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MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN CHAPTER FIVE LUTHER'S DOCTRINE OF THE TWO KINGDOMS If we want to understand the strange stand of <strong>Luther</strong> on the issue of Peasant Revolution we need to look into his Doctrine of the Two Kingdom. All mankind is born of the First Adam The children of Adam fall into two groups, those who belong to the kingdom of God and those who belong to the kingdom of the world. 78
MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY PROF. M. M. NINAN Those who are born again in Christ the Second Adam form a subset of this mankind. Though Adam sold himself to Satan and brought in evil into the Kingdom of this world, God is still in control. God is God of both the worlds. To the kingdom of God belong all who believe in Christ and live under Him, for Christ is King and Lord in the kingdom of God. "Behold, these need neither sword nor law. And if all the world were made up of true Christians, there would be no need for ruler, king, lord, sword or law, for where would be the use of them? The Holy Ghost which abideth in their hearts teacheth them and bringeth it to pass that they do no wrong, but love all men. . . . And it may not be that the sword of the world and the law of the world should find labour to do among Christians." Here the greatest is the one who serves most. And Jesus serves everyone and gave himself up the salvation of the whole mankind, nay for the whole cosmos. To the Kingdom of this world belong to all those who are not in the Kingdom of God. Evil reigns there with individual permission. To control Evil God has placed a temporal authority of the rule of the law and of the sword. God is in command in both worlds. He meets us in both, though in different ways - In the spiritual with the Gospel, In the temporal with the Law. 79
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