+On the heels of this change in his understanding – that God gives us righteousness – came others too!
 
+Salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ and His merits, not our own!
 
+Faith for Luther, no longer consisted of asserting to the Church’s teachings, but of trusting the promises of God in and through Christ’s sacrifice.
 
+What followed was not just an explosion, but more like a long but powerful chain reaction.
 
+It started on All Saint’s Eve, October 31, 1517, when Luther formally protested church action and teaching by posting 95 Theses for debate on the Wittenberg Church front door.
 

+The young Luther could not live by faith because he was not righteous-and he knew it

+The critical turn in Luther’s life came when Staupitz (his Supervisor) ordered him to obtain his doctorate and become a professor of the Bible at Wittenberg University

+There, a revolution in his theological thinking occurred in his lecture hall and study from
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+Who could be righteous? Luther came to teach increasingly that God gives us righteousness!
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