What was at the heart of the Reformation?
Rob Ventura explains in this video that there is no Gospel without repentance. The Gospel that Christ and His disciples preached always began with a call for men and women to repent for their sins and to believe on Christ alone for life and salvation.
Similarly, repentance was also at the heart of the Reformation because at the heart of the Reformation is the glorious Gospel of Christ. The Gospel remains unchanged throughout time. Repentance is always necessary for people to be saved.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) – “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
We'll be talking about repentance for this year's conference and I'm excited about that because when we think about repentance and the Protestant Reformation we're talking about the gospel and there is no gospel without repenting of one's sins so I'm thankful that Scott's doing that and I think it's going to be a real time of instruction for all of us so the gospel again we can say the true gospel of a gospel which Paul preached with Christ preached and all the Apostles preached always began with a call for men and women to break from their sins and to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for life and salvation. So repentance, in a real sense we could say, is the heart of the Reformation because at the heart of the Reformation is the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord.