Martin Luther And His Reformation
He was a young man who was groomed to be a lawyer. A lightning strike that nearly hit him changed his course. The brevity of life, the fear of death and the awful reality of the insatiable fires of hell set him on a journey in search for the salvation of his soul.
He then became a monk, a priest and a professor of the Bible. He did everything to save his soul. He memorized large portions of the Bible. He prayed fervently for hours. He confessed his sins over and over again. He went on pilgrimages. He made himself suffer like fasting for days without drinking water, went for many nights without sleep, exposed himself to cold weather, worked like a horse and many other things. The experience brought him to the edge of death and damaged his health for the rest of his life.
He said: "If ever a monk got to heaven by monkery, I would have gotten there." Still, he found no peace and assurance in his heart. Then, he turned to the Scriptures and there discovered the truth that would change his life and millions of other people worldwide.
He realized that justification and salvation are free. God offers them as a gift, received only through faith in Christ alone. He then told others about it, risking life and limb for it, but was met with opposition from the established religious system of his day. But God was with him and the truth that he proclaimed, and he won!
My friend, if you are seeking peace with God, justification and salvation, you can only find it in Christ and what He did on the cross for you. What He did was good enough for God and it should be good enough for you. The only thing you have to do is to receive it by faith in Christ.
Ask Martin Luther!
