Luther quote

Posted on September 15, 2011 by theoldadam

Updated:

“Next to faith this is the highest art — to be content with the calling in which God has placed you. I have not learned it yet.”

— Martin Luther

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Pastor Mark Anderson’s take on the above quote:

There is more to this quote than meets the eye. Luther viewed the ordinary vocations of life as authentic Christian discipleship. This was consistent with his very down-to-earth view of the Gospel and represented one of his most radical insights into the nature of the Christian life. Contrast this with the myriad of current discipleship, following Jesus programs where piety runs amok and which amount to nothing more than spiritual ladder climbing projects.

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10 Responses

Dave K, on September 15, 2011 at 7:23 pm said:

Great stuff. Do you know where that’s from?

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theoldadam, on September 15, 2011 at 10:30 pm said:

No, Dave. I got it off a site that has a lot of Luther quotes.

I’ll try and put up a link to it (soon).

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JSA, on September 16, 2011 at 1:18 am said:

Isn’t lack of contentment basically caused by lack of faith? And yes, it’s tough.

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mark anderson, on September 16, 2011 at 3:34 am said:

There is more to this quote than meets the eye. Luther viewed the ordinary vocations of life as authentic Christian discipleship. This was consistent with his very down-to-earth view of the Gospel and represented one of his most radical insights into the nature of the Christian life. Contrast this with the myriad of current discipleship, following Jesus programs where piety runs amok and which amount to nothing more than spiritual ladder climbing projects.

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David Cochrane, on September 16, 2011 at 3:11 pm said:

St Stephen that is a great quote! Thank you for posting it.

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theoldadam, on September 16, 2011 at 8:16 pm said:

Thanks, St. David!

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theoldadam, on September 16, 2011 at 8:17 pm said:

Maybe so, JS.

I think it was Jesus who filled us in on what we could do if we had even a small (mustard seed) amount of faith.

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theoldadam, on September 16, 2011 at 8:19 pm said:

Thanks, Pastor Mark.

I’d like to use your comments in the body of the post.

What you said was (I believe) very important to understand the quote and the totality of Luther’s theology with respect to the gospel.

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Howard Nowlan, on September 16, 2011 at 9:51 pm said:

Good quote and very helpful definition.
Here’s something you should enjoy:
http://www.mbird.com/2011/09/beyond-impertatives-a-must-read-on-the-law/

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theoldadam, on September 16, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:

Thanks, Howard.

That’s a very good article over at Mockingbird.

I appreciate you sharing the link.

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