Luther doesn’t seem
to go along with the 21st Century Lutherans who eschew the
words, “Justification by FAITH”, always replacing them with,
“Justification BY GRACE (through faith).”
“Thy faith hath
made thee whole,” He says to the Samaritan who had been a
leper. He does not give honor to Himself, else He would have
said, I have helped thee; but He gives faith the praise.
Thereby He wishes
to induce us, according to this example, to have full
confidence in God, and to be sure that We shall obtain in
Christ Jesus what we believe. If we believe
that we have forgiveness of sins and eternal life in Christ,
we shall have it. If we believe that God
will be gracious and merciful unto us for Christ’s sake, He
will be gracious and merciful unto us.
Therefore
all shall be ascribed to faith, not unto God,
though upon Him everything depends. And we all should
perceive, that if we do not obtain that which we desire and
need, it is not the fault of God that we do not obtain it, but
the fault of our unbelief; for if we were strong in faith, we
surely should obtain it.
Quote from: Luther, Martin. House Postil, or, Sermons on the Gospels for the Sundays and Principal Festivals of the Church Year, Volume III. “Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity. Luke 17:11-19.”
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| Agreed, and WELS-ELS-LCMS-ELCA teach the false gospel of UOJ. |
