The Radiating Reformation
Uplifting Christ Through Autumn
Sermons for the Fall Season
The assigned lesson reading from Romans for this festival worship includes these comments by Saint Paul, words that strike to the heart of the Reformation.
... The righteousness of God (the final unity for us) has been manifested ... the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction among us, since all of us have sinned and all of us fall short of the glory of God, we are justified. We are made whole by God's grace as a gift through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus ... which is received by faith.