Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Luther on the 4 uses of the law

"Out of each commandment I make a garland of four twisted strands. That is, I take each commandment first as a teaching, which is what it actually is, and I reflect upon what our Lord God so earnest requires of me here. Secondly, I make out of it a reason for thanksgiving. Thirdly, a confession and fourthly, a prayer petition.”

HT: Dan Green @ Blog of Dan on Martin Luther's Quiet Time.

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