A Simple Explanation
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
PSALM 19:7
+
A Simple Explanation
Christ's kingdom is established . . . not with human force, wisdom, counsel or power, but with the Word and the Gospel preached by infants and sucklings. . .. Christ founds, strengthens, and fortifies His kingdom only through the oral Word. By "infants" He does not mean young children who cannot talk (for if they are to speak and preach the Word, they must be able to talk), but plain, simple, unsophisticated people, who are like infant children in that they set aside all reason, grasp and accept the Word with simple faith, and let themselves be led and directed by God like children. Such people are also the best scholars and pupils in Christ's kingdom, as He Himself says in Matthew 11:25: "I thank Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes." In Psalm 19:7 David says: "The testimony of the Lord makes wise the simple." And Psalm 119:130: "The unfolding of Thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple."
From Commentary on Psalm 8 (Luther's Works 12:108)
PSALM 19:7
+
A Simple Explanation
Christ's kingdom is established . . . not with human force, wisdom, counsel or power, but with the Word and the Gospel preached by infants and sucklings. . .. Christ founds, strengthens, and fortifies His kingdom only through the oral Word. By "infants" He does not mean young children who cannot talk (for if they are to speak and preach the Word, they must be able to talk), but plain, simple, unsophisticated people, who are like infant children in that they set aside all reason, grasp and accept the Word with simple faith, and let themselves be led and directed by God like children. Such people are also the best scholars and pupils in Christ's kingdom, as He Himself says in Matthew 11:25: "I thank Thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes." In Psalm 19:7 David says: "The testimony of the Lord makes wise the simple." And Psalm 119:130: "The unfolding of Thy words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple."
From Commentary on Psalm 8 (Luther's Works 12:108)
Posted in Daily Devotions
Recent
Archive
2024
January
Faith Comes By HearingAll Day LongThe Lord Keeps for HimselfSalvation Has ComeGrafted InStand Fast By FaithKindness and SeverityThe MysteryMercy on AllUnsearchableLiving SacrificesGiftsGenuine LoveThe Meaning of LifeGod EstablishedThe Summary of the Law is LoveThe Armor of LightMade to StandLiving to the LordEvery Knee Shall BowStumbling BlockTrue FreedomServant of the ChurchOur ExampleFellow WorkersAbound in HopeA Good TeacherGod’s WorkTravel PlansThe Fullness of His BlessingStrive TogetherWelcomeGreet One AnotherWatch Out
February
GreetingsAble to StrengthenAuthorityBlessed BeRedemption in His BloodSpiritual BlessingsGive ThanksDead Men WalkingBy GraceImmeasurable RichesBy GraceGod's WorkmanshipSeparatedBrought NearNo More HostilityTotal AccessFellow CitizensFor This ReasonMystery RevealedLeast of AllEternal PurposeFaith in HimSpiritual StrengthAbundant GiftWalk in LoveChrist's MeasureGifts to MenUnity of the FaithTo and Fro