Today is Saturday, May 26, 2018. Hi, my name is Adam Burton, and you are listening to The Daily Devo, a short devotional, designed help you apply God's Word to your life. The content comes from the Gospel Project. Take a few moments to read Hebrews, chapter 11, through chapter 12, verses 2.
Martin Luther, a man always fearful of his place before God, once said, If I could believe that God was not angry with me, I would stand on my head for joy. Luther was, wracked by fear and guilt, he trembled at the idea of God's judgment. But Luther had not yet discovered for himself in the Bible, the very idea that turned the world upside down, justification by faith. Could such a radical notion be true, can we actually be totally safe on the wrath of God by belief?
It was in the pages of scripture that Luther came to the daring conclusion, but the answers to that question is yes, set loose to run freely in the Word of God. He rediscovered the Gospel, helping to rescue it from the extra-biblical church traditions built on self-righteousness that had obscured it and confused it. He found the doctrine of faith alone all over the place, and it became like oxygen to his soul. Luther said that the notion of justification by faith alone, today, the hallmark doctrine of Protestant Christianity is the article upon which the church stands or falls.
It is the article of Christianity upon which our personal Christian life will stand or fall. Also, that is, if we understand that faith is, and what it isn't, think about this, how does the idea of justification by faith alone encourage you? Does it also concern you in any way? How?
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