Five Minutes a Day with Luther - 12-14-2009

[Five Minutes with Luther]

FIVE MINUTES A DAY WITH LUTHER

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December 14

Psalm 119:103-104 How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes,
sweeter than honey to my mouth! From Thy precepts I get
understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.

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The Holy Scriptures are such wisdom that we must continually
remain students of them, for we cannot sufficiently fathom the
depth of one Word in them. When we think we understand a great
deal in them, we have scarcely learned the a-b-c's. Who is
able to know himself? As we see and learn how badly man's heart
is spoiled and poisoned by original sin, which is deeply rooted
in us, so likewise we find God's will far deeper than that we
with our five senses can comprehend it. To the understanding of
the worldly wise there is no lighter nor easier art than Divinity
and to understand God's Word; but they shoot far from the mark.
The cause which makes people think that Divinity is so easy and
light is this, that they soon weary of it and are quickly filled
therewith. The wise of the world, and the great ones, do not
understand God's Word: but God has revealed it to the poor,
ridiculed, simple people, as our Savior witnesses: "I praise
Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide
these things from the wise and intelligent and didst reveal them
to babes." St. Gregory speaks well and rightly that the Holy
Scripture is like a lake, in which an elephant must swim, but
through which a little lamb can safely walk. No greater
mischief can ever happen to Christian people than when God's
Word is taken from them and falsified, that they do not retain
it pure and clear. God grant that we and ours may not live to
see such mischief take effect.

Lord, open Thou my heart to hear,
And through Thy Word to me draw near,
Let me Thy Word e'er pure retain,
Let me Thy child and heir remain.

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Cuda.
aka Pastor Robin Fish
Lutheran to the core -- and just a little beyond.

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