Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
The offering of [the body] is called a spiritual sacrifice because it is freely sacrificed through the Spirit, the Christian being uninfluenced by the constrainst of the Low or the fear of hell.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of selfless sacrifice in a spiritual context, free from fear and coercion.
Martin Luther highlights the concept of spiritual sacrifice as a voluntary act of devotion that transcends earthly fears and limitations. He suggests that true sacrifice comes from the spirit, demonstrating a commitment to faith without being driven by fear of repercussions or worldly constraints.
Themes
SacrificeSpiritualFreedomFaithSelflessness
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about the importance of devotion during challenging times.
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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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