“Here I Stand”

On April 17-18, 488 years ago, Martin Luther was called before the Diet of Worms to claim his works as heresy. After making it clear that he would not recant of his stance and beliefs because of his conscience and the Word of God, he boldly declared, “Here I stand, I can do no other.” Martin Luther helped bring about a reformation of the church declaring that authority rests in Scripture alone, not in the church or of any one leader of the church. May all of us as God’s people stand as boldly before others as we stand firm upon the Word of God.