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Ray Comfort has gleaned glistening gold from the writings of this great man of God, who changed the course of Western civilization through the Protestant Reformation.
He shows how Luther’s thoughts and writings continue to show forth the need for evangelism in our present day.
Martin Luther taught that salvation is a free gift of God that is not based on works. It can only be received by grace through faith in Jesus. (See Ephesians 2:8-9.) This same message is what people need to hear today.
Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment of sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 resulted in his excommunication by the pope and condemnation as an outlaw by the emperor. Luther taught that salvation is not earned by good deeds but received only as a free gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin. His theology challenged the authority of the pope of the Roman Catholic Church by teaching that the Bible is the only source of divinely revealed knowledge.
