Works, taking the place of faith, had grown
in the Thyatira Church until salvation had
become a matter of penances, fastings, bead
counting, hail marys, pilgrimages, by Luther's
time.

Luther couldn't find peace
doing all those things.
Finally in his search for
light he discovered the
forgotten truth of the
"finished work" of Jesus,
and that "the just shall live
by faith".