestant Theological Heritage.
Final exam.

Q.Discuss a sentence from the bible, the text book or from the class notes that sum up an important insight you have learned or reminded during the class. Clarify the meaning of your selected sentence and its relevance to life and ministry.

The sentence that I have selected for the discussion and often featured in the class notes is from the book of proverbs 4:18 which according to the King James version reads:“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shined more and more unto the perfect day.”
According to my understanding of this verse, it implies that the path of the just, which they have chosen, and in which they walk, is as light; the light shines on their ways (Job 22:28) and makes them both safe and pleasant. Christ is their way and he is the light. They are guided by the word of God and that is a light to their feet; they themselves are light in the Lord and they walk in the light as he is in the light. Their way shines to themselves in the joy and comfort of it; it shines before men, who see their good works, (Mt. 5:16). They go on in their way with a holy security and serenity of mind, as those that walk in the light. It is as the morning-light, which shines out of obscurity (Isa. 58:8, 10) and puts an end to the works of darkness. It is a growing light; it shines more and more, not like the light of a meteor, which soon disappears, or that of a candle, which burns dim and burns down, but like that of the rising sun, which goes forward shining, mounts upward shining. That joy which is the pleasure of this way, that honors which is the brightness of it, and all that happiness which is indeed its light, shall be still increasing. It will arrive, in the end, at the perfect day.
In the protestant theological heritage course, during our study we discovered great things and perhaps in a more abroad perspective in the light of the above cited text. For instance toward the end of the Dark Ages many lights were lit, often on Campuses, for truth and reform. Martin Luther recovered the truth of salvation by faith in Jesus. For Luther, the task to bring the Catholic Church to acknowledge the truth of the word of God was not a soft one, it was the part that involved peril, but as the word of God says that my Grace is sufficient, indeed that Grace of God kept Luther on the shining path till his last day. It is paramount also to note that Luther had no intention to move out of the Catholic Church but upon his death, his followers never went far for the search of truth than did Luther.
The reformers that followed after Luther, like Zwingil, Calvin and others the word of God was central in their rediscovery of truth. Though limited in understanding as it often the case, the Holy Spirit often led them to uncover much of the biblical doctrines that were forgotten or dumped during the papal hierarchy. I may not be in a position to know whether they lived up the light of their discovery till their day but the simple conclusion that I can make is that the Holy Spirit was leading them all through till their day of rest. In contrast and as is the case of Martin Luther, those who came behind these reformers they never went far in the discovery of truth and as the result divisions occurred in a movement that meant restore the universal church into the purity of the gospel and the love of the word of God.
Through the class debates particularly in the beginning of the course whether the spirit of God worked through the Catholic Church, the way the Dr.Hanna expounded this text in a holistic approach I came to understand it in a wider perspective than before. It is true even now that the lord has a people in different religions, in the different denomination who have not had the opportunity to be in the Adventist church but they are faithful to the little knowledge they have gained of the creator. To such the Lord is keeping their faithful path to shine ever brighter till the perfect day.
In my life and ministry ,as the reformers invested more time on the word of God there is nothing more I can do than that. I do realize that we are living in the critical age where people need the stuff and not the milk and because of that I need to study to shew myself approved of God a workman who need not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. There are my aspects of our doctrines that have not been clearly understood by those who profess to be Adventist and I feel it is my duty to contribute to their understanding through study and narration of whatever I find to be of more meaning and that can assist myself and others to keep their feet on the path of the just.
Another important aspect of the ministry that I learned through verse is that as Adventist we are quick in judging other people especially those that are not of our Adventist faith. This aspect of judgment is more common in Africa particularly in Kenya the country of my origin I don’t about other parts of the world nevertheless the point I want to drive home is that salvation is of God. He is the one who has the perfect record of everyone and He is the only one who can make the right judgment on salvation depending whether we received the gift that He gave wrapped in the form of only His begotten son.











Fred Okemwa.
THST 624 Protestant Theological Heritage.
Final exam.

Q.Discuss a sentence from the bible, the text book or from the class notes that sum up an important insight you have learned or reminded during the class. Clarify the meaning of your selected sentence and its relevance to life and ministry.

The sentence that I have selected for the discussion and often featured in the class notes is from the book of proverbs 4:18 which according to the King James version reads:“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shined more and more unto the perfect day.”
According to my understanding of this verse, it implies that the path of the just, which they have chosen, and in which they walk, is as light; the light shines on their ways (Job 22:28) and makes them both safe and pleasant. Christ is their way and he is the light. They are guided by the word of God and that is a light to their feet; they themselves are light in the Lord and they walk in the light as he is in the light. Their way shines to themselves in the joy and comfort of it; it shines before men, who see their good works, (Mt. 5:16). They go on in their way with a holy security and serenity of mind, as those that walk in the light. It is as the morning-light, which shines out of obscurity (Isa. 58:8, 10) and puts an end to the works of darkness. It is a growing light; it shines more and more, not like the light of a meteor, which soon disappears, or that of a candle, which burns dim and burns down, but like that of the rising sun, which goes forward shining, mounts upward shining. That joy which is the pleasure of this way, that honors which is the brightness of it, and all that happiness which is indeed its light, shall be still increasing. It will arrive, in the end, at the perfect day.
In the protestant theological heritage course, during our study we discovered great things and perhaps in a more abroad perspective in the light of the above cited text. For instance toward the end of the Dark Ages many lights were lit, often on Campuses, for truth and reform. Martin Luther recovered the truth of salvation by faith in Jesus. For Luther, the task to bring the Catholic Church to acknowledge the truth of the word of God was not a soft one, it was the part that involved peril, but as the word of God says that my Grace is sufficient, indeed that Grace of God kept Luther on the shining path till his last day. It is paramount also to note that Luther had no intention to move out of the Catholic Church but upon his death, his followers never went far for the search of truth than did Luther.
The reformers that followed after Luther, like Zwingil, Calvin and others the word of God was central in their rediscovery of truth. Though limited in understanding as it often the case, the Holy Spirit often led them to uncover much of the biblical doctrines that were forgotten or dumped during the papal hierarchy. I may not be in a position to know whether they lived up the light of their discovery till their day but the simple conclusion that I can make is that the Holy Spirit was leading them all through till their day of rest. In contrast and as is the case of Martin Luther, those who came behind these reformers they never went far in the discovery of truth and as the result divisions occurred in a movement that meant restore the universal church into the purity of the gospel and the love of the word of God.
Through the class debates particularly in the beginning of the course whether the spirit of God worked through the Catholic Church, the way the Dr.Hanna expounded this text in a holistic approach I came to understand it in a wider perspective than before. It is true even now that the lord has a people in different religions, in the different denomination who have not had the opportunity to be in the Adventist church but they are faithful to the little knowledge they have gained of the creator. To such the Lord is keeping their faithful path to shine ever brighter till the perfect day.
In my life and ministry ,as the reformers invested more time on the word of God there is nothing more I can do than that. I do realize that we are living in the critical age where people need the stuff and not the milk and because of that I need to study to shew myself approved of God a workman who need not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. There are my aspects of our doctrines that have not been clearly understood by those who profess to be Adventist and I feel it is my duty to contribute to their understanding through study and narration of whatever I find to be of more meaning and that can assist myself and others to keep their feet on the path of the just.
Another important aspect of the ministry that I learned through verse is that as Adventist we are quick in judging other people especially those that are not of our Adventist faith. This aspect of judgment is more common in Africa particularly in Kenya the country of my origin I don’t about other parts of the world nevertheless the point I want to drive home is that salvation is of God. He is the one who has the perfect record of everyone and He is the only one who can make the right judgment on salvation depending whether we received the gift that He gave wrapped in the form of only His begotten son.









Fred Okemwa.
THST 624 Protestant Theological Heritage.
Final exam.

Q.Discuss a sentence from the bible, the text book or from the class notes that sum up an important insight you have learned or reminded during the class. Clarify the meaning of your selected sentence and its relevance to life and ministry.

The sentence that I have selected for the discussion and often featured in the class notes is from the book of proverbs 4:18 which according to the King James version reads:“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shined more and more unto the perfect day.”
According to my understanding of this verse, it implies that the path of the just, which they have chosen, and in which they walk, is as light; the light shines on their ways (Job 22:28) and makes them both safe and pleasant. Christ is their way and he is the light. They are guided by the word of God and that is a light to their feet; they themselves are light in the Lord and they walk in the light as he is in the light. Their way shines to themselves in the joy and comfort of it; it shines before men, who see their good works, (Mt. 5:16). They go on in their way with a holy security and serenity of mind, as those that walk in the light. It is as the morning-light, which shines out of obscurity (Isa. 58:8, 10) and puts an end to the works of darkness. It is a growing light; it shines more and more, not like the light of a meteor, which soon disappears, or that of a candle, which burns dim and burns down, but like that of the rising sun, which goes forward shining, mounts upward shining. That joy which is the pleasure of this way, that honors which is the brightness of it, and all that happiness which is indeed its light, shall be still increasing. It will arrive, in the end, at the perfect day.
In the protestant theological heritage course, during our study we discovered great things and perhaps in a more abroad perspective in the light of the above cited text. For instance toward the end of the Dark Ages many lights were lit, often on Campuses, for truth and reform. Martin Luther recovered the truth of salvation by faith in Jesus. For Luther, the task to bring the Catholic Church to acknowledge the truth of the word of God was not a soft one, it was the part that involved peril, but as the word of God says that my Grace is sufficient, indeed that Grace of God kept Luther on the shining path till his last day. It is paramount also to note that Luther had no intention to move out of the Catholic Church but upon his death, his followers never went far for the search of truth than did Luther.
The reformers that followed after Luther, like Zwingil, Calvin and others the word of God was central in their rediscovery of truth. Though limited in understanding as it often the case, the Holy Spirit often led them to uncover much of the biblical doctrines that were forgotten or dumped during the papal hierarchy. I may not be in a position to know whether they lived up the light of their discovery till their day but the simple conclusion that I can make is that the Holy Spirit was leading them all through till their day of rest. In contrast and as is the case of Martin Luther, those who came behind these reformers they never went far in the discovery of truth and as the result divisions occurred in a movement that meant restore the universal church into the purity of the gospel and the love of the word of God.
Through the class debates particularly in the beginning of the course whether the spirit of God worked through the Catholic Church, the way the Dr.Hanna expounded this text in a holistic approach I came to understand it in a wider perspective than before. It is true even now that the lord has a people in different religions, in the different denomination who have not had the opportunity to be in the Adventist church but they are faithful to the little knowledge they have gained of the creator. To such the Lord is keeping their faithful path to shine ever brighter till the perfect day.
In my life and ministry ,as the reformers invested more time on the word of God there is nothing more I can do than that. I do realize that we are living in the critical age where people need the stuff and not the milk and because of that I need to study to shew myself approved of God a workman who need not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth. There are my aspects of our doctrines that have not been clearly understood by those who profess to be Adventist and I feel it is my duty to contribute to their understanding through study and narration of whatever I find to be of more meaning and that can assist myself and others to keep their feet on the path of the just.
Another important aspect of the ministry that I learned through verse is that as Adventist we are quick in judging other people especially those that are not of our Adventist faith. This aspect of judgment is more common in Africa particularly in Kenya the country of my origin I don’t about other parts of the world nevertheless the point I want to drive home is that salvation is of God. He is the one who has the perfect record of everyone and He is the only one who can make the right judgment on salvation depending whether we received the gift that He gave wrapped in the form of only His begotten son.