Gospel-Driven Quote of the Week (2-6-12)
Feb 6, 2012
"Ps. 32:5-6 testifies that saints confess their transgressions and pray for the forgiveness of the guilt of their sin; it says: ‘I said: ‘I will confess my transgression to the Lord’; then Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to Thee.’ The entire church, which certainly is holy, prays that its sins may be forgiven; and it believes in the forgiveness of sins. In Ps. 143:2 David prays: ‘Enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for no man living is righteous before Thee’; and in Ps. 130:3-4: ‘If Thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with Thee.’ This is how the greatest saints speak and pray—David, Paul, etc…"
Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, vol. 27, pp. 76-77
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