bold = Main text
Chapter, Paragraph grey = Comment text
1 Pre (2)| Weimar Edition of Luther's Works (WA), 39,I,205.~
2 Pre, 1 | the Roman Catholic Church's Council of Trent. These
3 Pre (3)| Augsburg Confession and Luther's Small Catechism among their
4 Pre, 5 | our justification by God's grace through faith in Christ.
5 1, 8 | Testament we listen to God's word about human sinfulness (
6 1, 8 | 16f,26) as well as of God's "righteousness" (Isa 46:
7 1, 9 | James (2:14-26)10. In Paul's letters also, the gift of
8 1, 9 | sinful human beings by God's grace through faith (Rom
9 1, 10 | himself (Jer 23:6). In Christ's death and resurrection all
10 1, 10 | beings are in need of God's righteousness, "since all
11 1, 10 | Paul understands Abraham's faith (Gen 15:6) as faith
12 1, 10 | like Abraham, trust in God's promise. "For the righteous
13 1, 10 | 3:11; Rom 1:17). In Paul's letters, God's righteousness
14 1, 10 | In Paul's letters, God's righteousness is also God'
15 1, 10 | righteousness is also God's power for those who have
16 1, 11 | now, but then fully in God's coming kingdom (Rom 5:1f).
17 1, 11 | from God alone, for Christ's sake, by grace, through
18 1, 11 | faith in "the gospel of God's Son" (Rom 1:1-3). ~
19 1, 12 | must constantly hear God's promises anew, confess their
20 1, 12 | participate in Christ's body and blood, and be exhorted
21 1, 12 | lives (Gal 2:20). Christ's "act of righteousness leads
22 2, 13 | century do not apply to today's partner.~
23 3, 15 | alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because
24 3, 16 | faith. Faith is itself God's gift through the Holy Spirit
25 3, 17 | Testament witness to God's saving action in Christ:
26 4, 19 | sinners they stand under God's judgment and are incapable
27 4, 19 | takes place solely by God's grace. Because Catholics
28 4, 20 | justification by consenting to God's justifying action, they
29 4, 21 | possibility of contributing to one's own justification, but do
30 4, 21 | which is effected by God's Word. [cf. Sources for 4.
31 4, 22 | frees human beings from sin's enslaving power and imparts
32 4, 22 | These two aspects of God's gracious action are not
33 4, 23 | union with Christ is one's life renewed. When they
34 4, 23 | When they stress that God's grace is forgiving love ("
35 4, 23 | renewal of the Christian's life. They intend rather
36 4, 24 | wish to insist that God's forgiving grace always brings
37 4, 24 | not thereby deny that God's gift of grace in justification
38 4, 25 | place their trust in God's gracious promise by justifying
39 4, 26 | creative word. Because God's act is a new creation, it
40 4, 26 | itself and the renewal of one's way of life that necessarily
41 4, 27 | grounded totally on God's graciousness and remains
42 4, 27 | always dependent on God's unfathomable grace and contributes
43 4, 28 | life constantly look to God's unconditional justifying
44 4, 28 | forgiveness as in the Lord's Prayer (Mt. 6:12; 1 Jn 1:
45 4, 30 | does not correspond to God's original design for humanity
46 4, 30 | contradiction to God and remains one's enemy in lifelong struggle.
47 4, 30 | to them in virtue of God's reconciling work in Christ. [
48 4, 31 | We also confess that God's commandments retain their
49 4, 31 | and example expressed God's will which is a standard
50 4, 33 | are bound to observe God's commandments, they do not
51 4, 34 | on the strength of Christ's death and resurrection they
52 4, 34 | effective promise of God's grace in Word and Sacrament
53 4, 35 | only him. In trust in God's promise they are assured
54 4, 36 | objective reality of Christ's promise, to look away from
55 4, 36 | promise, to look away from one's own experience, and to trust
56 4, 36 | and to trust in Christ's forgiving word alone (cf.
57 4, 36 | untrustworthy. No one may doubt God's mercy and Christ's merit.
58 4, 36 | doubt God's mercy and Christ's merit. Every person, however,
59 4, 39 | justification and not as one's own "merits", they nevertheless
60 4, 39 | of the fulfillment of God's promise to the believer. [
61 5, 44 | visible unity which is Christ's will. ~
62 App | way of representing God's saving work" (USA, no. 146). ~- "
63 App | the proclamation of God's free and merciful promises
64 App | faith' (Rom. 1:5) in God's saving action in Christ
65 App | the whole of our church's teaching, but also as the
66 App | is the free gift of God's grace. Even the beginnings
67 App | forgiveness, must be God's work in us" (USA, no. 156.
68 App | such a way, that the person's willing acceptance of God'
69 App | willing acceptance of God's grace - which is itself
70 App | renewing character of God's love; nor does it maintain ..
71 App | nor does it maintain ..God's impotence toward a sin which
72 App | the 'crediting of Christ's justification' as without
73 App | faithful, because Christ's word achieves what it promises.
74 App | understands grace as God's favor, but nevertheless
75 App | justification and that all of God's saving gifts come through
76 App | life, but solely on God's gracious promise. Acceptance
77 App | clings unconditionally to God's promise in Word and Sacrament
78 App | sake of acknowledging God's newly creating power; although
79 App | nothing but a response to God's unfathomable grace" (LV:
80 App | response effected by God's word itself, and that the
81 App | What is more, the Spirit's action does not exempt believers
82 App | reliability and sufficiency of God's promise, and the power of
83 App | and the power of Christ's death and resurrection;
84 App | should look only to Christ's word of forgiveness" (LV:
85 App | appreciate the Reformer's efforts to ground faith
86 App | objective reality of Christ's promise, 'whatsoever you
87 App | absolution from sins. ..Luther's original concern to teach
88 App | today also that - in Luther's words - faith is the assurance
89 App | attack 'Godless trust' in one's own works, the Council explicitly
90 App | refers to the Christian's acceptance by God, it strikes
|