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PROTESTANT HISTORY

MARTIN LUTHER'S CONVERSION

I will utter dark sayings of old: Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. (Psalm 78:2-4)

INTRODUCTION: BIBLE PROTESTANTISM HAS A GLORIOUS HISTORY. It is an epic story of a deadly struggle from under the heel of the Roman system to the glorious liberty of the sons of God. In our ecumenical and apostate age, this story needs to be retold that the battle may continue. This is the FIFTH of a number of posts (hence entitled: Protestant5) and is just another shot fired in this great battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil. We are deliberately aiming at brevity, leaving it to other works (listed later) to satisfy any hunger for further information. These pages may therefore be viewed as tasty appetisers. May God give us the faith of these old Protestants who loved not their lives unto death and of whom, the world in its sin, was not worthy. 

MARTIN LUTHER - HIS CONVERSION (1483-1546)

Martin Luther

IT WAS A GOOD DAY when the German Reformer found Christ as his Saviour. Strict adherence to the monkish requirements of the Roman Catholic Church failed to give him peace with God. However he discovered a Bible in the monastic library and learned the great truth: "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith." (Romans 1:17) Wise words from John von Staupitz, the head of the Augustinian Order, pointed him in the right direction: "Remember that Christ came into the world for the pardon of our sins" and again "Look to the wounds of Christ , and you will there see shining clearly the purpose of God towards men."  Luther did and passed from death unto life. It was only a matter of time before the great Protestant Reformation would begin.

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