Reading through "Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants" by Martin Luther, I was surprised how quickly Martin Luther brought up wanting to put the Peasants to death. I understand the crimes they have committed, although I am not sure if immediate execution is always a great route to take. Luther also seemed very okay with calling everyone out to take action, and it seems that he wasn't exactly going to jump to fight himself though. This guy can have some good moments, but also some bad, I've gotta say. Although people do commit horrible crimes, there should at least be some type of attempt to bring them back. Of course Hebrews says that it is impossible for someone to truly experience God, the Holy Spirit, and the joy of the Word, and then fall away, and return. Im not 100% up to speed with the state of the peasants, other than they do in delusion call themselves Christian brethren will committing their crimes and sins. I think thats a great representation of how we sometimes live in sin and almost deceive ourselves into thinking we are fine and not in disobedience to God. Very convicting, although I'm not sure if that was the intent of the writing. LAST BLOG yeah.
P.S. I commented on Darby's and Sierra's posts.
I like your point. There are a lot of people who do wrong but delusion themselves into thinking that what they are doing is right.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure they do not know that what they are doing is wrong? I think they know.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that Luther was rather harsh in this work. However I wonder if he could not be right with his accusations against the peasants. Is there something of immense value in wholly rendering to a ruler? When do you draw the line? When do you hold the ruler to God's ways of holy justice as well? There is so many more factors I feel like that must be considered than what Luther is giving credit for in this work.
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