tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post8447719613306276549..comments2023-05-07T09:56:23.909-04:00Comments on The Christian Curmudgeon: What Kind of People Are We Anyway?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-51155903465308083082011-08-22T07:52:44.784-04:002011-08-22T07:52:44.784-04:00Luther treated this same subject extensively. Whil...Luther treated this same subject extensively. While he clearly recognized the two kingdoms in which we live, he put a very positive spin on our role while living in this temporal kingdom as follows:<br /><br />"Therefore there is a second question, whether a Christian may also be a temporal man and exercise the office and work of government or the law, so that the two persons or two kinds of office are united in one man and he is at the same time a Christian and a prince, judge, lord, man-servant<br />or maid-servant, which are called purely temporal persons since they<br />belong to the temporal regiment. To this we say yes: for God himself has ordained and instituted this temporal regiment and distinction of persons,<br />and moreover he has confirmed and praised it through his Word. For<br />without it this life could not exist, and we are all included in it together—yea, we are born into it before we become Christians. Therefore we must remain in it so long as we exist on earth, although only in respect of our<br />external bodily life and nature."Don Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252758119376534001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-16469281770628802962011-08-22T06:31:38.643-04:002011-08-22T06:31:38.643-04:00Excellent!
Thank you so much for this post.Excellent!<br /><br />Thank you so much for this post.Rhondanoreply@blogger.com