Summary
Martin Luther said that it is important to be able to distinguish between these two things. In fact, he said that if you can distinguish between these two things, you would be able to be called a doctor of theology. Our Lutheran confessional writings echoes the importance of that because it is the ability to distinguish between law and gospel that enables us to rightly understand and also to rightly explain the Scriptures. To be able to distinguish law and gospel, you can be called Luther said, a doctor of theology. To rightly distinguish the law and the gospel in scripture and beloved to rightly distinguish law and gospel in our own lives. We'll we live in the guilt of what we did or what we said, or what we should have said, but we didn't say, are we going to live in the guilt of what we've done or what we've left undone or will we live in light of the victory of the cross and the empty tomb, will we live in light of the forgiveness that is ours in Jesus Christ?
Video citations
- “Law or Gospel?” 3-27-22 — Would you open up your Scriptures, please, to this portion of God's holy word, Mark the 12th chapter, if you're using a Pew edition of Holy Scripture, you're going to find that on page 42, Mark the…