The Reformation also makes clear that between immoral man and the holy God there exists a chasm which man cannot bridge. Man's unaided search for God likewise can lead him only into an endless labyrinth of blind alleys. The Reformation affirmed that God pardons the penitent sinner wholly on the basis of the Incarnation and Atonement of Jesus Christ, whose holiness the individual lays hold on by God-given faith. -- A.C. Piepkorn, *The Sacred Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions* p. 76
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