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Luther’s sermon on John 6:63: “Christ does not bind you to anything but His mouth and His Word”

Martin Luther·2017-10-15
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In this sermon on John 6:63, Luther emphasizes that the Holy Spirit works exclusively through God's Word and warns against claims of direct spiritual inspiration that contradict Scripture. Luther argues that binding oneself to Christ means adhering to His Word alone, and he critiques the medieval Catholic practice of accepting teachings as divinely inspired without biblical foundation, identifying such claims as satanic deception rather than genuine work of the Spirit.

The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. This means that the words were spoken by the Holy Spirit. Christ does not want to give you the right to run to and fro in search of the Spirit, to lose yourself in reverie and say: "I have this by inspiration of the Holy Spirit." Actually, it may be the devil who inspired you! Thus they alleged in the edict issued at the Diet of Augsburg: "The church is holy; therefore it follows that its proclamations are holy and given by inspiration...

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Author
Martin Luther
Date

2017-10-15

Source
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Scripture References
John 4:1
Topics
PneumatologyBiblical InterpretationProtestant Reformation
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