George wishart lived just 33 years yet he made a significant impact on Scotland through his Godly life and powerful preaching. He also mentored and trained the man who would solidify and carry forward the Scottish Reformation: John Knox.

<p>George wishart lived just 33 years yet he made a significant impact on Scotland through his Godly life and powerful preaching. He also mentored and trained the man who would solidify and carry forward the Scottish Reformation: John Knox.</p>

Lineage: Season 1

Adam Ramdin

Lineage Journey

Episode 1- Constantine: Compromise & Controversy

Episode 2- Scotland’s Braveheart

Episode 3- Holy Island

Episode 4- The Tide Turns

Episode 5- Dinooth & Columbanus

Episode 6- Waldenses: People of the Valleys

Episode 7- The Waldenses: A Mission Movement

Episode 8- The Waldenses: Lux Lucet In Tenebris

Episode 9- The Albigensian Massacre

Episode 10- Magna Carta: The Foundation of Freedom

Episode 11- John Wycliffe: The Morning Star

Episode 12- Bohemian Reformation: Huss & Jerome

Episode 13- Bohemian Reformation: Trial of Huss & Jerome

Episode 14- Bohemian Reformation: Burned for Their Faith

Episode 15- Bohemian Reformation: Hussite Wars

Episode 16- John Wycliffe: Worldwide Witness

Episode 17- The Press Behind the Reformation

Episode 18- Martin Luther: Discovering The Word

Episode 19- Martin Luther: The Just Shall Live By Faith

Episode 20- Ulrich Zwingli: The Swiss Reformation

Episode 21- Martin Luther: The 95 Theses

Episode 22: The Papal Bull & Martin Luther

Episode 23: Martin Luther - Here I Stand

Episode 24: Martin Luther - Captured To A Castle

Episode 25: Martin Luther - Protest of the Princes

Episode 26: John Calvin - Early Years in France

Episode 27: Placards and Protest in France

Episode 28: John Calvin - The Work in Geneva

Episode 29: Geneva - International Hub of Reform

Episode 30: Scandinavian Reformation

Episode 31: William Tyndale

Episode 32: George Wishart - Scotland’s Forgotten Forerunner

Episode 33: John Knox - Scotland’s Greatest Reformer

Episode 34: John Knox - Showdown At Holyrood

Episode 35: The Waldenses Meet the Reformation

Episode 36: Ridley And Latimer Light A Candle

Episode 37: Thomas Cranmer - Cowardice and Courage

Episode 38: Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Episode 39: The Spanish Armada

Episode 40: Guy Fawkes & The Gunpowder Plot

Episode 41: The Mayflower

Episode 42: Martin Luther- The Protest Is Not Over

Episode 43: The Waldenses- Massacre at Castelluzzo

Episode 44: Marie Durand- Righteous Resistance

Episode 45: John Wesley- The Origins of Methodism

Episode 46: John Wesley & George Whitfield

Episode 47: Mary Jones & World Mission

Episode 48: Is the Reformation Over?

Number 1, it's the home of golf, and number 2, it's the town where Prince William met Cate whilst he was studying at university.

But it's the spiritual history of this town that is most interesting and significant.

Andrews was the town in the 1500s where the first Protestant Scottish martyr was burned for his faith.

His name was Patrick Hamilton, and he is remembered by a spot with his initials on the ground.

[♪ music ♪ But we fast forward to the year 1538 when Cardinal David Beaton took over and made it his mission to capture a former by the name of George Wishart and stamp out what he saw as the growing heresy in Scotland.

At the time George was only a young man, 25 years old, and he stayed 1 step ahead of the Cardinal and escaped and went to Cambridge University, where he met with Hugh Latimer, and together they went on to Bristol.

He was only there for about 6 months when he got into trouble again and had to flee the city.

[♪ music ♪ He went to Switzerland where he spent 3 years traveling to various cities including Geneva and Zurich, and he had the chance to meet with John Calvin and Bullinger where he was able to study and crystallize his views on the gospel.

In 1542 he returned to the British Isles and went to Cambridge where he taught at the university.

After teaching for 1 year, he then returned to Scotland where he began to preach the gospel in cities around the country.

[♪ music ♪ He went to Montrose to teach the Book of Romans and then he went to Dundee.

Beton followed him there but Wishart hid from him.

Then he went to Perth to preach and then to air.

The archbishop followed him, but he could not catch him.

He then went back to Dundee, and a priest by the name of John Whiten was sent to kill him, but the crowd turned against him.

George Wishart was much loved by his countrymen as he didn't just preach, but had a very practical side to his ministry.

In 1 instance in the city of Dundee, when the plague broke out, most people fled the city, but George Wishart went into the city so he could care for the sick and the suffering.

[♪ music ♪ Towards the end of his life he met John Knox, who was a young man at the time and would go on to be a great leader in his own right in the Scottish Reformation.

He started out essentially as a bodyguard for George Wishart, carrying a two-handed sword with him as he traveled around the country.

They built a strong bond as teacher and student until finally Cardinal Beaton, with 500 soldiers, captured George Wishart.

John Knox wanted to follow George into captivity, but was told to stay with the words, 1 is sufficient for sacrifice.

[♪ music ♪ He was brought here to the castle and put here in this sea tower where he was imprisoned.

He was then tried, and as he was tried he answered all his accusations from the Bible.

They were not satisfied and he was condemned to death.

Outside the castle walls, the initials GW are imprinted on the ground, marking the exact spot where George Wishart gave his life at the young age of 33.

[♪ music ♪ 2 things we learn from this man.

Number 1, in his ministry and life he was incredibly faithful and was ministering to the sick and suffering as he traveled around the country.

Number 2, we learn about the power and importance of preaching, how in 2 years as he traveled around the country he caused great revival, making a lasting change and impression here in this country.

The thing that stands out to me the most, though, is how young he was.

He was a teacher at Cambridge at the age of 29.

He gave his youth to God, and God used him in a powerful way.

God is calling for young people again today, young people who will give their talents and their gifts to Him and allow themselves to be used in a powerful way.

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Lineage: Season 1

Episode 32: George Wishart - Scotland’s Forgotten Forerunner

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