(Tacomacast) All Rebels Saved By The Grace Of Jesus (Jeremiah 2:29; Romans 3:22 24) (Justification)
The posting of the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church marks the beginning of the Reformation. However the theology behind the Reformation began years before in the obsession Martin Luther had with satisfying the righteous demands God placed on all people. He could not meet the expectations that God placed on him. Because he failed at doing this, the Holy Spirit could break through to him so that he could see that he even though he was a rebel…that he had fallen short…that he would always try to make distinctions between how hard he tried to satisfy God and what others were doing…he was saved. The Holy Spirit revealed to him that it was impossible for him to believe…to trust..to have faith…All this came as a gift of Jesus Christ as today’s Romans’ text declares. Once this truth laid hold of Luther, he could not stop talking about how it is all God’s work and we just get to receive God’s goodness…for faith comes to us…through the word proclaimed to us…so that we live under grace alone…given to us by Christ alone…and now our lives become a daily witness living freely to the glory of God alone.
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