Lesson 3

The Roman Catholic Church of Luther's Day (and still today) teaches that sinners work together with God's grace to merit salvation. This necessarily means that there must be certain moral requirements that we must fulfill. In contrast, Luther found in Scripture the comforting message that Jesus has fulfilled all of God's commands, and therefore none of them earn our salvation. That does not mean that we jettison the Old Testament Law, but rather we see it in its proper light and original purpose.