Paul's letter to the Romans is essential in understanding Martin Luther.

Among other passages in Romans, chapter 5 jumped out to him.

God demonstrated His love for us in this that while we were still sinners,

for us Christ died, the knowledge that He died bearing His sin under the judgment and wrath of God.

And the realization that, therefore, He was free from that wrath, He was free from that judgment.

There could be no condemnation for Him.

And there in the book of Romans, Luther rediscovered the gospel.

Little did he know that he was sparking a fire that would engulf Europe

and mark what of the most important events in church history.

Today, on renewing your mind, we continue our look back at the important people and events of the Protestant Reformation

when brave men stood against the power of the Roman Catholic Church

and demanded a return to the scriptural definition of salvation.

Today's message is from Dr. Sinclair Ferguson, and it's titled simply, Peace with God.

Paul writes in Romans chapter 5 and verse 1,

therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

There are, I think, two kinds of evangelical ministers.

There were two kinds of reformers.

There were those who fairly calmly, consistently, carefully expounded the scriptures

and disclosed very little about their personal lives.

And you would immediately think, I'm sure, of John Calvin.

And there were others who dragged their friends and their congregations through their spiritual discoveries

until eventually they and their congregations ultimately realized and experienced the power of the gospel.

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