Luther wrote: "We do not deny that Christians ought to imitate the example of Christ; but mere imitation will not satisfy God."
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"To bless simply means to spread abroad the knowledge of Christ’s salvation. This is the office of the New Testament Church..."
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The blessing is the promise of the Gospel. All nations are to be declared righteous before God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Religion knows no end of satisfactions that must still be made. Faith knows and relies on the cross of Christ alone. That is the all and everything.
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Faith in God’s Christ robes us for heaven while dressing us for action on earth. As Ambrose said, “Faith is the mother of a good will and doing what is right."
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We esteem Abraham because he had faith in the Christ who would come 14 generations later. We do not regard him because he created a religion.
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Our faith in his Word, which is the promise of his very self, is what upholds us until there is no time to measure — and will uphold us forever.
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If Abraham’s works did not justify him to God, then how could any follower of Father Abraham be justified by his works? They cannot, nor can we.
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God, the loving Father, sent his only Son, the Light of the World, into this dark world. He insists that we have faith in him. Nothing else will do.
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The faith of Abraham was directed to the Messiah who was to come, while ours rests in the Christ who has already come and is coming again with great power and glory.
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Faith believes God when he makes the promise of eternal life, without knowing the particulars, just as Abraham believed God for the seed of blessing.
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Cheats like Jacob may become children of Abraham — because they have faith in the promise. And that is good news for the likes of you and me.
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The physical offspring of Abraham are born in sin into wrath and condemnation but the spiritual offspring to pardon and heaven.
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"Paul’s argumentation runs... 'Since this is the unmistakable testimony of Holy Writ, why do you take your stand upon circumcision and the law?'"
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We are not protected from eternal wrath and damnation by doing a blessed thing. Like Abraham, we are justified to God by believing him.
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"This is the main point of Paul’s argument against the Jews: The children of Abraham are those who believe, not those who are born of Abraham’s flesh."
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Because sin lingers in us, and God hates sin, a transfusion of alien righteousness becomes vitally necessary. So, faith justify without works.
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Do not consult that quack doctor, Reason. Rely upon the heavenly Physician, Christ, who heals the broken-hearted and makes a joyful heart..
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Those who imagine they are becoming good enough for God are fooling themselves, and they know it with every pious effort they make at holiness.
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"Faith is weak, but it means enough to God that He will not lay sin to our charge. He will not punish nor condemn us for it. He will forgive our sins..."
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"God 'winks' at my sins and covers them up. God says: 'Because you believe in my Son I will forgive your sins until death shall deliver you from the body of sin.'”
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"Because the shadow of Christ’s wing covers me I have no fear that God will cover all my sins and take my imperfections for perfect righteousness."
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"Christian righteousness is the confidence of the heart in God through Christ Jesus. Such confidence is accounted righteousness for Christ’s sake."
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"Faith truly honors God. And because faith honors God, God counts faith for righteousness."
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"They despise God, make a liar out of him, snub Christ and all his benefits; in short, they pull God from his throne and perch themselves on it."
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We may trust in God's mercy and grace through faith in him, not in our works, for he is no unmerciful slave driver or unfaithful and angry judge.
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"Everyone who by faith slays reason, the world’s biggest monster, renders God a real service, a better service than the religions of all races and all the drudgery of meritorious monks can render."
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