Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Tuesday, October 8, 2002
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing;
it is the gift of God.
Of course Luther, himself, scarcely did better. Two decades after he had nailed his theses on
the church door at Wittenberg, he confessed that he still felt the old dirt clinging to him of
wanting to deal with God in such a way that he could contribute something to his own
salvation. He still could not get it into his head that he was saved through sheer grace.
It was that same message of divine grace that warmed John Wesley's heart in a little room on
Aldersgate Street. In fact he was listening to the words of Martin Luther concerning salvation
by faith alone when he had the life transforming experience that propelled him into the
forefront of the great Revival movement of the 18th century.
We can never be righteous enough to merit God's love. Those who know themselves to be
sinners know that they must depend on God through Jesus Christ.
(Ephesians 2.8
NRSV)
In the very first of his Ninety-Five Theses, Martin Luther reminded all Christians that we are to
rely on God, not on our own righteousness, for our salvation. How quickly we forget.
God of all sinners, help me to share your grace to my broken world. Amen.
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