Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough ... Moreover, our greatest task is to keep you faithful to this article and to bequeath this treasure to you when we die.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The message of faith is important and must be continually shared and preserved for future generations.
Martin Luther emphasizes the importance of preaching the gospel not just as a one-time act, but as an ongoing necessity for believers. He believes that true understanding and faith can only be fully grasped through consistent engagement with the teachings, and it is the responsibility of the current generation to ensure that this spiritual treasure is passed on to those who come after them.
Themes
GospelFaithPreachingTreasureInheritance
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon discussing the importance of faith, this quote can be referenced.
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All quotes →Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than before. Then I will properly appreciate the sun, the moon, the stars, trees, apples, as I reflect that he is Lord over all things. ...God writes the Gospel, not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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