Gerhard and Walther

John 13:15 “I have given you an example, that you do as I have done.” Here we hear that Christ’s life and obedience is not only a gift of which we become partakers through true faith, but it is also an example, which we are to follow.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis, I:187.

Whoever wants to be saved must listen to God’s Word with great attention, and the divine thoughts it reveals must fill his whole heart, creating a living faith in Christ and a new life. Whoever does not want this must also give up the hope of being saved.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 213.