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Subject: Re: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:08:59 -0700
From: "Pastor Jim Friedrich" <pastorjim@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors
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Don't spend time, it's more a curiosity.  After seeing the full context from 
Bonde, I am guessing it must be a fairly accurate translation.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bea Chun" <pastorchun@cgslc.org>
To: <scvlp@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors


>
> Jim, I couldn't get my hands on the German version right now - simply
> because I don't have a German version in my bookshelf. I have started an
> internet search, but I am finding it VERY time consuming. As soon as I can
> locate the German text, I will let you know about the accuracy.
> Bea
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scvlp@googlegroups.com [mailto:scvlp@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Pastor Jim Friedrich
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:15 PM
> To: scvlp@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors
>
>
> Thanks for the timely response and being tied to this Sunday's lesson is 
> an
> extra bonus.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Bonde" <dkbonde@gmail.com>
> To: "SCVLP" <scvlp@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors
>
>
>
> Here is the translation (and context) from the English Edition of
> Luther's Works Vol 32, pp 24-25.
>
> The sub-title of the work is:
>
> Defense and Explanation of All the Articles of Dr. Martin Luther which
> were Unjustly Condemned by the Roman Bull
>
> And this comes in the second article:
>
> THE SECOND ARTICLE
> He who denies that after baptism sin remains in every child tramples
> upon Christ and St. Paul.12
>
> ...
>
> The second parable is written in Matt. 13[:33]. It tells of the leaven
> which the woman mixes in three measures of meal until it is thoroughly
> leavened. The new leaven is the faith and grace of the Spirit. It does
> not leaven the whole lump at once but gently, and gradually, we become
> like this new leaven and eventually, a bread of God. This life,
> therefore, is not godliness but the process of becoming godly, not
> health but getting well, not being but becoming, not rest but
> exercise. We are not now what we shall be, but we are on the way. The
> process is not yet finished, but it is actively going on. This is not
> the goal but it is the right road. At present, everything does not
> gleam and sparkle, but everything is being cleansed.
>
> To bring the matter to a conclusion, the Lord's Prayer alone is enough
> to show that all of us are still sinners, for all the saints must also
> pray, "Hallowed be thy name, thy will be done, thy kingdom come," etc.
> Here they actually confess that they do not now adequately hallow
> God's name; nevertheless they could not even offer this prayer if the
> Spirit had not already begun to hallow this name. Thus they confess
> that they do not yet fulfil the will of God and yet they could not
> pray this petition had they not already begun to fulfil it. For those
> who have not made a beginning care nothing about the name and will of
> God, pray for nothing, and show no interest. Nor can it be said that
> in these petitions the saints pray only over their past sins and not
> their present and remaining sins. For there is a special Petition in
> the Lord's Prayer that deals with past sins which says, "Forgive us
> our debts as we forgive our debtors." These other Petitions, however,
> obviously refer to the other sins which are now present. For this
> reason, they ask that in the future God's name be honored, the divine
> will be obeyed, and the kingdom of God be attained. These are the
> prayers of men who are still partly in the kingdom of the devil,
> partly disobedient, and partly guilty of dishonoring the name of God.
>
>
> On Jul 21, 12:51 pm, "Pastor Jim Friedrich" <pastor...@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>> Bea, I have long had this Luther quote but never knew where in Luther's
>> works it came from.  It sounds so contemporary.  Do you know if it's a
>> pretty accurate translation of the German or is it more of a paraphrase?
>>
>> Thanks for using it.
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Bea Chun
>>   To: scvlp@googlegroups.com
>>   Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:57 PM
>>   Subject: Daily devotions by and for SCVLP Pastors
>>
>>   The 18th of each month is my assigned day for devotions. Here they are,
>>   Bea
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>>
>>   "This life is therefore,
>>   not righteousness,
>>   but growth in righteousness,
>>   not health, but healing,
>>   not being, but becoming,
>>   not rest, but exercise.
>>   We are not yet what we shall be,
>>   but we are growing toward it,
>>   the process is not yet finished
>>   but it is going on,
>>   this is not the end,
>>   but it is the road.
>>   All does not yet gleam in glory,
>>   but all is being purified."
>>
>>   From Luther's "Defense and Explanation of All the Articles" (1521),
>>
>>   discussion of Second Article
>
>
>
>
> >
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