Martin Luther: An Example Of Change

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This era focused on the new idea that were grown. Having the people to think for themselves was important for the society. I think that this allows all of us to grow in faith. We are not perfect and we will never know what is the correct way to look at Faith and the Bible. But, this reform created a great example in change. It amazes me how much Martin Luther changed. He decided to follow God all because of a lightning storm. Because he saw terrifying lightings, he came up ideas that challenged a very powerful system in Rome. The Church was extremely powerful and people did not question them because that was how it was run. But Martin Luther started to question them. He didn’t even just start with a few questions, he went ahead with 95 questions. To me, this is really impressive. This is obviously God using someone to take down …show more content…

They all believe in the same idea which is why there was only one Church. But after the change, the people were very open to the idea of splitting off and risking their life.
One hand, I wouldn’t want to change because change is scary and they knew they were going to have to risk their life. Why would they want to risk their life just because they disagree on a few things in the Bible? They all still believed in the same God and Jesus.
The other hand, I understand why they felt that they needed that change. Luther is saying that he got his idea from a lightning storm. This seems obvious at least to them, that God was sending Luther to do his work. This means that God wanted the change. Who would go against that. Even if they don’t see that message, they would still change because of how corrupt the Roman Catholic Church was. It had too much power and were stealing money from people and some people were even afraid to go to church. They still believe in God which means they believes that God is giving them a chance to worship him

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