Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Unity and support are essential when facing adversity, particularly in spiritual matters.
Martin Luther emphasizes the importance of community and mutual support when confronting challenges or evil influences, like those represented by Satan. He suggests that the Church and its teachings serve as a means for individuals to come together, collaborate, and offer help to one another in times of spiritual struggle.
Themes
UnitySupportCommunitySpiritualityAdversity
In practice
Example use cases
In a church sermon addressing spiritual struggles, this quote can be used to encourage congregants to support each other.
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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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