6. After the 95 Theses: 1521 (January – May) Diet of Worms
Luther appears at the Diet before Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, to to answer charges of heresy. On refusing to recant, he is declared a heretic and formally excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Leo X.

7. ~ Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen.
~ Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms

8. How we came to be known as Protestants

9. After the 95 Theses: 1526 Protestation at Speyer I The "Protestants”
The 6 Princes
John the Steadfast of Wettin, Elector of Saxony
George the Pious of Hohenzollern, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Ernest I the Confessor of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Lüneburg-Celle and his brother
Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of Gifhorn
Philip I the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse
Wolfgang of Ascania, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

10. After the 95 Theses: 1526 Protestation at Speyer I
The Edict of Speyer I resulted in a temporary suspension
of the Edict of Worms.
“Every prince should hold whichever religious beliefs he could justify before his King and God.”

11. After the 95 Theses: 1526 Protestation at Speyer I
The Edict of Speyer I resulted in a temporary suspension
of the Edict of Worms.
“Every prince should hold whichever religious beliefs he could justify before his King and God.”

12. Protestation at Speyer II
After the 95 Theses:
1529
Protestation at Speyer II
The Diet condemned the results of the Diet of Speyer of 1526 and prohibited future reformation. It specifically denied them the right to choose which religious reforms would take effect in their states, and ordered that Catholicism be followed in all states of the Holy Roman Empire.

13. Protestation at Speyer II
After the 95 Theses:
1529
Protestation at Speyer II
The Lutheran members of the Diet, under the well-founded impression that the prohibition of any future reformation meant death to the whole movement, entered, in the legal form of an appeal on behalf of themselves, their subjects and all Christians, a protest on April 25th, They protested against all those measures of the Diet which they saw as contrary to the Word of God, to their conscience, and to the decision of the Diet of 1526, and appealed from the decision of the majority to the Emperor, to a general or German council, and impartial Christian judges. Their action created the term "Protestantism.”

15. Why was this important then and there?15

16. “
Holy Scripture must necessarily be clearer, simpler, and more reliable than any other writings. Especially since all teachers verify their own statements through the Scriptures…and desire their own writings to be confirmed and explained by them. But nobody can ever substantiate an obscure saying by one that is more obscure; therefore necessity forces us to run to the Bible with the writings of all teachers, and to obtain there a verdict and judgment upon them. Scripture alone is the true lord and master of all writings and doctrine on earth. If that is not granted, what is scripture good for? The more we
reject it, the more we become satisfied with men’s
books and human teachers.
Translated by Charles M. Jacobs, revised by George W. Forrell, in Luther’s Works, edited by Jaroslav Pelikan, vol. 32 (Philadelphia: Muhlenberg, 1958), 10-12

17. Deuteronomy 8:1-3
1 Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2 Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 17

18. After the 95 Theses: 1519 Leipzig Debate
Luther debates Johann Eck ( ) on sola scriptura (scripture alone) being the basis for the Christian faith.

19. After the 95 Theses: 1519 Leipzig Debate
Luther debates Johann Eck ( ) on sola scriptura (scripture alone) being the basis for the Christian faith.
Luther: “A simple layman armed with the Scriptures” was superior to both pope and councils without the Scriptures.

20. After the 95 Theses: 1522 German Bible
While at the Wartburg castle, Luther works on a translation of the Bible into German and publishes his New Testament translation (The Old Testament translation is posted later, in 1534).

21. “
Luther became a reformer because he realized that in order to conform to God’s Word, all God’s children would need to have that Word in their native languages. He translated the Bible into his own German dialect. His translation went into hundreds of editions and turned his dialect into the “Standard German” for the whole of the German-speaking world.”
Vishal Mangalwadi. The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization, (Nashville: TN: Thomas Nelson, 2011), 15.

22. What Sola Scriptura is saying22

23. “
Sola Scriptura means that only Scripture, because it is God’s inspired Word, is our inerrant, sufficient, and final authority for the church.

24. SOLA SCRIPTURA: God’s Word is inerrant
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 24

25. SOLA SCRIPTURA: God’s Word is authoritative
Isaiah 40:7-8
7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
because the breath of the Lord blows on them.
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of our God endures forever.” 25

26. SOLA SCRIPTURA: God’s Word is clear
Psalm 19:7
The testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple. 26

27. SOLA SCRIPTURA: God’s Word is sufficient
Matthew 22:29
29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” 27

28. Mark 7:1-8
1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” 28

29. “ ‘These people honor me with their lips,
Mark 7:1-8
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“ ‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” 29

30. What Sola Scriptura is not saying30

31. 31

32. 32

33. without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish,
Isaiah 55:10-11
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 33

34. Why is this important here and now?34

35. “ Sola Scriptura is the corner-stone of universal Protestantism;
and on it Protestantism stands, or else it falls.
B.B. Warfield, professor of theology at Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921,
The Presbyterian Quarterly, 1895, volume 9, p. 52

36. 16 When your words came, I ate them;
Jeremiah 15:16
16 When your words came, I ate them;
they were my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
Lord God Almighty. 36

37. John 5:36-40
36 The works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. 39 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 37

38. “
A god is whatever we expect to provide all good and in which we take refuge in all distress…Whatever you set your heart on and put your trust in, that, I tell you, is your true God.
Martin Luther, quoted in Tim Chester’s You Can Change, 100.

39. What do I add to my salvation?“
What do I add to my salvation?
Martin Luther

40. What do I add to my salvation?“
What do I add to my salvation?
Sin and resistance!
Martin Luther

41. Why is this important here and now to people of Hope and beyond?41

42. Do we approach our Bibles as if the Reformation
Gospel Application:
Do we approach our Bibles as if the Reformation
didn’t happen?

44. Gospel Application: Do we approach our Bibles as if the Reformation
didn’t happen?
Are you remaining diligent in your ____________
(work, relationships, church life, devotions, etc.)
while refusing to come to Jesus Christ?