I already touched on one of those accusations on my previous post…
The Church teaches that we are saved by grace through faith working in love. Christ himself said “Not everyone who says to me Lord Lord will enter Heaven but he who does the will of my Father” and St James also says “Faith without works is dead” Luther on the other hand said that he could sin 1000 times a day and his salvation will not be affected. We do not call him a anti Christ though. Now there are thousands of protestant denominations that do not even teach that you need to be Baptized to be saved even though Christ said “Repent and be Baptized” now all you need to do is “Believe in Jesus” Citing “John 3:16” Does scripture contradict itself? No. If in one part it says “Do this and you will be saved” and in another part it says “Do THIS and you will be saved” well… you better do BOTH. Martin Luther was a troubled, scrupulous man. I cannot even be mad at him because I suffer from scrupulosity too and I know what hell it can be in your mind. That is why many, including me, believe he invented the doctrine of “Faith alone” and “sola scriptura” as security blankets from his scrupulosity. And if he could interpret scripture the way he wanted, he could dismiss what he did not like. Yet, we still do not accuse him of being a anti Christ. Just in error about what he taught and one of the father of the thousands of different protestant denominations that all claim to be “Biblical” yet interpret scripture different.
