February 23, 2009

MARTIN LUTHER DEFINES SIN

"It enjoys itself and uses everyone else, even God; it seeks itself and its own interests in everything: it brings it about that man is finally and ultimately concerned only for himself. This is the idolatry that determines all he does, feels, undertakes, thinks, and speaks. Good is only what is good for him and bad only what is bad for him" (Luther's Commentary on Romans, chapter 8)

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