I Am the Lord, the Reformers Read

Justification had been distorted and vandalized in ways that uplifted our work. God's justifying act was no longer found by grace alone, through faith alone,. But it was insignificant measure muddied by our efforts. And that emphasis on what we do in salvation siphoned off glory from the gospel. The only God who saves is a God rightly, beautifully jealous for glory.