LUTHERAN CONFIDENTIAL + Each week in July, we will look at Romans chapters 7 and 8 through Luther’s eyes, find a connection to Reformation history and then some connection to our own life in Christ on the eve of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
FILE 2 - "BODY OF DEATH" + "Who will save me?", Paul asks. In Romans 7, we read of a struggle that happens in every believer. It is likely that Luther related a lot to Paul's words when he was preparing to lecture his students on Paul's question. In fact, Luther wrote that "it is a comfort to hear that such a great apostle was involved in the same sorrows and afflictions as we are when we try to be obedient to God." In Romans, we go from trial, to comfort to doxology as we celebrate with Paul and say, "Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord!"
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