I Admit That I Deserve Death and Hell. What of It?

"When the devil throws our sins up to us and declares we deserve death and hell, we ought to speak thus:

'I admit that I deserve death and hell.

What of it?

Does this mean that I shall be sentenced to eternal damnation?

By no means.

For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf.

His name is Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Where he is, there I shall be also."

--Martin Luther 

 

 

 

 

"While I Slept or Drank Wittenberg Beer"

Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, speak about the power of the God's word.

"I simply taught, preached, wrote God's Word: otherwise I did nothing. And them, while I slept or drank Wittenberg beer with my Philip of Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that never a prince or an emperor did such damage to it. I did nothing: the Word did all."