There is no other way to faith than through a person's knowledge of sin and his damnable condition and through the inward crushing of the heart in contrition and sorrow. A person who does not come to faith in this way is not a believing Christian - much less a theologian. -- C. F. W. Walther,
Law and Gospel, p. 257
Presumably the babies who cry during Baptism are demonstrating “the inward crushing of the heart in contrition and sorrow.” Somehow I knew though, that they are not theologians.
ReplyDeletePeace and Joy to all you believing Christians and Theologians.
George A. Marquart