During the first few years of being a monk, his life was difficult. A mentor approached him and told him to focus his life fully on Christ, and later on in life he would be provided with the guidance that he sought from Christ. Later on at the age of 27 Martin Luther was given the opportunity to be a …show more content…
After a few years at college he ended up getting a doctorate, becoming a professor of theology. At the beginning of the year 1513 Luther read the first line of Psalm 22 which says”My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me ,so far from my cries of anguish?” Two years later when he was preparing a lecture he read “The just will live by faith.” He studied this statement for a while, suddenly he realized he has been completely oblivious and that the key to spiritual salvation was not to fear God but to believe that faith alone would bring him salvation. This made a big change in his life and he set in the motion of