25 October 2013

New Lutheran Quote of the Day

Our prayer is part of our work in Christ's heavenly administration of His Father's realm.—Dr. John Kleinig, Grace upon Grace, p. 155.

2 comments:

  1. True.

    It's even more true of the prayer of the saints who have entered into glory, of whom it is said that they "shall reign with Him" (2 Tim 2.12).

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  2. Absolutely. No question. And we are so much one body with them that, as Dr. Luther said so beautifully on John 17, "For who can harm or injure a man who has this confidence, who knows that heaven and earth, and all the angels and the saints will cry to God when the smallest suffering befalls him?"

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