Five Minutes a Day with Luther - 12-21-2009
Five Minutes with Luther
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December 21
Matthew 28:18 All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
in earth.
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The Holy Scripture (especially St. Paul) ascribes to Christ the
same almighty power which is given to the Father; so that He can
give grace, peace of conscience, forgiveness of sins, life, and
victory over death and the devil. Now, unless St. Paul wanted
to rob God of His honor and give it to another who was not God,
he would not ascribe such properties and attributes unto Christ,
if He were not true God. And God Himself says: "I will not give
My glory to another." And indeed, no man can give that to
another which he does not himself possess: but seeing Christ
gives grace, peace, and the Holy Ghost, and redeems from the
power of the devil, from sin and death, it is most sure that He
has an endless immeasurable, almighty power equal with the
Father's. Christ brings peace, not as the Apostles brought it;
namely, through preaching, but He gives it as the Creator to His
creature. The Father creates, gives life, grace and peace, and
so also the Son gives the same gifts. Now, to give grace,
peace, everlasting life, and the forgiveness of sins, and to
deliver from death and hell, surely these are not the works of
any creature, but belongs solely to the majesty of God. We must
imagine no other God than Christ; that God who does not speak out
of Christ's mouth is not God. And God will listen to no human
creature except through Christ.
All hail the power of Jesus' name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.
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Cuda.
aka Pastor Robin Fish
To be Lutheran is to be Christian -- and Vice Versa!
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