Labelled byName

The discussion this week was about the radical reformers.  They are those people who seek  transformation in the Roman church.  Some were very harsh in accomplishing their reform. They are the kinds of people who will just do anything just to accomplish their cause.  But some of them were very good.  They have advanced their cause in a Biblical and peaceful cause yet were persecuted  much because of false accusations. They are the Anabaptists.  They are placed in a situation where they are labelled wrongly not because of their own action but because of others’ action who were associated to them. Anabaptists were all radicals yet, not all radicals were Anabaptist. However the Roman church sees them the same, all of them are opposition to the church and must be illuminated, and because Anabaptist were peaceful movement, they endure the great suffering afflicted to them by the Roman church.

I can somehow relate to the Anabaptist. Back then when I was high school. I usually go together with my worldly friends and though I do not do what they do I was always accused of doing it so because I go with them.  And even in the church sometimes, or in a classroom.  People are sometimes mislabelled. Christians are a lot of times mislabelled. But however, they are mislabelled in a wrong standard.

In our life, especially in my own life, the standard of living is the Bible. People will always have something to say against us, yet, our actions are not determined by their words of opinion but rather what the Lord has commanded and said. It’s God whom we serve not men. The approval of God is of the outmost importance.