The person who has not yet learned to know God as his Father in Christ will find it impossible to joyfully endure many, great, and lengthy sufferings and afflictions. But how completely different it is with those who vividly recognize that God is their dear Father and they are His dear children!—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 881.
19 November 2021
Gerhard and Walther
He [the Holy Ghost] unites us to Christ through faith; He makes God one with us through love; He joins us to our neighbor in Christian affection….As the Holy Spirit united the divine and human natures in Christ by His own overshadowing power, so also by the outpouring of His gracious gifts upon us He unites us to God and God to us.—Johann Gerhard, Sacred Meditation XXII
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