What was Martin Luther's great Reformation theme?
Martin Luther's great Reformation theme was "the just shall live by faith." He concluded that righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, and that God deals with the human race on the basis of faith, not works, religion, or ritual.
Les explains that Martin Luther, cloistered in a Catholic monastery, finally came to the conclusion that "the just shall live by faith." The light shone in, and he saw that it was not by works, not by religion, not by ritual, but by faith. That became his great theme of the Reformation. Les also warns that Christianity has come close to losing that truth again, getting wrapped up in works, materialism, and programs, and he defines faith as taking God at His Word.