John Tetzel, like all Catholics of his time, believed that God was a harsh Judge that punished people for all their sins. You are doomed no matter what you do because all humans sin; weather with actions, words, or thoughts. He also states that for every sin, no mater how small, you will spend 7 years in purgatory. Because the Church gave an evil image of God, they where able to scare the public into buying indulgences, and paying taxes to the Church to please him. He claimed that buying an indulgence results in, "an immortal soul, safe and sound into the land of paradise."
Martin Luther however, believe that God forgave all Christians if they had faith, they would earn salvation. He believes that God a loving person that does not expect you to waste your human life serving him through the Church. He sums this up in one sentence saying "I grasped that the justice of God is righteousness by which through grace and sheer mercy God justifies us through faith."
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