The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude, Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost, Trinity Sunday to Advent Preached and Explained by Martin Luther Kindle Edition

This Kindle e-book demonstrates that Martin Luther never softened truth so that he would be considered to be politically-correct. Sample quotes from--First Peter 1 chapter 1--"The human doctrine of free-will, and of our own ability, is futile. The matter does not lie in our wills, but in the will and election of God." "But human justification (justification by human works) is mere reviling of God, and the greatest of all sins that a man commits."First Peter 1 chapter 2--"So too they have named that the church which the Pope and his cardinals rule over, but Scripture refutes this. Therefore mark this well, that you may know how to establish the distinction as to how God names us priests, and how men call themselves such. For we must yet again state that this word priest should become as common as the word Christian. For to be a priest belongs not to an office that is external, it is only such a service as has to do with God's presence....the Pope may make as many such priests as he chooses, but far be it that he should make on a priest before God, for those God Himself will make."First Peter 1 chapter 3--"When you come to die I shall not be with you, neither will the Pope; and if you know but this one reason of your hope, and say 'I will believe as the Councils, the Pope and the Fathers believed,' then the devil will answer, 'Yes, but how if they were in error?' Then will he have won, and will drag you down to hell. Therefore must we know what we believed,--namely, what God's word is, not what the Pope and the holy Fathers believe or say. For you must not put your faith at all in persons--but on the Word of God. So when anyone assaults you, and like a heretic asks why you believe that you shall be saved through faith--here is your answer: 'Because I have God's word and the clear declarations of Scripture.'"First Peter 1 chapter 5--"Yet from this they have inferred the doctrine that the Pope has external power over all Christendom, and yet none of them preaches to you one word out of the Gospel, and I fear that since St. Peter's time there has been no Pope that has preached the Gospel.2 Peter chapter 1--"As when they refer the passage of Christ, Matt. xvi.: 'Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church,' to the Pope. That is a human, self-invented explanation; therefore, no one is to believe them, for they cannot prove out of the Scripture that Peter is ever spoken of as Pope."Jude-- "...and the conclusion is thence to be drawn, that the Lord by His coming will overthrow the Pope and his government, since there is no other help for it; for as long as the world stands, there will be no (voluntary) ending or reformation of it."

These teachings were written down about five hundred years ago and are timeless. Thank you, Amazon, for making such books available to us free or at little cost.

Great

An expected comparison of the villains of early Christianity and the church of Luther's time.

I was exposed to some of the details of how the actual participants felt about the Reformation, and what caused them to break away from the Catholic Church.

As usual wh God wants something done right HE hires a German to do it. Praise The Lord for Luther and others who has preserved the truth for us.

Excellent Read

In depth study of the epistles and a wonderful study companion. Both are explained in such a simplified manner that it makes for an easy read.

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readable

it is hard to beleive this was written some 460 years ago. Luther preaches justification by faith alone and never lets you forget it. if anyone wants to understand the roots of salvation by grace by the blood of Christ this seems to be where it starts. If you want to understand Luther for yourself, his writings explain who he is and the message is timeless.

I love it

OK

A clear and good understanding well compiled.

I've only glanced through this book so I haven't yet formed anopinion. I do like what I see and am anxious to get my nose into it.