The 1st Bowl of Wrath (3)

For the most part, it was not until John Wycliffe appeared on the scene that any real personal confrontation in a public way by any person in ecclesiastical authority in the church of Rome began to take place. His labors, as the first of the great reformers, took place from about 1349 until his death in 1385. He lived in England, and yet he was the man who effectively began the Reformation of the Church. The other man who greatly helped, in furthering Christ’s true cause and kingdom, in pouring out this 1st bowl of wrath, was John Hus. It is his life and ministry that we want to focus on this afternoon. I would like us to 1st of all – Take a look at God’s raising up the man who would pour out this bowl of wrath. 2nd – His beginning to pour out a bowl of wrath on Rome’s doctrine, and its consequences. And then in the next sermon I will speak to you of his awful but glorious martyrdom. May God open our eyes us to see what it cost to reform the Church of Jesus Christ away from the false doctrines of Rome.