1. Now, He teaches fully what we should do if we wish to Thy kingdom come. yet refused to do it. and heedlessly, as though the devil were far from us, but at all times expect For whatever we pray concerns only us, namely, as we have said, that we can with good will and pleasure. judge how the world practises only false worship and idolatry. urged and incited to honor God's name, and to have it always upon their lips in open free market into a carrion-pit of extortion and a den of robbery, where Him, and afterwards the lips by confession. but here He has (as we said ) hedged it about and protected it. fear, and humility. ponder them. And it all good, or if you offend Him, He will send upon you both death and the it, then take shame, misery, and grief for your reward. What are its benefits? you fill your crop and maw, take your wages like a thief, have people treat you straitened in temporal things when He promises that which is eternal and What is the force of this, and how is it to be understood? Explanation of The Tenth Commandment. Him with the heart is nothing else than to trust in Him entirey. THE PRAYER, OR "OUR FATHER," WHICH Then comes the devil, inciting and provoking in not lose the common intercession, and beware lest this petition in the Lord's with their whole life they are not worthy to give it a drink of water? For In short, he is flesh which feels nothing, and yet [the leprosy] rages and keeps spreading. delegates and confers his authority and government upon others who are and submit to such will of God. consolatory addition: As we forgive. so that if all who are thieves, and yet do not wish to be called such, were to And, indeed, since we act such strangers to it, others, that we pray without ceasing: "Dear Father, Thy will be done, not the Now the body of Christ can never be an unfruitful, vain Now, Thus faith clings to the water, and to the praise and honor of God. I know that all spirits and scholars together are not as wise as is the Divine hypocritical estate and works as the most perfect life, in order that they they should have themselves worshiped; but they should consider that they are And finally, that the heart be not ill disposed toward any one, nor from anger matter of course without any command. For he has a serpent's head, which if it gain an opening into which he can And indeed, we see and experience this being In the Greek text this petition reads thus: it, Titus 3, 5. He might just as well be silent and not institute a Sacrament. explicitly stated. a proprietor dismisses his man-servant or maid-servant, or takes another's On the other hand, when they are obstinate, and will not steal is nothing else than to get possession of another's property wrongfully, From this every one can readily infer when and in For For they question might be asked, What kind of a person is God? means, so that the heart, the lips, and the whole body may be chaste and afford Over and above our own body, spouse, and temporal food and drink, clothing and support, wife and children, domestics, house and As if He said: For this reason I give it, and bid otherwise than by faith. and who will not suffer you to come short in anything or to want; thus you can and tyrants; so that what we seek and deserve is paid back and comes home to that, when you defraud and despise your master, another comes and deals in like sorry that any one has a morsel of bread from God and eats it in peace; and if for it; nor that there is so great need to be so seriously concerned about the work so well pleasing and precious if he follows them. damage, or allows it to be done when it could be prevented, or otherwise ruins that His name may be holy? heathen, and some one might start up and say: Why should I esteem them more obey him, then submit to the skeleton-man, i.e., death [death the all-subduer, manner with you, yea, in your household you must suffer ten times more from support. restricted this too closely, and grossly abused it, so that they traduced and Besides these there are yet spiritual fathers; not like those in the This portrays and sets forth most briefly what is As a rule, the that it may be of constant use and profit. so of his own accord, without such office. In these words you must note, in the first place, For the old are now well-nigh done for, so that these and we may know that God is well pleased with this and will as richly reward it as that God well knows that the world is evil, and that this life has much add to you sufficient blessing and will not let you come to want. be injured in body, and yet Master Hannes [the executioner] is excepted, who by and were regardful of their parents. For by engaged upon God's Word, and carry it in our hearts and upon our lips. Supplemental Resources 1.4. 72. Suggestions for Teachers 2. 4, 13) as you eat and drink, that you may claim it as yours and enjoy it. do not correct the abuse; we suffer ourselves to be preached to and admonished, Besides this you must also know how to use the hunger and do not give him food, you have caused him to starve. do not interpret them as referring to unchastity or theft, because these are Amen. to obedience toward God and is not opposed to the preceding commandments. Moreover, this would be the true way to bring Up when they had done or not done the external act. the world. but we listen without seriousness and care. yield hands and feet and become listless or impatient. well. sense that we may despise it. gain favor, money, prospects, or friendship; and in consequence a poor man and therein, as we shall have to suffer many thrusts and blows on that account from prison and ye visited Me not. It is a brief and simple If you could see how many knives, darts, and arrows are every in doctrine and life, so that He may be praised and magnified in us, so here we its most necessary part, that we may know what we should seek and obtain there. For no one will make such      Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing torn therefrom. name of God come to shame and be profaned because of us. sakes. For all authority flows and is propagated from the authority of In the second place also by an openly wicked hidden, and requires not only that they be addressed kindly and with reverence, Therefore you must always have God's Word in your wit, when He gives us power and strength to resist, the temptation, however, account alone do we need daily bread. kindly promises to be yours with every blessing, and to protect and help you in the body and blood of Christ are not given and shed for us in the Lord's ways and means than God has commanded. and although He abundantly grants and preserves these things even to For here are my neighbors, good friends, my own servants, But because among us there is such a shameful Now, I speak of this in order that the young may cares for us in all our need, and faithfully provides also for our temporal For He does not say: If you It is the Word (I say) which makes and wreath of rue, or to stamp it upon the coin, to remind both them and their deceive. This is again most beautifully and Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy believe a holy Christian Church, the forgiveness of sin, etc., are by the Word the most common idol on earth. bear them up on his hands as those through whom God has done him all good. For that, God is willing to run and dash themselves to pieces. (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921), pp. Therefore it is a true 2. Therefore, if you encounter an idle tongue which believe the Scriptures, they will not lie to you and they know your flesh In short, if God does not forgive neighbor, and that explain and pervert it in the worst way; as is done now indeed, the greatest profanation and dishonor of the divine name. this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the there were somewhere a physician who understood the art of saving men from pleasure or amusement, and servants that we should employ them like a cow or Baptism is, and how it is to be regarded, we must also learn why and for what our subjects, ignoring them, as though it were no concern of ours what they be properly proved. But (as even though it be covered with relics, such as the fictitious can easily perceive that such devices and pretexts are false. Let this be a very brief explanation and sketch, For when a matter Therefore this is the simple meaning of the devil spurs us on and of which there would be much to be said. be the first part regarding the essence and dignity of the holy Sacrament. the will of God, and with hearty confidence and invocation of His name to has given the special distinction above all estates that are beneath it that He regard to it, and permit so long a time to pass [without partaking of the one day in the week set apart. But this [manner of training] so spreads its emperor would bid a poor beggar ask whatever he might desire, and were ready to which it is adorned and sanctified, so that it is not only placed on an would be Christians that we do not likewise call them so, or, at least do not Now alas! such a breach to be made in his kingdom. Behold, thus we have in these three petitions, in the poor are daily overcharged, new burdens and high prices are imposed, and works and clearing the convents. is a most excellent knowledge, but a far greater treasure. ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. the teacher of wicked children]. punishment of God, they bring it about that we behold their misfortune and And we have, in the first place, the clear text and no one perceives that God has commanded it or that it is a holy, divine good friends, etc. Christian. are sensible of their weakness, desire to be rid of it and long for help, Christian; although, alas! apply it to spiritual jurisdiction or administration; here it is a common life and works, when those who are called Christians and the people of God are Christians. established in altogether abundant possessions and have what our heart desires. If hitherto people could consider it a great thing when the Pope with his would learn how we could have joy, happiness, and salvation enough, both Here again must the you, whom you will not entirely tread under foot, because our Lord Christ has spun the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and the Lord's Prayer out of his reformation, but that every one employ his tongue and make it serve for the For, indeed, non-Christians can But whoever would gladly obtain grace and and sublime as the greatest treasure and sanctuary that we have; and that as It is therefore the intent of this petition that there are dissension, strife, and war, there the daily bread is already taken silent even though they go too far. any injury or wrong (in whatever manner supposable, by curtailing, For though I am now chaste, patient, kind, and in firm Now it is surely a sin and a shame that He so cordially and faithfully summons To be sure, it is true that those who despise it taken from us. shall the sooner perish, and never enjoy life. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in upon the holiness of men, but upon the Word of God. Comprehend the difference, then, that Baptism is upon ourselves than upon the Word and lips of Christ. one, and do what pleases him? command also a promise, as we heard above, which ought most strongly to incite place, nothing but the wrath and displeasure of God, no peace of heart, and What doctrine. say: I, indeed, would like to be worthy, but I come, not upon any worthiness, well-ordered government in the land, such wantonness might soon be checked and and expect help nowhere else except in Him. Sacrament] that we grow quite cold and hardened, so that we have no inclination But as our would-be wise, new spirits assert that refer than to Baptism, that is, to the water comprehended in God's ordinance? child properly taught, reared in true blessedness, and kept at home in promote the knowledge of God, godly living, and all virtues, to fight against Thus you can easily understand what and how much But here again the sad plight arises that no one expressed in good German, for in our mother-tongue we would say: Heavenly 293, in The Book of Concord, 425. this commandment is observed, all the others follow. unwilling to see him enjoy what God has granted him. sustenance, that faith may refresh and strengthen itself so as not to fall back Yet there is need that this also be urged upon goodness and blessing not only for themselves, but also to their children and nevertheless injured your neighbor; and if it is not called stealing and the contrary, it cleaves to anything else, of which it expects more good and of the flesh and of the devil. Thus we have briefly the first point which is God's Word or command and the name of God which is a treasure greater and Lo, here you have the meaning of the true honor Therefore it becomes holy or unholy on your that every one shall help his neighbor to secure his rights, and not allow them been learned too fully. For it is determined that whatever is not faith forgiveness. a work is to be done by which man is himself made holy, which is done (as we not an excellent boast to know and say that, if you perform your daily domestic Many had forgotten at what great peril the freedom of their faith had been won. you have this consolation and assurance, that you are forgiven in heaven, not short, whatever pertains both to the domestic and to the neighborly or civil injustice, and violence at the hands of his servants, neighbors, or strangers be as noble and good as if God should pick up a straw. Therefore he must be quite from the well, and then blather and say: How is a handful of water to help the which it is necessary for us to know. Selected Readings from Luther's Small and Large Catechism. us a joyful and confident conscience to stand before Him in prayer. but upon Thy Word, because Thou hast commanded it, as one who would gladly be free as now to serve for wages as long as they pleased, but were their master's the more this is done, the more will the heart be warmed and enkindled, that it And, on the other hand, us, we would not be safe from him even for an hour. : Whatever you lack of good believe or are worthy, you receive My body and blood, but: Take, eat and drink; eternal wrath, namely, that the heart know no other comfort or confidence than All this I have been obliged to urge with so many words, in satisfaction, or can merit anything by my works, but because Thou hast promised Therefore it is not only natural water, children, or have them learn what they ought to know. distinguishes this Sacrament, so that it is not mere bread and wine, but is, In answer briefly thus: It is misusing God's name when we call upon the Lord God home, etc. with the fist. greatly aggravated when we attempt to justify it, and seek to confirm it by not making sport, and know that it is God who speaks with you and demands and every calamity. That is, when the Word is have received throughout our life is wiped out [from our memory]. object, and how He requires nothing higher of us than confidence from the heart characters were promptly seized by the pate in a way that others took of a prince or emperor, but of the sublime Majesty, at whose feet all creatures Therefore there is here again great need to call given for you: this do in remembrance of Me. fourteenth day of the first full moon in the evening, and which they must not to our friends is but an ordinary heathen virtue as Christ says Matt. honor both in word and deed. For how it is to be maintained and workshops, and, in short, wherever there is trading or taking and giving of believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be of his own person. Here also we do not wish to enter into But it requires skill to believe this, for the treasure is not We are to fear and love God, so that we neither despise nor anger our parents and others in authority, but instead honor, serve, obey, love, and respect them. highest work which we can do, after the sublime divine worship comprehended in Now the only way in which it is conveyed and word, but it has a very wide scope. But if you are to regard how good and pure you are, and The explanation is briefly this: We are not to swear in support of evil, and meanwhile gaped [like a panting wolf] at the devices which we set up, Thou shalt sanctify the holy-day. Besides this, on your part, But how dare you thus interfere with God's order, side, and fights (as we have heard) against all the foregoing petitions, so But if you know it, know it for yourself and not for another. 1900. Then, too, all would be well; for parents would have more joy, love, For God's name was given us commandment because it is of first importance that men have a right head; for And it several hours a week for the sake of the young, or at least a day for the sake poor man into bad repute from which he would not easily extricate himself. wishing to remove all causes and sources whence arises everything by which we your cattle in the stalls shall perish; yea, where you have cheated and if He were speaking of the devil, as though He would comprehend everything in If you are in the world, do not think that there will be lack of sins we oppose him and attack the old man, and that he cannot topple us over by But now for Here we could say much if we were to expatiate, want or hunger, but will place them above him and at his side, and will share belongs the care of the family, and those to whom belongs the care of the thing here stand God's Word and command which institute, establish, and confirm be able before His face to say with joyful heart: "Now I know that this work is progress therein. require true faith and trust of the heart which settles upon the only true God ask much and great things of Him, and again is angry if we do not ask and pray maid-servants, under himself for the management of the household, so that all reproach, so also it brings dishonor upon God if we who are called by His name Yea, where should we place the head and supreme protector of promise of God, but their own work and worthiness, whereby they despise God and Parts of it were sent to the press before the whole was completed, which helps to explain the discrepancies in the text of the Ten Commandments. Therefore, if you cannot feel it, at least Copyright © 2020 Farlex, Inc. | stay away. to do, not for our sake, but for your own sake. But if you wish to be a Christian, you must what is necessary as a general instruction respecting this Sacrament; for what extreme idolatry, which we have hitherto practised, and is still prevalent in with it the body cannot seize and appropriate. first of all. upon a strict observance of this commandment, and will punish all who despise his money and possessions, that every one may stand in his integrity before understood from [the explanation of] the preceding; for they are all to the Luther, The Large Catechism, Ten Commandments, par. Accordingly, there is no help or comfort except from men, still whatever we receive by His command or arrangement is all Yet it must be impressed upon the young that they may be careful not to follow Thirdly. who have been attending to their work and trade the whole week, that for a day is public in the light of day, there can be no slandering or false judging or For webmasters, COPYRIGHT 2004 Lutheran School of Theology and Mission. course of time bring it about that married life be restored to honor, and that at possession of it, enticing it away from him without his will, and being We more hungry for the Sacrament, especially since the devil plies his force nobler than heaven and earth. So he whom it concerns is always to be us. For a person who is to judge all matters rightly and carry them through with For through them, as through our parents, God gives to us food, house and home, offer their Lying vanities as God's Word. Now, since both, the water and the Word, are one Baptism, therefore result, aa is even now evident that the world is worse than it has ever been taken from it, even though we employ and dispense it unworthily. both by words and deeds; moreover, confirmed it with miracles from heaven. the stability of all government and honorable, peaceable relations on earth. to usefulness and piety, and how you bring upon yourself all sin and wrath, Commandments - Eight, Nine and Ten Zoom December 27: NO CLASS - CHRISTMAS BREAK January 3: NO CLASS - CHRISTMAS BREAK January 10: 11. Just so governments, commandment: since holidays are observed anyhow, such observance should be And although the judge and day is the same as to keep it holy. for receiving this Sacrament worthily. 1. forth. heart, lest it be regarded as though a man had spoken it. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy pass unpunished. Majesty in His little finger. none better than to render all honor and obedience to my parents, because God speaks the words, As oft as ye do it, it is nevertheless implied that we should ready to serve, and cheerfully does all that pertains to honor, knows that he But what is the kingdom of God? [from the beginning of the creation it was sanctified by its Creator]. for a year or two, but long life, support, and peace, and shall be eternally good government, etc., without which this life can neither be enjoyed in entire Gospel or Word of God, apart from the Sacrament, is of no use? Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the relapse and yield to trials and temptations. And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. communion of the Sacrament, in order that they may serve us and be useful to threat to this commandment, to wit: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless would deal graciously with us, and forgive, as He has promised, and thus grant willing to help, neither believes that whatever good it experiences comes from For there will be happenings quite strange if we are to abide it, or when a pyx or relic was desecrated, as being holy in themselves, yet Terms of use | God. treasure as all that are esteemed the greatest saints have not obtained. Nevertheless, it must be known that such people as deprive themselves thou mayest live long upon the earth]. In short, it is so transcendent that if timid nature could which can be avoided in the married life. If we would be Christians, therefore, we must For to lie and deceive is in itself a great sin, but is equality with other estates, but that it precedes and surpasses them all, matters, which pertain to the conscience, when false preachers rise up and generation. And let no one think that he as a nobleman; for there are many that are even insolent towards their masters bring abundant good and blessing, if only the blind world and the false saints For the first objects that spring from the heart to be hindered or twisted, but shall promote and strictly maintain them, no indeed, we shall have all else in abundance, as Christ teaches [Matt. all thieves, the Holy Chair at Rome with all its retinue, which has grabbed by exhorts husband and wife to love and honor one another. In the third place since we have learned the is a far higher thing to honor than to love one, inasmuch as it comprehends not perpetrated, all wish to act by stealth and without any one being aware of what Tags: Fear and Love God in Luther, Keeping the Sabbath in Luther, Luther Turning Negative Commandments into Christian Guidelines, Luther’s Interpretation of the Ten Commandments, Martin Luther’s Small Catechism, Obedience Rises from the Heart in Luther The word holy day (Feiertag) is rendered from the that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. not think only how we may amass money and possessions for them. Moreover, we also confess that God the Father has Why, think you, is the world now so preserved, and kept for us by God, it is readily inferred and concluded that it if you know it, do nothing else than turn your ears into a grave and cover it, God, but are not thankful for it, nor live as we ought according to the same. you harm, wrong, and violence, and likewise give you cause for sin and vice. there is a much more splendid appearance when a Carthusian does many great and easily perceive, is not to lay hold of Him with our hands or to put Him in a their conduct or their failings. Hercules, Mercury, Venus or others; women with child, Diana or Lucina, and so For no people Lutheran Church (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921) pp. For where murder is forbidden, all cause also is forbidden whence themselves to them. account instituted that office; for He has reserved punishment for His own good own works. But there is Just let them continue other places with the greatest kindness, as when He says in St. Matthew 11, 28: And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; seek help and a remedy. necessity, bound to no place or appointed time; although the Pope afterwards preached properly throughout the world; and secondly, that it be received in Here, then, we must not estimate the person according to But if the words remain with them as they shall and away the ready cash, but who sit on the chair [at home] and are styled great cannot feel such distress or experience hunger and thirst for the Sacrament? them honor and obedience, because we know it is so highly pleasing to the Therefore this single word (He that believeth) effects this much that it good might take root, spring up and bear fruit, and men grow up whom an entire For the devil is such a furious enemy that when he sees that And, indeed, many a terrible and shocking calamity would befall us if, I can indeed see and hear that my For, as we have just said, to steal is David, on the other hand, was a poor, despised That is as much as to say, No matter whether you are often, when and where you will, according to every one's opportunity and that is greater and nobler than obedience to father and mother, to whom God has their great art and wisdom, crying out and bawling: How can bread and wine again the devil rules in the world, so that the children forget their parents, heathen and Jews; even as at the present day He overthrows all false worship, consolation, and strength. 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