"Luther Quotations": #6D
"Evidently, some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ..." (1;6)
More from Luther on the danger of combining the your works and Christ's work together as a means of becoming acceptable (justified) with God:
"It seems such a little thing to mix the law (OUR EFFORTS) and the Gospel (CHRIST), faith (TRUST IN CHRIST) and works (OUR WORKS); but this does more mischief than human reason can conceive, for it not only blemishes and obscures the knowledge of grace, but it also takes away Christ, with all of his benefits, and utterly overshadows the (TRUE) gospel, as Paul says in this passage. The cause of this great evil is (YOUR) sinful nature, which, being immersed in sins, sees no way of getting out (SAVED) except by works and therefore wants to live in the righteousness of of the law and rely on its own actions. Therefore, it is utterly ignorant of the doctrine of grace and faith, without which it is impossible for the conscience to find rest and quietness." (p. 52)
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