Is The Reformation Relevant Today? (Romans 1:13-17)
Rev. Jamie Hunt, October 29, 2017Part of the Morning Worship at North Greenville Church series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
In the modern church, our foundations have slipped. We seem to want some kind of man-based authority. In the life of Martin Luther, we see a pilgrimage from a vow made in a crisis, to some theological challenges: fear of the Lord, reverence for the church, but also joy in the Lord; the horror of transubstantiation in the Mass; how a holy God could commune with unholy people; lack of assurance in salvation; and finally the realization that the righteous shall live by faith. We are the recipients of what He has done. The five solas are relevant to us because we are needy people. Grace motivates us. The truths of the reformation give us richness of life.
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Romans 1:13–17 (Listen)
13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
(ESV)