Remembering The Reformation
2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. In this one-week series, Dr. John Neufeld will examine one of the great and important divisions of the Christian faith, what it is, and why it happened.
I want to talk about one of the great schisms of the Christian faith, what it is and why it happened. Another way of saying it is, I want to speak of one of the great aha moments in the history of our faith
I believe that the question of Sola Scriptura, scriptures alone needs to be recaptured in our day. The only authority that any church can claim, indeed the only legitimacy that any church can claim is that she is governed by scripture.
Salvation was therefore in Christ alone, “Solo Christo”, and not dependent on priests, the dispensing of sacraments or the so called treasury of merits possessed by the church. No, our hope was not in the church, it was in Christ alone.
The Biblical concept of grace is God’s favor or his goodness poured out on those who are undeserving. And for the reformers this was very important
One of the reasons why I am sure that a great many contemporary evangelicals are forgetting the lessons of the Reformation is because we have forgotten that important lesson, to the Glory of God alone.