As an ex-lutheran and now reverted back to Catholic Church, I can tell you I have always had a problem with this. How do you know Satan wasn't using MArtin Luther as a tool to split the church? Where does it say in scripture that when you accept Christ as your saviour that you are automatically going to heaven? Every protestant and Bible Chritian can never give me a straight answer on this. Also - Gods written word was already available to the masses. There already was a Bible in the vernacular. It seemed Martin Luther arrogantly needed to gut those portions of the Bible he a problem with instead of trying to get some insight from church leaders on them.
How do you know Satan wasn't using MArtin Luther as a tool to split the church? Where does it say in scripture that when you accept Christ as your saviour that you are automatically going to heaven? Every protestant and Bible Chritian can never give me a straight answer on this.
I can think of a few verses.
John 3:14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
John 6:40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
John 7:37 "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'" 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
John 8:23 He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."
John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world."
John 12:44 And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47If anyone hears my words and does not keep them I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
John 20:30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.