December 16, 1520: No Saint Can Help Us

Luther: In Real Time

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, History

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🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Through his undaunted preaching, Martin Luther is training even the humblest townspeople of Wittenberg to stand courageously against the pope's false teaching. But today, Leo X has something in store for Luther that will change his life forever.

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0:00.0	It's December 16th, 1520, the third Sunday in Advent.
0:09.0	Luther passes through the Gothic archway of the Augustinian cloister into the streets of Vittenberg.
0:17.0	He pulls his cow tighter against his neck. Judging by the firmness of the street muck beneath his feet, it's below freezing.
0:28.0	Good morning, Her Doctor.
0:30.0	Luther steps onto the slippery cobblestones of the middle strasser.
0:37.0	The air is spiced with cinnamon, fresh-baked Chris Dolan and gingerbread.
0:43.6	Through the snow he sees the twin spires of the town church. The The congregation enjoy the choir,
1:05.0	enjoy the choir, but they can't understand what they're hearing.
1:11.0	The liturgy is entirely in Latin.
1:15.0	Luther Man. Luther mounts the narrow stairs to the high pulpit, his shoes still damp from the street.
1:30.0	He scans the faces of his congregation.
1:35.0	Are you the one who is to come?
1:38.0	Or should we look for another?
1:40.0	It was the question John the Baptist asked Jesus Christ.
1:45.0	John knew the answer of course, but he asked for the sake of his disciples.
1:51.0	John did not want to make disciples for himself. He wanted to lead everybody to
1:58.4	Christ. Without Christ, there is no help or remedy, no matter how many good works you do.
2:07.0	What benefit is it to the monks and nuns to observe the rules of St Benedict, if they do not embrace Christ and him only.
2:17.0	Dispense with the Saints. No saint can help us, only Christ.
2:25.0	This has been Luther's teaching from the pulpit for some time.
2:29.0	It has been repeated in the humblest of Bittenberg homes and beyond.
2:35.0	Children, gather round.
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