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“Human beings can be saved from the ancient wound of the serpent in no other way than by believing in him who, when he was raised up from the earth on the tree of martyrdom in the likeness of sinful flesh, drew all things to himself and gave life to the dead.” - St. Irenaeus (Against the Heresies, BK. IV, 2, 7)

“[Just] as the preaching of repentance, so also the Gospel is ??????????? (universal)”

- St. Martin Chemnitz et al., Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord (XI.29)

O Jesus, perfect Conqueror, you who died for me, I ask: grant that I would always die to sin. Today you rise from the grave; make me rise from the tomb of my wicked deeds. You are our Paschal Lamb.

—Balthasar Meisner (1587-1626)
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In this world it often seems that the Lord has forgotten about us. So now we need faith to believe otherwise. People say, "Seeing is believing," but that's a contradiction. Luther said, "We should not believe that God answers prayer because we see so many prayers being answered. When it seems that God doesn't answer prayer, that's the time to believe. When it seems as though your sins are not forgiven, that's the time to cling to God's Word. Just believe it inspite of the fact that it seems to you that it isn't so." When we see everything in heaven, then there will be no more room for faith.

—Seigbert Becker, Lectures on Romans

it is important to remember that Christ has redeemed us from sin, not for sin. Some perversely imagine that since Christ’s work of redemption is complete and that since Christ has paid for the sins of the whole world, it now no longer matters what we do; we can sin as much as we want, as long as we just believe or as long as we get around to repenting some time later. Such people know nothing of faith or repentance. Such people remain spiritually blind, dead, and enemies of God. Such people have turned Christ’s incomparable love and his enormous sacrifice for them into a license to sin. St. Paul sternly warns against the notion that the work of redemption was accomplished so that we could wallow in the sin from which Christ has redeemed us at so great a price. He solemnly declares, “I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God” (Galatians 5:21). He pleads with us, “I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship” (Romans 12:1).

—Daniel Deutschlander, Grace Abounds: The Splendor of Christian Doctrine

"...the work of the church is not the work of establishing a visible kingdom of God on earth ruled over by the pope or dictated to by Protestant self-appointed clergy-guardians of society. The work of the church is the work of Christ’s prophetic office. It is the work of proclaiming the law as Jesus did, so that people will see from it how serious God is about sin and therefore how desperately they need the Savior. It is the work of proclaiming the gospel with the goal of forgiving the sins of the repentant. It is the work of pronouncing God’s judgment on those who do not repent (John 3:16-18). It is the work of showing believers those works which please God and those which call down his wrath (e.g., Romans 12; Galatians 5,6; Ephesians 4,6). In sum, it is the work of bringing the gospel to the lost and strengthening those who already believe it, so that their lives may more and more reflect their faith. "

—Daniel Deutschlander, Grace Abounds: The Splendor of Christian Doctrine

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