This is the story of the martyr Aonio Paleario as told by Merle D'Aubigne. It moved my heart and I trust it will yours.
He was brought before the judge in Rome by order of the Pope. The judges said, "We will put to him three questions; we will ask him what is the first cause of salvation, then what is the second cause of salvation, then what is the third cause of salvation?" They thought that in putting these three questions, he would at last be made to say something which should be to the glory of the church of Rome. They asked him, "What is the first cause of salvation?" And he answered, Christ. Then they asked him, "What is the second cause of salvation?" And he answered, "Christ." And they asked him the third time, "What is the third cause of salvation?" And he answered, "CHRIST". They thought he would have said, first, Christ; secondly, the Word; thirdly, the Church; but no, he said, "Christ." The first cause, Christ; the second, Christ; the third, Christ; and for that confession which he made in Rome, he was condemned to be put to death as a martyr. My dear friends, let us think and speak like that man; let every one of us say, The first cause of my salvation is Christ; the second is Christ; and the third is Christ. Christ and His atoning blood, Christ and His powerful regenerating Spirit, Christ and His eternal electing grace, Christ is my only salvation, I know of nothing else."