Sorry about not keeping up with the posts! Here is a excerpt from Martin Luther's Preface on the book of Romans. Let me know what you think.
"O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do...Faith is a living and unshakable confidence, a belief in the grace of God so assured that a man would die a thousand deaths for its sake. This kind of confidence in God's grace, this sort of knowledge of it, makes us joyful, high-spirited, and eager in our relations with god and with all mankind. That is what the Holy Spirit effects through faith. Hence, the man of faith, without being driven, willingly and gladly seeks to do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of hardships, for the sake of the love and glory of the God who has shown him such grace. It is impossible, indeed, to separate works from faith, just as it is impossible to separate heat and light from fire."
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Alive...with faith in Christ and the truth of who He was, is and will always be. I find myself alive. Alive and living to share and not hold back. The words have come alive in my heart and mind. And now I pray that all of what I have known and will come to know will come back to a life and a fire that only speaks, walks, runs, breathes that which is faith in Christ. Oh how something in me stirs. It has been to long, oh sleeping Soul. Come alive and come to a faith in Christ that will do nothing but be a light and fire. Come alive to Christ all ye who seek passion. None will last like the passion that comes from sacrifice and servanthood. None can compare to a life ALIVE in Christ.
Tessa
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