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It was not Luther merely who took up the old watchword, ""The just shall live by faith,"" and thus found the answer of a good conscience toward God. To thousands of hearts it came like a voice from heaven, they knew not how. Sunshine from above had fallen upon one grand text; the text which the age needed: men recognized the truth thus supernaturally lighted up. ""The nations came to its light, and kings to the brightness of its rising."" The inquiring men of that age, though not borrowing from each other, betook themselves to this truth and text. From every kingdom of Europe came the same voice; and every Protestant Confession bore witness to the unanimity of awakened Christendom.

A classic devotional work on the gospel that must be cherished, preserved and have a permanent place on your bookshelf.For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."-Romans 1:17The awakened conscience of the sixteenth century betook itself to "the righteousness of God" (Rom 1:17). There it found refuge at once from condemnation and from impurity.Only by "righteousness" could it be pacified; and nothing less than that which is divine could meet the case. At the cross this "righteousness" was found-human yet divine, provided for man, and presented to him by God for relief of conscience and justification of life. On the one word, ??????????, "It is finished" (Joh 19:30), as on a heavenly resting-place, weary souls sat down and were refreshed. The voice from the tree did not summon them to do, but to be satisfied with what was done. Millions of bruised consciences there found healing and peace.The belief of that finished work brought the sinner into favour with God, nor did it leave him in uncertainty as to this. The justifying work of Calvary was God's way not only of bringing pardon, but of securing certainty. It was the only perfect thing that had ever been presented to God in man's behalf; and so peculiar was this perfection, that it might be used by man in his transactions with God, as if it were his own.

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