Sunday, February 24, 2013

"Luther Quotations": #13

"But when God ...was pleased to reveal his Son in me.." (1;16)

To be governed and controlled in your heart by the gospel (God's complete forgiveness, at peace and having freedom from the law, etc) is most difficult in day to day living.
Be encouraged! You are not alone in this struggle and difficulty!

Here Luther describes his own struggle in this matter:

"The difference (BEING GOSPEL CENTERED AND NOT MERIT/LAW CONTROLLED) in itself is easy and plain (TO UNDERSTAND), but to us it is hard and full of difficulty...in the agony and the conflict of conscience (GUILT), to hold onto this (THE GOSPEL) and practice it indeed is hard, even to those who are most experienced in it"

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