JesKlu
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For those of you who are Lutheran, what do you think of Martin Luther's sermon, "Sin Boldly?" And what do you think about his concept of the believer being compared to "dung" who is covered by snow?
I do think we can have an "acceptable" sorrow for our sins which can only be given us by the grace of God. The Holy Spirit who abides within us has the task of convicting us of our sins. I would like to believe that He is effective in this task. When we are convicted of our sins, we must ask for forgiveness and repent of our wrong-doing. I think that God blesses the repentant Christian with a broken and contrite heart toward his sin. This would be an example of Godly grief, which is pleasing to God.
If we only experience worldly grief for our sins, then we are truly not repentant nor sorry enough. But Godly grief for our sins makes us realize how we have offended God and therefore acceptably sorrowful for our sin in God's eyes.
Heavendweller
Hello Heavendweller!
If you are a preacher of mercy, do not preach an imaginary but
the true mercy. If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the
true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only
imaginary sinners.
Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let
your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the
victor over sin, death, and the world. We will commit sins while we
are here, for this life is not a place where justice resides. We,
however, says Peter (2. Peter 3:13) are looking forward to a new
heaven and a new earth where justice will reign. It suffices that
through God's glory we have recognized the Lamb who takes away the
sin of the world. No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to
kill or commit adultery thousands of times each day. Do you think
such an exalted Lamb paid merely a small price with a meager
sacrifice for our sins? Pray hard for you are quite a sinner.
On the day of the Feast of St. Peter the Apostle, 1521
http://www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org/yourti19047.html
Here is a portion of that sermon Martin Luther gave on the topic of the SIN BOLDLY! We can't forget to read the next line " but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world."
Even more interesting, look what day this sermon was given on. "On the day of the Feast of St. Peter the Apostle, 1521"
Peter the Apostle was quite a man. When he sinned, he sinned boldly. Where even the Lord had to say to him "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man." Matthew 16:23
Peter was not sinning in secret. This was why the Lord even told him that he would disown him 3 times, even though Peter said to the Lord I will die with you. Matthew 26:33-35.
Seems like Peter was bold in sinning. But after Pentecost, his faith in Christ was even bolder than his sinning. But he still sinned boldly. Galations 2 is a good example.
I have a strong sense that this was what Luther was talking about since he chose to have this sermon on the feast day of St Peter the Apostle. Meaning, we are all like Peter. And we have to remember to get behind the Lord and His Word and speak boldly in Jesus' name rather than our own name.
Luther was not talking about anything different that we don't know. We ALL fall short and sin boldly, because we know better as Christians. And this is where God's great abundance of mercy comes in, but even here we cannot take advantage of this mercy, because we are sinning less and following Christ more.
Your sister in Christ Jesus,
Jessica
< Message edited by JesKlu -- 5/14/2008 12:44:26 AM >
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