Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The World Is Too Much Condemned: Martin Luther on the Purpose of Ministry

“There are laws enough in the world, more than people can keep. The state, fathers and mothers, schoolmasters, and law enforcement persons all exist to rule according to laws. But the Lord Christ says, ‘I have not come to judge, to bite, to grumble, and to condemn people. The world is too much condemned. Therefore I will not rule people with laws. I have come that through my ministry and my death I may give help to all who are lost and may release and set free those who are overburdened with laws, with judgments, and with condemnation.‘”
 Taken from the great Reformer’s sermon on John 3, WA 47:27:

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