Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
Martin LutherRead
To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True inner peace and forgiveness require deep conviction, which can often be challenging to attain.
This quote by Martin Luther emphasizes the profound challenge of genuinely accepting the concepts of forgiveness and peace that come through grace. It suggests that while these gifts are offered to us freely, the struggle lies within ourselves to truly believe and internalize that we have been forgiven and can find tranquility with God, highlighting the complexity of faith and human emotions.
Themes
ForgivenessGracePeaceFaithConviction
In practice
Example use cases
A pastor might use this quote in a sermon to illustrate the challenges of faith.
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All quotes βNow 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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