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Good to God

When are you good to God?

Luther:

Everyone thinks that God finds you good when you live a good life and so have a good conscience. In the past I did too, but now I dispute this nonsense. Because if it…

Peace and War at the Same Time

Does faith give you peace?

Luther:

Inwardly yes, but from the outside not quite. With ‘inwardly’ I do not mean that I always really experience a feeling of peace, but an invisible peace by faith. Because the peace of God exceeds…

At the Same Time Sinful and Good

According to you a Christian is ‘sinner and righteous at the same time’. How is that possible? It is one or another, is not it?

Luther:

At first I thought so. Each time I sinned, I went to the priest and…

Conflict With Yourself

What is the conflict between flesh and spirit?

Luther:

First of all it is about the will. You are not flesh and spirit both partly, but completely. On the one hand you want to live completely pure and clean, but on…

Dislike For Yourself?

Does fighting with yourself mean that you have to dislike yourself?

Luther:

No, that is not what I mean. You shall not despise yourself or despair of yourself, no more than you may despise others or expect nothing anymore from them….

Re-Creation

Why is sanctification also called ‘re-creation’ in the Bible?

Luther:

Because it looks like creation. As the earth was wild and void before creation, so is the sinner before re-creation. And as God created out of this emptiness the earth to…

New ‘Testament’

What does the phrase new ‘Testament’ really mean?

Luther:

A testament is the promise of someone who is going to die, in which he describes who gets what. There is a testator, an inheritance and a inheritor. In the New Testament…

Devilish Question

How do you know if you are chosen?

Luther:

Caution, that is a devilish question! The devil stirs your curiosity up so that you want to fathom the secret of predestination. With that he wants to place humans above God and…

God Hates Me

Sometimes I am desperate. God must hate me, because I am such a great sinner

Luther:

That is a great temptation of the devil, that he says: God hates the sinner, you are a sinner, so God hates you. You just…

This Is Required in the Seventh Commandment

When do you fulfil the seventh commandment?

Luther:

When you have chastity, discipline, a good well developed sense of shame in works, words, desires and thoughts; further moderation in eating, drinking, sleeping and everything that contributes to chastity.

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