Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker acknowledges their faults but finds hope in the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.
In this quote, Martin Luther reflects on the weight of personal guilt and the acceptance of the inevitable consequences of one's actions. However, he emphasizes the transformative power of faith in Jesus Christ, who offers forgiveness and the promise of eternal life. This expression of faith suggests that despite one's sins and the recognition of one's deserving of punishment, there is reassurance and salvation found in belief, providing profound comfort and hope.
Themes
FaithRedemptionForgivenessJesusSufferingHope
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about redemption, one might quote Martin Luther to illustrate the power of faith.
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All quotes →Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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