How Can I Be Saved Flashcards
In ______—the same summer that an old and discouraged Christopher
1505
a______ student trudged
twenty-year-old
What is Saxony ?
A small town in germany
one of about _______small German states that were a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
150
As the student made his way, the _____ and _____rolled in
sky darkened and thunderclouds
What was promised to those who followed Jesus
Eternal life
Who did Martin Luther cry for help from ?
St. Anne
What happened that caused young Luther to become a monk
A near death experience in a storm
What games were the girls playing in front of the hut ?
Knuclebones.
He abandoned his studies in ______ and dedicated his life to living in poverty as a monk.
Law
the agony of _____ awaited those who were not saved.
Hell
What was baptism for ?
To wash away a child’s sin
Then, too, many churches kept ______—objects passed down over the centuries
Relics
Where did Martin Luther go to live ?
Wittenberg
over_______________ pieces of bone from various saints.
nineteen thousand
A believer who paid respects to these relics (and made a contribution of _________) was told that God forgave many sins for such prayers and gifts.
money
Luther had looked in wonder at William of Anhalt, a________who had given up his worldly wealth to walk the streets begging—“mere bone and skin,”
prince
Luther was shocked to meet priests in Rome who seemed unconcerned about religion. “_______!” one barked, before Luther had finished confessing his sins, “Get on with you! Move along!”
Passa, passa
After years of anguish, Luther found comfort in the Bible passage that declared, “The just shall live by______.”
faith
No one could ever pile up enough good deeds to be saved, he decided. A Christian was saved by________alone
faith
