The Beginning of a Reformation
Germany, 1517 A.D.
Unbiblical practices had corrupted the church. Indulgences were offered as a way to buy God’s forgiveness. Many church leaders lived ungodly lives. And many people were deceived into believing they could buy their way into Heaven, could earn God’s forgiveness.
But one young monk named Martin Luther, as he studied the Bible, began to realize that salvation is a free gift of God, given by the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” (Eph. 2:8-9).
On October 31, 1517, he took ninety-five theses he had written, explaining why indulgences were not biblical, and nailed it to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. That marked the beginning of a Reformation, a beginning of the church going to the Word of God, realizing that salvation was a free gift, the common people reading the Bible in their own language… It was a Reformation that affected the whole world.
Today, October 31, 2017, marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed up his ninety-five theses. Five hundred years ago today, the Reformation began. That’s something worth celebrating.
Always remember, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” (1 Th. 5:24).
All for Him,
Savannah
Unbiblical practices had corrupted the church. Indulgences were offered as a way to buy God’s forgiveness. Many church leaders lived ungodly lives. And many people were deceived into believing they could buy their way into Heaven, could earn God’s forgiveness.
But one young monk named Martin Luther, as he studied the Bible, began to realize that salvation is a free gift of God, given by the blood of Jesus Christ shed on the cross. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” (Eph. 2:8-9).
On October 31, 1517, he took ninety-five theses he had written, explaining why indulgences were not biblical, and nailed it to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany. That marked the beginning of a Reformation, a beginning of the church going to the Word of God, realizing that salvation was a free gift, the common people reading the Bible in their own language… It was a Reformation that affected the whole world.
Today, October 31, 2017, marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed up his ninety-five theses. Five hundred years ago today, the Reformation began. That’s something worth celebrating.
Always remember, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” (1 Th. 5:24).
All for Him,
Savannah
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