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