The Smalcald Articles – part 72
It is not in our nature to love God or do good. That old nature must die, so that a new nature may be formed in us—a righteous nature given to us, that may love God. Working ...
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read moreDo you believe that your old self is dead and buried with Christ through his death? Do you ...
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read moreRemember the first readers of this book? They wondered if Jesus had forgotten his promise to ...
read moreWhen we take these two declarations of Jesus together, they share a common theme: You can count ...
read moreEven here at the end of Revelation, Jesus mentions the problem of sexual immorality. The ...
read moreThe words of Revelation are true, and worthy of our faith. The words of the whole Bible describe ...
read moreVirtually all human beings have a deep desire to live in a world that is perfect. All of us have ...
read moreThe New Jerusalem is not a literal city. The description of it in Revelation 21 is a metaphor to ...
read moreWhat if our deepest desires – and our deepest disappointments – are really signs ...
read moreIf you have the treasure, you don’t need anything else, because the treasure will provide ...
read moreIt is not in our nature to love God or do good. That old nature must die, so that a new nature may be formed in us—a righteous nature given to us, that may love God. Working ...
We may do some good on our own. For example, our own free will may be at work in civil matters. You may determine whether or not you will pay your taxes or stop when the light ...
You will recall that we are dealing with theological errors that were refuted in Luther’s “Smalcald Articles.” We have seen that these errors were largely due to being in ...
We have already seen how human nature is not equal to the task. But even if some person is able to live a perfectly sinless life, that person was born into sin (original sin), ...
People are able to choose to do some good but they are incapable of being good. Likewise, they are able to leave off from doing some evil, while remaining incapable of being ...
Though this passage in Isaiah depicts the coming Messiah, it may also be seen as a model for the godly life. Within it, we see that human beings have the capacity to learn and ...