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28081 Luther on Galatians, p. 81.2 (Martin Luther)
… the spiritual life. In spiritual matters a person is by nature full of darkness, error, ignorance, malice, and perverseness in will and in mind.
28082 Luther on Galatians, p. 88.4 (Martin Luther)
The spiritual witchery of the devil creates in the heart a wrong idea of Christ. Those who share the opinion that a person is justified by the works of the Law, are simply bewitched. Their belief goes against faith and Christ.
28083 Luther on Galatians, p. 93.1 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual person who already has faith in Christ, and not the characteristics of a Gentile or of natural man. Luke first praises Cornelius for being a devout …
28084 Luther on Galatians, p. 96.3 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual life, and married life a carnal life. They are silly. All the duties of a Christian husband, e.g., to love his wife, to bring up his children, to govern …
28085 Luther on Galatians, p. 96.6 (Martin Luther)
… the spiritual benefit of your sufferings for Christ’s sake. What a miserable thing to endure so many afflictions for nothing.”
28086 Luther on Galatians, p. 102.5 (Martin Luther)
… the spiritual drink; for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” ( 1 Corinthians 10:4 .) And Christ Himself declared: “Your …
28087 Luther on Galatians, p. 104.5 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual Abraham, renewed by faith and regenerated by the Holy Ghost, that he should be the spiritual father of many nations. In that way all the Gentiles …
28088 Luther on Galatians, p. 106.6 (Martin Luther)
… for spiritual righteousness. In civil life we must, of course, pay attention to laws and deeds, but in the spiritual life we must not think to be justified by …
28089 Luther on Galatians, p. 107.1 (Martin Luther)
… and spiritual affairs.
28090 Luther on Galatians, p. 109.1 (Martin Luther)
… in spiritual matters? There, above all, faith must precede everything. The heart must be purified by faith before a person can lift a finger to please God.
28091 Luther on Galatians, p. 123.3 (Martin Luther)
… great spiritual blessings.
28092 Luther on Galatians, p. 130.1 (Martin Luther)
… is spiritual and divine. Paul describes this spiritual purpose of the Law in the words, “Because of transgressions,” i.e., to reveal to a person his sin, blindness …
28093 Luther on Galatians, p. 131.2 (Martin Luther)
… magnify spiritual transgressions. The Law is also a light like the Gospel. But instead of revealing the grace of God, righteousness, and life, the Law brings …
28094 Luther on Galatians, p. 133.6 (Martin Luther)
Spiritually, it means that the Law is not to operate on a person after he has been humbled and frightened by the exposure of his sins and the wrath of God. We must …
28095 Luther on Galatians, p. 135.2 (Martin Luther)
… its spiritual effect and purpose, which is not to justify or to pacify afflicted consciences, but to increase sin, to terrify the conscience, and to produce …
28096 Luther on Galatians, p. 141.5 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual prison, a veritable hell. When the Law begins to threaten a person with death and the eternal wrath of God, a man just cannot find any comfort at all …
28097 Luther on Galatians, p. 141.6 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual prison. And such it should be. For that the Law is intended. Only the confinement in the prison of the Law must not be unduly prolonged. It must come …
28098 Luther on Galatians, p. 142.2 (Martin Luther)
… the spiritual prison of the Law proves a chamber of torture. But this it should only be until faith be revealed. The silly conscience must be educated to this …
28099 Luther on Galatians, p. 177.1 (Martin Luther)
… inner, spiritual afflictions. He refers to these in 2 Corinthians 7:6, “Without were fightings, within were fears.” In his letter to the Philippians Paul makes …
28100 Luther on Galatians, p. 180.6 (Martin Luther)
… a spiritual father who forms Christ in the hearts of his hearers.