Lutheran Faith and Action
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteous.
I do not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus' name
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.
The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 P.370
So is it just a matter of faith and nothing more and just go on living for the day?
We are justified by faith and that faith does not give us a license to sin. However, we sin daily several times and receive forgiveness in Christ for having done so. I think that many who pass by this blod know this . It is purely out of God's grace we are forgiven at all. It is also Christians who are the only ones forgiven
The question here is do Lutherans do anything to cultivate their faith? Is it all Scripture? Yes, it is Scripture and there are devotional practices one can do to deepen faith and piety. Notice I did not say that you become pious. Sanctification or being pious is never completed in this life. But daily practices of piety and devotion are even experienced in the life of the Lutheran and do cultivate faith and piety. It is not just a Romish or Orthodox thing and it is not evangelical driving for purpose and running out of gas.
Among the things that I practice and not legalistically but rather joyfully are the evening and morning suffrages found in the hymnal. I use the Lutheran Hymnal of 1941. I also make use of the Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard and other resources such as the website known as Lex Orandi that has various prayers and collects that can be used for devotional purposes.
So for those of you that are unfamiliar with the deeper spirituality of Lutheranism .Welcome ! Enjoy the links to Sacred Meditations and Lex Orandi.
http://www.lexorandi.org/purpose.html
http://www.forministry.com/CAONLCHCAGKLGK/SacredMeditations.dsp
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteous.
I do not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus' name
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.
The Lutheran Hymnal 1941 P.370
So is it just a matter of faith and nothing more and just go on living for the day?
We are justified by faith and that faith does not give us a license to sin. However, we sin daily several times and receive forgiveness in Christ for having done so. I think that many who pass by this blod know this . It is purely out of God's grace we are forgiven at all. It is also Christians who are the only ones forgiven
The question here is do Lutherans do anything to cultivate their faith? Is it all Scripture? Yes, it is Scripture and there are devotional practices one can do to deepen faith and piety. Notice I did not say that you become pious. Sanctification or being pious is never completed in this life. But daily practices of piety and devotion are even experienced in the life of the Lutheran and do cultivate faith and piety. It is not just a Romish or Orthodox thing and it is not evangelical driving for purpose and running out of gas.
Among the things that I practice and not legalistically but rather joyfully are the evening and morning suffrages found in the hymnal. I use the Lutheran Hymnal of 1941. I also make use of the Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard and other resources such as the website known as Lex Orandi that has various prayers and collects that can be used for devotional purposes.
So for those of you that are unfamiliar with the deeper spirituality of Lutheranism .Welcome ! Enjoy the links to Sacred Meditations and Lex Orandi.
http://www.lexorandi.org/purpose.html
http://www.forministry.com/CAONLCHCAGKLGK/SacredMeditations.dsp
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