What was the heart of the Reformation?
Curt Daniels explains in this video that he believes that the heart of the Reformation was the sola, Soli Deo Gloria – "to the glory of God alone." The Calvinists also considered this to be the most important out of the Five Solas. In the Westminster Shorter Catechism, the answer to the first question states that, “man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.”
God alone saves unbelievers. Accordingly, man was created to glorify God. God alone receives all of the glory. There is nothing we can point to show how we somehow merit salvation. Isaiah 42:8 says: “I am the Lord, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to carved images.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NKJV) – “Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”