“But when we rise to the heavenly tribunal and place before our eyes that supreme Judge … then in an instant the vain confidence of men perishes and falls and conscience is compelled … to confess that it has nothing upon which it can rely before God.” —Francis Turretin One of the five rallying cries of the Reformation was the statement that we are saved by faith alone—sola fide! These words declared that salvation does not come from looking at our own works of righteousness, but from
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