04 June 2007

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

It is the office of faith to change the plural pronouns of the Gospel into the singular number. Instead of saying God loved the world, it says with Paul: "Christ loved me and gave Himself for me" and instead of "Christ died for all men," "Christ died for me," and instead of "our Lord," with Thomas "my Lord and my God." - H. E. Jacobs, *Elements of Religion* pp. 149, 150

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now that's the "FOR YOU" of the Gospel (smile)! Thank you very very much!