Om Luther-lesing og åpent hus

Oi, her var det en blogg! Den var visst min. Slikt skjer når man sitter fortapt i Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Men fortvil ikke: Jeg går og brygger på noen planer for fremtidige bloggposter. Bare vent, så skal dere se!

For de som måtte bekymre seg over mitt stadige snakk om Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Ta det med ro! Jeg er ajour med pensum, og denne uka har det vært minimalt med undervisning. I morgen begynner det derimot igjen, så vi får se hvor mye fritid det blir fremover. Vi har bl.a. en 5.000-ordsoppgave som det bare er å glede seg til.

Faget vi sitter med nå er Martin Luthers teologi. Min åpenbaring, der jeg satt bøyd over Luthers originale skrifter, var at når alt kommer til alt er ikke tilværelsen så verst. Jeg mener, staten betaler i praksis for at jeg kan drikke kaffe og lese Luther. Verre sjebner kan tenkes enn å lese eksempelvis følgende:

One thing, and one alone, is necessary for life, justification, and Christian liberty; and that is the most holy word of God, the Gospel of Christ, as He says: "I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me shall not die eternally." [...]

But you will ask, What is this word, and by what means is it to be used, since there are so many words of God? I answer, The Apostle Paul (Rom 1) explains what it is, namely the Gospel of God, concerning His Son, incarnate, suffering, risen, and glorified, through the Spirit, the Sanctifier. To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching. For faith alone and the efficacious use of the word of God, bring salvation. [...]

Since then this faith can reign onlyin the inward man, as it is said, "With the heart man believeth unto righteousness (Rom 10:10); and since it alone justifies, it is evident that by no outward work or labour can the winward man be at all justified, made free and saved; and that no works whatever have any relation to him. And so, on the other hand, it is solely by impiety and incredulity of heart that he becomes guilty and a slave of sin, deserving condemnation, not by any outward sin or work. Therefore the first care of every Christian ought to be to lay aside all reliance on works, and strengthen his faith alone more and more, and by it grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who has suffered and risen again for him, as Peter teaches (1.Pet 5) when he makes no other work to be a Christian one.

-Concerning Christian Liberty (Om kristenmenneskets frihet), anno 1520-

Tenk, slikt et herlig budskap får jeg faktisk stipend for å lese. Jeg smiler.

Søndag hadde vi åpent hus her i 596. Det rocket, kan man si (ihvertfall når Rock Band 3 ble satt i gang mot slutten av kvelden).