REFORMATION SUNDAY
October 30, 2022
AS WE GATHER
We celebrate something that is 499 years in the making: the Reformation of the Christian Church. As we mark time, we trace our heritage back to Martin Luther’s posting of the Ninety-Five Theses on October 31, 1517—an action that would ignite the Reformation movement and reorient the life of God’s people around the scriptural teaching of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. However, from God’s perspective, this teaching has neither a beginning nor an ending. It is the “eternal gospel”, (Revelation 14:6), proclaimed in an unending fashion by both the angels in heaven and God’s messengers on earth. By God’s grace, we receive this precious, life-saving, life-changing good news in our worship today. Lord, keep us steadfast in Your Word!
Bible Readings
FIRST READING: Revelation 14:6-7
(The eternal gospel is for all people.)
EPISTLE READING: Romans 3:19-28
(We are justified by faith apart from works.)
HOLY GOSPEL: John 8:31–36
(God’s Son sets us free, free indeed.)