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Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Scripture: Romans 5.1-5; Matt. 5.43-48 Intro: Martin Luther and Martin Luther King. Martin Luther the Reformer of the 16th century; Martin Luther King, Reformer of the 20th. Four hundred years separates their lives, their thinking, their times. Martin Luther was trained in the Holy Scriptures in the European tradition of his time. Martin Luther King was trained in philosophical theology at Boston. Martin Luther spent most of his life in his own country, Germany; while Martin Luther King, though raised in Georgia, travelled the w orld over. Martin Luther was excommunicated from the church as a result of his efforts. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther was white; Martin Luther King was black. Martin Luther died saddened by the state of the church and the formation of Lutheranism; Martin Luther King was struck by an assassins bullet in Memphis Tennessee following one of the most dramatic speeches he had ever given. Both of these men attained the title doctor; both were of unswerving conviction. Both men lived in a period of social upheaval. Martin Luther lived at a time in which all of the old knowledge was being replaced by the new. It was the Renaissance: Martin Luther Kin lived during a time of social upheaval, disjunction and unrest. Both enjoyed preaching, both enjoyed writing; both had love for family, for the church, and for society. Both had metal enough to stand the heat their positions generated. "Here I stand I can do no another," the motto of Martin Luther, became the hallmark of the later Martin Luther King. If these two men were among us this morning, one would take the epistle lesson from Romans and preach about the power of God's love; the other would take the Gospel and tell us what that power did and does when it begins to live in people. I. There is only one war any of us really have within ourselves. A. Now we express this war within many ways, give it other names, and faces. But the essential problem with each of us our relationship to God. 1. "Let us have peace with God." We know who is really God. We are able to declare what isn't God. What a peace that must bring. 2. Paul is clear that it is through Jesus Christ our Lord. The peace is one that is brought by Jesus, sent by God, a peace that the world cannot give (it gives analgesics, anaesthetics, etc), a peace that is a gift, a peace once given cannot be taken away, 3. My peace I give to you, my peace I live with you, not as the world gives do I give to you, let not your hearts be troubled. B. Through whom we have been allowed to enter into the sphere of God's grace. 1. In Christ Jesus, through Christ Jesus, phrases used by St. Paul almost ha a hallmark of his theology. 2. Salvation is through, and in, Jesus and because of Christ Jesus Luther's problem was with the little cul-de-sacs created by the
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Title of Sermon | Martin Luther and Martin Luther King |
Author | Landwehr, Arthur |
Subject | Forgiving Love, Peace |
Date of sermon | n/a |
Type | Text |
Format | |
Number of Pages | 3 |
Language | English |
Biblical Book | Romans |
Verses | 5:1-5 & Matt. 5:43-48 |
Rights | For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please contact The Styberg Library by phone (847)866-3909 or email styberg.library@garrett.edu |
Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Identifier | 683 Martin Luther and Martin Luther King.pdf |
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Title of Sermon | Page 1 |
Biblical Book | Biblical Book |
Collection | The Arthur Landwehr Sermon Collection (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) |
Transcript | Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Scripture: Romans 5.1-5; Matt. 5.43-48 Intro: Martin Luther and Martin Luther King. Martin Luther the Reformer of the 16th century; Martin Luther King, Reformer of the 20th. Four hundred years separates their lives, their thinking, their times. Martin Luther was trained in the Holy Scriptures in the European tradition of his time. Martin Luther King was trained in philosophical theology at Boston. Martin Luther spent most of his life in his own country, Germany; while Martin Luther King, though raised in Georgia, travelled the w orld over. Martin Luther was excommunicated from the church as a result of his efforts. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther was white; Martin Luther King was black. Martin Luther died saddened by the state of the church and the formation of Lutheranism; Martin Luther King was struck by an assassins bullet in Memphis Tennessee following one of the most dramatic speeches he had ever given. Both of these men attained the title doctor; both were of unswerving conviction. Both men lived in a period of social upheaval. Martin Luther lived at a time in which all of the old knowledge was being replaced by the new. It was the Renaissance: Martin Luther Kin lived during a time of social upheaval, disjunction and unrest. Both enjoyed preaching, both enjoyed writing; both had love for family, for the church, and for society. Both had metal enough to stand the heat their positions generated. "Here I stand I can do no another," the motto of Martin Luther, became the hallmark of the later Martin Luther King. If these two men were among us this morning, one would take the epistle lesson from Romans and preach about the power of God's love; the other would take the Gospel and tell us what that power did and does when it begins to live in people. I. There is only one war any of us really have within ourselves. A. Now we express this war within many ways, give it other names, and faces. But the essential problem with each of us our relationship to God. 1. "Let us have peace with God." We know who is really God. We are able to declare what isn't God. What a peace that must bring. 2. Paul is clear that it is through Jesus Christ our Lord. The peace is one that is brought by Jesus, sent by God, a peace that the world cannot give (it gives analgesics, anaesthetics, etc), a peace that is a gift, a peace once given cannot be taken away, 3. My peace I give to you, my peace I live with you, not as the world gives do I give to you, let not your hearts be troubled. B. Through whom we have been allowed to enter into the sphere of God's grace. 1. In Christ Jesus, through Christ Jesus, phrases used by St. Paul almost ha a hallmark of his theology. 2. Salvation is through, and in, Jesus and because of Christ Jesus Luther's problem was with the little cul-de-sacs created by the |