+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.
+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.