Trinity Lutheran RVA

The early church fathers knew this well. Saint Augustine said, the devil is a liar. He tells you of your sin, but hides from you the righteousness of Christ. John Chrysostom said, truth is the chain that binds the deceiver and breaks the bonds of the deceived. So the Reformation was in many ways the rediscovery of that ancient truth, that the gospel unmasks the lie of condemnation and replaces it with the declaration of grace.