Friday, August 19, 2011

Luther Says!

Let me tell you this, even though you know God's Word perfectly and are already a master in all things: you are daily in the devil's kingdom.  He ceases neither day nor night to sneak up on you and to kindle in your heart unbelief and wicked thoughts against these first three commandments and all the commandments.  Therefore, you must always have God's Word in your heart, upon your lips and in your eyes.  But where the heart is idle and the Word does not make a sound, the devil breaks in and has done the damage before we are aware.

Luther from the Large Catechism, Third Commandment, paragraph 100