the Prime Minister pointing out the repeated inaccuracies within his argument. The fourth pillar of the Protestant Reformation was ' Sola Fide ' - by faith alone. According to Martin Luther, justification by faith alone is the article on which any church stands or falls. In order for a sinner to be declared to be righteous before God the sinner needs the merit of Christ reckoned to their account. This fourth pillar deals with how this is done. How does the righteousness of Christ be reckoned to a sinner's account, thus removing their guilt and condemnation and declaring them to be righteous before a holy God? The Reformers at the time of the Reformation went back to primitive New Testament Christianity and said that this is done solely by faith alone, without any works on the part of the sinner who is being declared righteous. Thursday, 8 November 2012 This third pillar of the Protestant Reformation emphasies the meritorious basis upon which God's grace flows toward an undeserving sinner. The favour of God has to be purchased. The Reformers in holding this position sought to remove the claim of anything and anyone other than Christ as being the meritorious cause of salvation. I. It is through Christ alone that salvation is purchased for the sinner. There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2:5 . As John Calvin said in the Institutes of the Christian Religion said: Christ stepped in, took the punishment upon