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Volver a Las Sendas Antiguas Volver A Las Sendas Antiguas _________________________ Versión al Español: César Hernández Castillo Tampico Tam. Junio de 2021 https://andandoenlaverdad.wordpress.com/ VOLVER A LAS SENDAS ANTIGUAS Historia del Movimiento de Restauración V. Glenn McCoy Agradecimientos Nuestros hermanos han escrito muchos libros excelentes sobre la historia de la Restauración, pero ninguno es más completo y está mejor escrito que las obras de Earl Irvin West. Sus cuatro volúmenes de “The Search for the Ancient Order” han sido especialmente valiosos para los estudiantes del Movimiento de la Restauración. En el presente volumen hacemos muchas referencias a los escritos del hermano West, así como a hombres como J. M. Powell, Dabney Phillips, Garrison y Degroot, F. W. Mattox, William Baxter, H. Leo Boles, Marvin Hastings, Everett Donaldson, J. W. Shepherd, junto con otros sesenta historiadores de la iglesia. Una buena parte del material contenido en este libro estaba originalmente en forma de notas de conferencias. Haber decidido producir el material como un libro requirió volver a las fuentes originales para dar crédito a las referencias hechas. Aunque se dedicó mucho tiempo y esfuerzo a este fin, y el número de referencias puede parecer a veces tedioso, estoy seguro de que mis esfuerzos no alcanzaron el objetivo deseado. Pido disculpas a los que hayan podido ser olvidados. V. Glenn McCoy 30 de agosto, 1998 PARTE I LA NECESIDAD DE LA RESTAURACIÓN 3 Muy pocos miembros de la iglesia del Señor hoy en día son conscientes del Movimiento de Restauración y de la tremenda deuda que se tiene con aquellos hombres que nos llamaron a volver al modelo del Nuevo Testamento. En este libro contamos la historia de algunos de los gigantes espirituales que sufrieron y se sacrificaron para predicar el evangelio puro y restaurar la iglesia del Nuevo Testamento. Le debemos a estos pioneros, así como a nosotros mismos, honrar y apreciar su memoria. Al leer sobre sus labores, sufrimientos y sacrificios, podemos sentirnos un poco avergonzados al comparar la facilidad de la predicación moderna con la de los predicadores pioneros. Gran parte de nuestra herencia espiritual llegó a nosotros como resultado de hombres que estaban dispuestos a darlo todo. Hicieron lo que había que hacer, y sus ejemplos nos inspiran. Las historias que vamos a leer tienen el hilo conductor de una petición de retorno. Volver a las “sendas antiguas”. Volver a Dios y a su Libro. Volver a la autoridad de Cristo. Volver a la iglesia de Cristo. Volver a la predicación y a la práctica del plan de salvación del Nuevo Testamento. Volver a la adoración bíblica. Volver a una vida que honre a Cristo. Los hombres sobre los que estudiaremos no eran de ninguna manera perfectos. De hecho, eran hombres con “pies de barro”. Cometieron errores. Muchas veces tuvieron que admitir que estaban equivocados y tomaron una dirección diferente. A medida que salían de la oscuridad del denominacionalismo, a menudo tropezaban. Es importante, sin embargo, enfatizar que no reconocemos a estos predicadores pioneros como nuestras autoridades en materia de religión. La única autoridad que nos interesa proviene del Señor por medio de su Palabra. Aunque honramos a estos hombres por su trabajo, no justificamos nuestras prácticas religiosas por sus enseñanzas. Si no podemos dar un “así dice el Señor”, no tenemos por qué practicarlo. https://andandoenlaverdad.wordpress.com/ 4 https://andandoenlaverdad.wordpress.com/ 5 El 24 de noviembre de 1922 se descubrió y abrió la tumba del rey Tut en Egipto. Entre el contenido de la tumba había un frasco sellado que contenía semillas. Esas semillas habían estado embotelladas durante más de tres mil años, pero cuando se plantaron produjeron plantas sanas. En el octavo capítulo de Lucas, Jesús relató la conocida parábola del sembrador. En el v. 11 dijo: “La semilla es la palabra de Dios”. La semilla siempre producirá según su especie. Las semillas de manzana producirán manzanas, las de maíz producirán maíz y las de sandía producirán sandías. Cuando la semilla espiritual fue sembrada en el primer siglo, solo se produjeron cristianos y la iglesia de Cristo llegó a existir. Además, no importa en qué siglo se plante la semilla, pues siempre producirá el mismo resultado. ¿EN QUÉ CONSISTE LA SÚPLICA DE RESTAURACIÓN? Desafortunadamente, la iglesia que Jesús estableció en el primer siglo no permaneció fiel. Cayó en un estado de apostasía. Después de algunos siglos, el cuerpo resultante apenas se parecía a la iglesia que Jesús había establecido. Fue necesario que hombres de fe, valor y visión llamaran a la gente a volver al modelo original, para pedir una restauración. Dios proporcionó los medios para esa restauración. Le dio a la gente de todas las edades un plan a seguir. “Retén la forma de las sanas palabras que de mí oíste, en la fe y amor que es en Cristo Jesús” (2 Tim. 1:13). Mientras tengan la Biblia, el modelo divino, la brújula, podrán encontrar el camino de vuelta a la iglesia que se presenta en el Nuevo Testamento, la iglesia tal y como Dios quiso que fuera. La súplica de restauración era una solicitud para volver al plan original de Dios como se revela en las escrituras. Pablo, el apóstol, profetizó que ocurriría una gran apostasía. “Nadie os engañe en ninguna manera; porque no vendrá sin que antes venga la apostasía, y se manifieste el hombre de pecado, el hijo de perdición, el cual se opone y se levanta contra todo lo que se llama Dios o es objeto de culto;(B) tanto que se sienta en el templo de Dios como Dios, haciéndose pasar por Dios”. (2 Tes. 2:3-4). “Pero el Espíritu dice claramente que en los postreros tiempos algunos apostatarán de la fe, escuchando a espíritus engañadores y a doctrinas de demonios; por la hipocresía de mentirosos que, teniendo cauterizada la conciencia, prohibirán casarse, y mandarán abstenerse de alimentos que Dios creó para que con acción de gracias participasen de ellos los creyentes y los que han conocido la verdad” (1 Tim. 4:1-3). Así como el hombre se apartó del patrón divino por su falta de atención a la Palabra de Dios, puede volver por la misma Palabra que antes descuidó. ÁREAS GENERALES DE DESVIACIÓN Las desviaciones del original están documentadas en la historia. Estas desviaciones de la verdad aparecieron gradualmente a lo largo de varios siglos. En general, son: 1. La corrupción del gobierno y la organización de la iglesia: Las iglesias en el período del Nuevo Testamento eran autónomas en su forma, y cada una era supervisada por ancianos, ya que los hombres estaban calificados para ocupar esa posición. Sin embargo, durante la apostasía, los hombres se desviaron de la sencillez de la https://andandoenlaverdad.wordpress.com/ 6 organización autorizada de la iglesia, dando como resultado el desarrollo de una jerarquía religiosa. 2. El cambio en la forma y los sujetos del bautismo: Según las Escrituras, el bautismo es la sepultura en agua de los creyentes que se han arrepentido (Hch. 8:35-38). El propósito del bautismo es el perdón de los pecados (Hch. 2:38). Desafortunadamente, con el tiempo el propósito fue cambiado y los infantes se convirtieron en sujetos del bautismo y la práctica de la aspersión tomó el lugar del bautismo bíblico. 3. El culto de la iglesia se contaminó con las adiciones y cambios de los hombres: El historiador Mosheim afirmó: “El culto cristiano consistía en himnos, oraciones, la lectura de las Escrituras, un discurso dirigido al pueblo, y concluía con la celebración de la Cena del Señor”1. Los hombres no se contentaron con la sencillez del culto del Nuevo Testamento. Varios elementos fueron añadidos durante la apostasía, incluyendo la adoración de imágenes, oraciones a María, la ejecución de música instrumental, y el uso de adornos como el agua bendita, el rosario, y el crucifijo. Uno no puede ir a las escrituras para encontrar autoridad para cualquiera de estos. Jesús dijo: “Pues en vano me honran, enseñando como doctrinas, mandamientos de hombres” (Mat. 15:9). RESTAURACIÓN DE LA IGLESIA DEL NUEVO TESTAMENTO Dado que la semilla siempre producirá según su especie, se deduce que si alguien desea producir la iglesia del Nuevo Testamento hoy, sólo puede resultar de la misma semilla que se sembró en el primer siglo. Este principio puede ser ilustrado a través del popular juego de béisbol. Usemos nuestra imaginación y visualicemos el juego de béisbol desapareciendo completamente de la faz de la tierra. Nadie juega al juego, ni lee sobre él, ni habla de él durante cien años. Al cabo de ese tiempo, alguien encuentra el libro de reglas y decide jugar al juego que hace tiempo se ha olvidado. Las reglas se siguen explícitamente. Se forman equipos de nueve personas por bando, se prepara el campo con la primera base, la segunda, la tercera y el home. Se construye un bate y se fabrica una pelota de la dimensión correcta. Todo se duplica exactamente como indica el reglamento. Nos preguntamos, ¿qué tipo de juego estarían jugando? Obviamente, sería el juego del béisbol, el mismo que jugamos hoy. ¿Cómo es posible? Utilizaban el mismo reglamento. Siempre que se utilice y se siga el reglamento, se producirá el juego de béisbol. Así es con la iglesia. Cuando la iglesia entró en apostasía, el “libro de reglas” fue virtualmente ignorado por siglos. Sin embargo, cuando los hombres decidieron volver a la Biblia en busca del patrón de la iglesia del Nuevo Testamento, lo encontraron. Siguieron el patrón que resultó en la restauración de la organización, adoración y trabajo de la iglesia que leemos en el Nuevo Testamento. En este estudio queremos ver a algunos de los hombres que llamaron al pueblo a volver al Libro.
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