ImaginaryDay2
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'Twas a joke, Lämm...
What Luther meant was that as sinful humans...we'll sin. Even though try as we might to not sin, we will sin. So live your life, not in constant fear that you'll sin in some way, but that you're a child of God, forgiven by Jesus' death. Luther spent way too many years in fear that the Lord would not forgive his sins. His epiphany that our sins were forgiven at the cross gave him much peace.
So, in short, Luther wasn't say to go out and sin.
Dr. Luther was most certainly not mad. Of course, I'm pretty sure that Pope Leo X and Albrecht of Mainz weren't playing with a full deck and Johann Eck? Well, eck.
Maybe this'll help:
"If the mercy is true, you must therefore bear the true, not an imaginary sin. God does not save those who are only imaginary sinners. Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong (sin boldly), but let your trust in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world."
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Luther
So no-one's really addressed the OP. I've given an opinion on it. Any takers?
There ought to be a "boo" option for posts
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MoreCoffee (Post #26):
How about a “boo-hoo” option, as well?
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