JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE

A discovery by Martin Luther

GUILTY!AFRAID!

RENAISSANCE

                                                                                                                                     

HUMANISM

• EDUCATION

• STUDY OF CLASSICS

• STUDY THE BIBLE IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES

• PREFERENCE FOR ORIGINAL SOURCES RATHER THAN TRADITIONS

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LUTHER’S QUEST FOR PEACE

• HATED GOD, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

LUTHER’S QUEST FOR PEACE

• SUPER MONK

LUTHER’S QUEST FOR PEACE

• MISSION TO ROME

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THE REMEDY

• STUDY THE PSALMS—GOD IS VERY ATTRACTIVE

THE REMEDY

• STUDY ROMANS

ROMANS 1:16-17

• GOSPEL—THE GOOD MESSAGE OF SALVATION– God’s power unto salvation for everyone who

believes

ROMANS 1:16-17

• SALVATION—DELIVERANCE FROM THE EVIL KINGDOM OF DARKNESS AND DOOM, TO PARDON, PEACE, AND UNION WITH CHRIST IN GOD’S KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AS SONS OF GOD

ROMANS 1:16-17

• BELIEVES—KNOWLEDGE OF, PERSUASION REGARDING, AND SURRENDER TO THE GOSPEL

• PRODUCES CONFIDENCE

ROMANS 1:16-17

• RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD TO THE PERSON OF FAITH—THE BASIS OF JUSTIFICATION, WHICH IS “GOD’S VERDICT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON THE BELIEVER.” (LENSKI)

• A GIFT FROM OUR LOVING FATHER

SOLA SCRIPTURA

SOLA GRATIA

SOLA FIDE

• This was the happiest day in Luther’s life.

• This joy is ours today.