"Let your faith supplant reason. Abraham mastered reason by faith in the Word of God. Not as though reason ever yields meekly."
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Be careful not to build a doctrine of righteousness and salvation upon anything you do, for that house would surely fall, since it is founded on the limited and human instead of upon the infinite and divine.
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We should not worry over the actions of others toward us, instead being devoted to the gospel, we should love those who hate and hurt us.
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Reason cannot fathom that Christ, the Son of God, was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary and born incarnate, both God and man.
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Long ago, Isaiah wrote these encouraging words, "Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!"
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We should be eager to act like Christ so that there is unity and peace in the Church, without imagining that we have done some work that justifies us to God.
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The reason of the world shouts that the Sacraments are preposterous. But faith proclaims and insists that “this is most certainly true.”
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Harmony often depends upon a quiet answer (Proverbs 15:1) instead of proving who is right. Sometimes, concord depends on no answer at all.
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As Christ alone is the satisfaction for our sins, we see love in a new light. “We love because he first loved us," not because we expect special favor from God.
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"To reason, it seems absurd that Christ should offer his body and blood in the Lord’s Supper; that Baptism should be the washing of regeneration..."
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"Are you surprised that reason thinks little of faith? Reason thinks it ludicrous that faith should be the foremost service any person can render unto God."
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Paul consistently teaches that we are accepted on account of Christ and not on account of our love, or our works, or because we keep the law.
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To believe in God as Abraham did is to be right with God because faith honors God. Faith says to God: “I believe what you say.”
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The wisdom of the world concludes that effort makes the difference. So, some believe that human righteousness makes the difference with God.
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"Abraham believed ... Faith in God constitutes the highest worship, the prime duty, the first obedience, and the foremost sacrifice."
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If God commands it, then there should be the reward of his favor. It makes sense. Yet, “The wisdom of this world is foolishness before God.”
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God does not say, “Do this thing and you will be saved.” He could have said something like, “Do a cartwheel and you will be saved.” Of course, he said nothing so absurd...
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"Abraham may have enjoyed a good standing with men for his upright life, but not with God. In the sight of God, Abraham was a condemned sinner."
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Raffles, Food, and Crafts Saturday, September 24, 2002 8am–2pm • Breakfast biscuits, coffee, and juice. • Presold tickets for BBQ chicken plates from 11am to 2pm with limited walk-ins • Featuring mountain apples, cabbage, canned and baked goods, crafts, flower bulbs, and frozen meals • Supreme raffles: homemade quilts, Cheerwine bench, and so much more! Sponsored by the Lutheran Women 205 St. Paul's Church Rd., Salisbury, NC Download the flyer.
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"If there is any honesty left in [those who rely on their so-called good works] they will have to confess that their freedom dates from the preaching of the gospel."
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We should obey God by loving one another and doing good and charitable acts. Yet these actions will never conquer sin and death or justify to God.
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“Your experience ought to teach you that the fruits of love do not grow on the stump of the Law." Lawless men have no virtue based on the law.
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Faith is not formed by love or other good works. That is backwards thinking and contrary to Scripture. Rather, love is formed by faith in Christ.
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The work of Christ on the cross is sufficient for salvation, but the person who will not love as Christ loves, has become spiritually cold or even dead.
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Luther, like Paul, had adversaries who had succeeded in making them odious to those who formerly loved them but now hate them like poison.
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Why had the Galatians changed, no longer producing good fruit, except because they were misled into trusting their religious deeds instead of God.
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The assurance of God’s love for us is always disturbed by trusting in our acts because confidence is shattered by an unkind thought or lack of devotion.
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When the Gospel is preached unto faith, hope, love, and patience, God gives His wonder-working Spirit.
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Our works add nothing to the salvation he has won for those who believe. The honor belongs to Christ, for it is God alone who justifies.
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Bring your family and a covered dish for Homecoming at St. Paul's. Catch up with old friends and hear about the future at St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
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Our works add nothing to the salvation he has won for those who believe. The honor belongs to Christ, for it is God alone who justifies.
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Rejoicing comes, not from deeds and religion, but when we hear, if for the thousandth time, that old, old story of Jesus and his love.
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If you look to the law for righteousness, all your past, true worship of God and all afflictions endured for Christ’s sake will not help you at all.
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Jesus did not say, blessed are those who have dug a well and quenched their own thirst, but “blessed are those who hunger and thirst..."
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Being a pastor or missionary is not a free ticket to heaven. Their work is important to the kingdom, but only faith in Christ opens the gates of heaven.
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Have you suffered so much in vain? Have lost the gospel, faith, and Christ’s peace? What a miserable thing to endure so many afflictions for nothing.
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Paul also calls the righteousness of the law righteousness of the flesh because it is incapable of justifying and leaves a person to death.
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There is no grace to be derived from doing the ritual of Holy Communion. We do not receive forgiveness because we go through the motions.
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We are favored by God because we have faith in his Christ, not because, as we suppose, that he is appeased by the deeds that we have done.
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Be careful what you consider religious or spiritual, as often, these are only human reason's constructions of religion based upon personal feelings.
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To keep the faith, do not row harder. Instead, stop rowing and cast anchor. Cast your anchor in Christ and you will weather the storms of faith.
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We are favored by God because we have faith in his Christ, not because, as we suppose, that he is appeased by the deeds that we have done.
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If you have faith alone in Christ alone, you will serve God with a glad and liberated heart, because of what Christ did, not because of what you do.
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A person becomes and remains a Christian not by working, but by hearing, by sitting at the feet of Jesus like Mary, and hearing the gospel.
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You were baptized before you ever thought to do a good deed. Baptism is a sign that God gives Christ’s righteousness to sinners, not the religious.
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Foolish reason is offended at the doctrine of justification by faith, but the eternal Word of God speaks against carnal security, trusting in Christ alone.
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Since God offers his gifts free of charge, why not take them? Why worry about lack of worthiness? Why not accept gifts with joy and thanksgiving?
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You were baptized before you ever thought to do a good deed. Baptism is a sign that God gives Christ’s righteousness to sinners, not the religious.
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We do not merit eternal life by our works. Instead, faith obtains this eternal life because faith justifies us and has a reconciled God through Christ Jesus.
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The human heart says that to obtain the great gifts of God, you must engage in correspondingly great efforts. And the devil says, “Amen.”
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What God rewards the labors of fellow workers is unknown, but the certainty is that all who believe in Christ receive equal salvation.
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The worker finds no peace, yet the very moment the gospel of Christ touches him, certainty comes, along with joy, and a right judgment.
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You may think your little church does not contribute much to the kingdom. That is the same as saying that Christ does not contribute much to his own kingdom.
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Long before the time of Moses, God justified Job, kings, and the whole city of Nineveh without the law. Why should it be necessary now?
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The parable of the laborers shows how we are justified without the law, made equal in the kingdom through faith in the householder, not our labor.
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The old nature still clings to you, making your works, however well-intentioned, seem poorly executed and blemished.
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He has freely promised his merciful grace through Christ. The forgiveness of sins is certain because it depends upon the promise of God, not your deeds.
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Christ is returning for those who have faith in him, whose resurrection will be their own resurrection, shared with untold believers throughout history.
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The law requires one to keep its commandments, rules, and rituals. The gospel requires one to believe that Jesus has already fulfilled the law.
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The object of Peter’s visit was to acquaint Cornelius with the fact that Christ was no longer to be looked for in religion, because Christ is already here.
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In the group project on justification, God does the work for the entire group, without anyone in the whole history of humanity contributing a blessed thing.
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Cornelius never gave the law a thought, yet he was justified and received the Holy Spirit. You see then, that the law does not avail to righteousness.
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When we are reminded that God is gracious toward us and, in fact, is gracious because of Christ’s reconciling work on the cross, the heart is quieted.
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Law and the gospel are contrary ideas with contrary functions and purposes. Endowing the law with any capacity to produce righteousness plagiarizes the gospel.
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