'The Devil Accuses Martin Luther' — Leonard Ravenhill

Martin Luther and the Rediscovery of Justification by Faith

When the whole of Europe was as black as night, one man heard God. Of course, you know his name, Martin Luther. What happened? He shook the whole of Europe. He didn't invent justification by faith. He came to a cemetery.

The Church as a Cemetery of Dead Men's Bones

The church was a cemetery full of dead men's bones, and he was made alive. He said, it came one moment when I was browsing over my sins, and Satan came in with an inkwell and a pen, and he wrote on the wall of my cell the sins of my youth, the sins of my manhood, the sins of the flesh, the sins of the spirit, the sins I remember, the sins I've forgotten.

Luther's Answer to Satan's Accusations

And then he laughed in my face and said, there you are. All your sins that you ever committed. Martin Luther says, write one more. There isn't one to write. Well, then if there's not one to write, write across them all, the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son cleanses me from all sin.

I'm a free man. I don't need the priest. I don't need the sacraments.