Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

According to this it is certain that in the Last Judgment, since it will be public, man will be judged according to his works. For in what other way could the justice of this judgment be made visible to men and angels, who will be present? We shall be declared just *according* to works, but not *on account of* works; for the works are not the basis of the divine judgment, but the visible testimony that this judgment is just. -- Edward Preuss (hey, this WAS written when he WAS an old Lutheran), *Justification of the Sinner before God* p. 114,115