Lutherans: Triune God In Scripture

Among the many religious changes that occurred throughout Europe in the sixteenth century, few were as widely influential as the Reformation. There were three streams of the Reformation: the common class, the educated middle class, and the monarchs and princes. All three streams wanted the church to be fixed and hoped it could combine old ideas and new ones. The Reformation was influenced by many different people, yet the most important was John Wyclif, who stated that the church did not need possession in order to be powerful. Different ideologies came from the influences of Wyclif, and many others. Lutheranism began in the mid 1500’s by Martin Luther, and he developed a doctrine of Justification by Faith where he wrote of how people stay in the church and get to heaven from faith

The reformation is a name referring to a time of change in religious practices across Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The reformation came after the rise in humanism. As well as coming after the social change that began in the European Renaissance of the 14th century. After the drastic shifts initiated in European society by the Black Death, the Church and the papacy became more corrupt. It's officials more secular, political, and focused on wealth.

When the Black Death concluded, Europeans became more interested in living and the arts. At the same time, the Renaissance began in the 1300s, and the Reformation began almost 200 years later, in the 1500s. The Renaissance was a time of rebirth and, there were two different types of Renaissances, the Italian Renaissance and the Northern European Renaissance. Both of them were the same in their own ways as for the changes, and both of them were different as for the places and impacts. The Reformation was about people questioning and trying to bring a change against the Roman Catholic Church.

"There are just laws and there are unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all... One who breaks an unjust law must do it openly, lovingly...I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law."

It is difficult for me to put into words what being a Lutheran means to me. I believe that if you believe in God you will go to Heaven, no matter how many mistakes you've made. As a Lutheran we believe in God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirt. We believe that he rose on the third day. We believe that when we go to heaven we will see Jesus Christ seated at the right hand of the father. We believe that grace is Gods gift to us, we don't need to earn or win it from him it's just given to us. In my fist year of confirmation it was a lot to take in, going from raider material to more intense material. It kinda scared me at first, starting to realize what God means to me and how he affects my life. Every year of confirmation I gained more knowledge about myself and how God was always with me. We believe that God made everything, and

Luther also told the people that good works cannot get them to heaven. Good works should be done for the glory of God. When Christians do good works, they are showing people what God is like; they are showing God’s glory. In Romans it says, “For everything comes from him and

The notion of having to follow strict rituals for worthiness of God’s grace naturally sets one up for failure, due to unrealistic and self-imposed expectations. Legalism penetrates one’s spiritual life by creating the idea that grace is obtained through one’s personal effort; therefore, nullifying the cross and assigning mankind with undeserved divine power. Paul’s address in Galatians chapter 3 of, “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth…” (Galatians 3:1, NKJV) could apply to the general population of any time in history and state “O foolish people”, as man’s fleshly state is not always immune from persuasion. Our society has nurtured a culture of to-do lists and fruitless distractions keeping us busy, but maybe not to the betterment of our walk with the Lord. There are even those within the Christian circle that impose particular amounts of Bible reading, time spent with home groups, and church ministry involvement as a means to narrow down the “good and loyal” members of the

When it comes down to laws, it is really your own choice to determine; what’s the good way? Is it to obey or disobey? What is correct, what is incorrect? Questions like these go through people's minds right before they are about to act. The law is there obviously for people to follow, but that is not always the case.

Lutheranism is one of the largest protestant reformations denominations in the world. Martin Luther was the founder of Lutheranism how was a German Monk and teacher who protest the Roman Catholic Church. Per Religious facts .com: “The Lutheran denomination is the oldest Protestant denomination. It was founded (not deliberately at first) by Martin Luther, a German monk and professor who famously posted 95 Theses against the practice of indulgences in 1517. Luther saw contradictions between the Bible and current church practice as well as corruption and abuses within the (Catholic) church, and initially hoped for reform, not schism. When that proved impossible, he continued to spread

The Lutheran religion was originally branched from Christianity, and is a massive Protestant denomination currently. Nearly 66 million people worldwide practice this religion (Lutheranism). Lutheran has a membership which exceeds any other Protestant denomination. Germany is the primary Lutheran country, as it was from the start (Martin Luther 1483-1546, BBC). This religion dates back to 1517, the founder of this religion was Martin Luther (McHugh, John).

To continue, what I think Trible was trying to get at when she was asking that people that interpret scripture must reread rather than rewriting scripture and religious texts is that reading critically is more important than reading with preconceived notions and trying to prove that the text is in fact a piece of work that puts men over women, women over men, men dominating women, and or women dominating men, but seeing women and men as equal with one another. When scripture is rewritten, it loses its context just as the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden and peoples interpretations have twisted the meaning and the story behind the creation of woman and man, the earth, and all else that inhabits it. She ends by saying that the scripture

I believe that I would go about my day abiding by the laws because of my love of God not because I have to. That is why Luther decides that faith should determine salvation. I believe that it is impossible to fulfill the law. However, I am sure I would become so terrified that I wouldn’t go to heaven; I would just give up and look to Christ. With the faith that I have instead of trying to follow these Laws step by step; I would use these laws as

"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Martin Luther King's words, which just correspond with the above assertion, perfectly tell us what to do in face of laws, either just or unjust.

If he performs works trying to earn salvation from God he is usurping God of what only God can grant. If he is under the false belief that his good work will save his inner soul then he continues to sin and his soul is bound by arrogance. Luther repeated often in Freedom of a Christian that only God could give salvation. “Which we do not perform but receive which we do not have but accept when God the Father grants it to us through Jesus Christ.” Salvation is not a task one can perform. It is not earned but received and the human soul, the inner person does not have the grace to be saved. It is by the mercy and compassion of God alone that salvation will be granted. Christ died for the sins of mankind and because of this God will grant salvation to some. Luther argues that Christians can only have faith in god for their salvation. Nothing they do will save or damn them.

Romans 2:14-15, “For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse