The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church
Overview
The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church was written in response to common misconceptions about the Lutheran Church’s beliefs, particularly those regarding salvation. The result is a text which presents a scriptural basis for Lutheran theological practices and beliefs, with an emphasis on Lutheran views on salvation.
Top Highlights
“Christ’s atonement alone, and in itself, never saved a soul. It removed the obstacles that were in the way of our salvation, opened the way back to our Father’s house, purchased forgiveness and salvation for us. But all this profits the sinner nothing, so long as he is not brought into that way; so long as the salvation is not applied to him personally.” (Page 21)
“It is not at all the pastor’s place, and it should never be expected of him, to act the school-master, to see to and oversee the memorizing of the answers. It is his office to expound and apply the truth, to make the doctrines clear to the minds of the learners, and to show how they are all related to the individual life.” (Page 69)
“How long will it be before that helpless and seemingly innocent babe, that slumbers on its mother’s breast, will show symptoms of anger, jealousy, stubbornness and disobedience? Let that child alone, and, without a teacher, it will learn to lie, deceive, steal, curse, give pain to others, etc. But without a teacher it will not learn to pray, confess wrong, and ‘fear, love and trust in God above all things.’ Are these things symptoms and evidences of inward purity, or of inbred sin?” (Pages 16–17)
“One of the first and most important principles, insisted on by our theologians and the framers of our Confessions is, that a passage of Scripture is always to be taken in its natural, plain and literal sense, unless there is something in the text itself, or in the context, that clearly indicates that it is intended to convey a figurative sense.” (Pages 33–34)
- Title: The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church
- Author: G. H. Gerberding
- Publisher: Lutheran Publication Society
- Print Publication Date: 1887
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Salvation; Lutheran Church › Doctrinal and controversial works
- Resource ID: LLS:WYSLVLTHCHR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:48:21Z