OK, SO WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS IS YOURS? (Martin Luther on the primacy of justification - from his Commentary on Galatians) Therefore in this epistle, Saint Paul takes on the task of diligently teaching us, comforting us, perfecting us in the knowledge of this most excellent Christian righteousness. For if we should lose the central teaching of justification, then all true Christian doctrine will be lost. And everyone in the world who does not hold on to this doctrine is either a Jew, a Moslem, a follower of the pope, or a heretic. Because between the “righteousness of the law” and the “Christian righteousness” there is no half way point. Whoever strays from this “Christian righteousness” inevitably falls into the “righteousness of the law”. In short, once he loses Christ, he must by default fall into the confidence of his own works. From Martin Luthers Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians, 1535. Translation from the Latin: Haroldo S. Camacho, Ph.D.
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