tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post4342019234098958679..comments2023-11-05T02:55:10.230-06:00Comments on Gottesdienst Online: The Logic of the Antinomians of Luther's DayPr. H. R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16756503062523543708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-57716338597187500612014-04-21T17:30:18.747-05:002014-04-21T17:30:18.747-05:00A thing that I think is worth observing about the ...A thing that I think is worth observing about the quopte from On the Councils and the Church (not that there is anything really new or sensational to the observation, really, but nonetheless) is that the growth in sanctification (third use) flows right out of the discernment of "how far the Holy Spirit has advanced us in his work of sanctification and by how much we still fall short of the goal" (second use). <br /><br />The Lord works throug the Law what He works - and any attempts on our part to set up walls to separate His uses of the Law, let alone prohibit any of His uses of the Law - is futile. And clearly enough, Luther was aware of this. Again, no surprise, there; but worth observing, nonetheless ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419240117990921811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-28592782357931073222014-04-21T09:40:17.930-05:002014-04-21T09:40:17.930-05:00Great quote, Paul, thanks. There is absolutely no ...Great quote, Paul, thanks. There is absolutely no doubt that Martin Luther clearly did teach a third use of the law, as so powerfully documented in the book by Ed Engelbrecht:<br /><br />FRIENDS OF THE LAW: LUTHER<br /><br />http://www.cph.org/p-19257-friends-of-the-law-luthers-use-of-the-law-for-the-christian-life.aspxRev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-83800764795908262122014-04-17T21:16:10.922-05:002014-04-17T21:16:10.922-05:00Later in On the Councils and the Church (41:166), ...Later in On the Councils and the Church (41:166), and after listing a litany of those "signs whereby the Holy Spirit sanctifies us according to the second table of Moses...all of which St. Paul teaches abundantly in more than one place," Luther writes the following:<br /><br />"We need the Decalogue not only to apprise us of our lawful obligations, but we also need it to discern how far the Holy Spirit has advanced us in his work of sanctification and by how much we still fall short of the goal, lest we become secure and imagine that we have now done all that is required. Thus we must constantly grow in sanctification and always become new creatures in Christ. This means 'grow' and 'do so more and more' [II Pet. 3:18].Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11411185552998416865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-46067594912511681592014-04-15T21:01:06.923-05:002014-04-15T21:01:06.923-05:00Indeed! The law can never make us better. But, as...Indeed! The law can never make us better. But, as St. Paul tells us, it only "makes us worse."<br /><br />Law to kill (not to improve)…and gospel to raise again.<br /><br />Steve Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251554325064300307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778905687600416321.post-37091135524465750122014-04-15T17:23:47.371-05:002014-04-15T17:23:47.371-05:00Thanks, I needed that.
Steve HarrisThanks, I needed that.<br />Steve HarrisCecil The Sea Sick Sea Serpenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537345550560367967noreply@blogger.com