The Morning Star: How One Man Brought the Gospel Out of the Dark Part 1 of 2

Summary: 

John Wycliffe was known as the "Morning Star of the Reformation". The biblical background of the title "Morning Star" — is it was applied both to Satan in Isaiah 14:12 and to Jesus Christ in Revelation 22:16. Wycliffe had a historical role in restoring the gospel to the church in the centuries before the Protestant Reformation.

Devotion: 

The same title — Morning Star — belongs both to the one who fell in prideful rebellion and to the one who descended in humble redemption. What a striking contrast Scripture sets before us. Satan grasped at glory and was cast down; Christ, who possessed all glory, poured Himself out to lift us up. John Wycliffe, called the "Morning Star of the Reformation," was a man who pointed others toward that true Light in a dark age when the gospel had been buried under tradition and corruption. Like all faithful servants, his greatness lay not in shining for himself, but in reflecting the brilliance of the true Morning Star. Lord, make us people who, in our own generation, point others unfailingly to Christ — the Light no darkness can overcome.

Key Takeaway: John Wycliffe's legacy reminds us that God raises up ordinary, faithful voices in the darkest of times to herald the light of the true gospel.

References:

"The Morning Star of the Reformation…

John Wycliffe" (From the pulpit Ministry of Pastor Tom Browning, 

Arlington Presbyterian Church, Nov 2004)