Monday, February 28, 2011

Let Your Sins Be Strong: A Letter From Luther to Melanchthon

Sorry for the spacing problem.
"If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but 
the true mercy.If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the 
true, not an imaginary sin.God does not save those who are only 
imaginary sinners.Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let 
your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the 
victor over sin, death, and the world.We will commit sins while we 
are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides.We, 
however, says Peter (2. Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new 
heaven and a new earth where justice will reign.It suffices that 
through God's glory we have recognized the Lamb who takes away the 
sin of the world.No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to 
kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day.Do you think 
such an exalted Lamb paid merely a small price with a meager 
sacrifice for our sins?Pray hard for you are quite a sinner."   
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