Gerhard and Walther

Our faithful Savior, Christ Jesus, has through His perfect obedience won for us—among other blessings—the hearing of our prayers.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis III:306.

It is impossible for a person to become a Christian without the Word of God, and it is just as impossible for him to remain in faith without it. For this reason, St. Peter calls Scripture the imperishable seed from which one is born again, and also the pure milk by which newborn children are enabled to grow to a saving knowledge and true faith.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 609.