Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther (Illustrated)

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Overall rating No ratings yet 0. How to write a great review Do Say what you liked best and least Describe the author's style Explain the rating you gave Don't Use rude and profane language Include any personal information Mention spoilers or the book's price Recap the plot. I love how Luther is pouring his heart out in this commentary and how he is looking to the time he was living in through Scripture. I highly recommend this work to every Christian, every Bible student especially those who wants to know what is the role of the law to the Christian. Nov 04, David Pulliam rated it it was amazing.

I readable book even in our day and age. Luther does a great job of guiding you through a mediations dn explanation of the text, he is insightful but not does not get into too much detail. Worth the time to read, years has made it even better. Luther excavates his favorite topic, Justification by Faith Alone, in every verse of his favorite book. A good commentary, especially for understanding the essential theology of a man who changed the world. May 23, Aaron Ventura rated it liked it. I'm no Luther scholar, but based on what I have read, Luther's Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians is the best introduction to Luther's thought you can find.

It is not a difficult read by any means; Luther's writing is extremely easy to follow and full of concrete illustrations that make for easy going. The article of justification by faith is central to the commentary, as it is to Galatians itself, and as this is Luther's most important idea, it is a great way to become acquainted with h I'm no Luther scholar, but based on what I have read, Luther's Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians is the best introduction to Luther's thought you can find.

The article of justification by faith is central to the commentary, as it is to Galatians itself, and as this is Luther's most important idea, it is a great way to become acquainted with his understanding of this doctrine -- what it means, what its implications are, and what its Biblical basis is. Throughout, Luther writes in vigorous, vivid prose, using wonderful and homely examples to make his points. There is no comparison between Luther and any other theologian I can name in the vivid power of their metaphors and illustrations.

Who else would create dialogues with "Mr. Law" or refer to the Law as "a bruiser" whom God will not let beat you too long? Throughout, too, you can quickly come to appreciate the relative strengths and weaknesses of Luther as compared to Calvin -- for in the commentary there are points of inconsistency or vagueness that one would never encounter in Calvin, but at the same time, so much more evidence of life and of lively spiritual struggle.

When one reads Luther one comes into close contact with a man, a man wrestling with God; when one reads Calvin, one does not encounter the man, but a mind and a system of ideas and arguments. This is evident even in each author's frequent anti-papal invective. Calvin's arguments are impersonal, whereas Luther's frequently record his own struggles with the papacy and are deeply personal. His denunciation of the monasteries is not based in any kind of careful history or objective consideration of monasticism in its entirety; it is, however, based in his own real experience with a certain form of monasticism.

These are different approaches to theology but in my experience they also shape the kind of worship and spiritual life one encounters within Protestant circles. For all that Reformed theology is based, as Abraham Kuyper argued, on the direct relationship of God with each individual, Reformed thought and practice tends much more toward a cerebral enunciation and affirmation of pure doctrine rather than deep spiritual wrestling and personal relationship with the living God.

For this reason alone Luther is valuable. One does not read Luther's commentary so much for the sake of acquiring expert knowledge about the book, as for the sake of reading Galatians with a partner, with another man with whom one might wrestle with God and with the text. I would recommend that any Protestant read Luther's commentary; it is simply essential for understanding what the Reformation was about.

But I also recommend it for non-Protestants, not only to understand the driving force of the Reformation, but for the sake of reading Galatians alongside in the late Richard John Neuhaus's words "the possessed prophet of the utter gratuity of grace. I got this book for free from Gutenberg, and I was excited to read Luther.

However, this translation by Graebner makes Luther sound like an old-time Baptist preacher. The depth of Luther's convictions on grace, as well as his hatred of the Catholic church, are still apparent, but, in my opinion, if you are going to take the time to read Luther, you should find a better translation.

Here is an example: He is a true theologia I got this book for free from Gutenberg, and I was excited to read Luther. He is a true theologian. I must confess that in times of temptation I do not always know how to do it. To divide Law and Gospel means to place the Gospel in heaven, and to keep the Law on earth; to call the righteousness of the Gospel heavenly, and the righteousness of the Law earthly; to put as much difference between the righteousness of the Gospel and that of the Law, as there is difference between day and night.

If it is a question of faith or conscience, ignore the Law entirely. If it is a question of works, then lift high the lantern of works and the righteousness of the Law. If your conscience is oppressed with a sense of sin, talk to your conscience. You are now a laboring ass. Go ahead, and carry your burden. But why don't you mount up to heaven? There the Law cannot follow you! But your conscience, let it ascend with Isaac into the mountain. In civil life obedience to the law is severely required. In civil life Gospel, conscience, grace, remission of sins, Christ Himself, do not count, but only Moses with the lawbooks.

If we bear in mind this distinction, neither Gospel nor Law shall trespass upon each other. The moment Law and sin cross into heaven, i. On the other hand, when grace wanders unto the earth, i. You belong in heaven. Paul had to do something about it. He reproved Peter, not to embarrass him, but to conserve the difference between the Gospel which justifies in heaven, and the Law which justifies on earth. The right separation between Law and Gospel is very important to know.

Christian doctrine is impossible without it. Let all who love and fear God, diligently learn the difference, not only in theory but also in practice. When your conscience gets into trouble, say to yourself: Let the Law now depart, and let the Gospel enter, for now is the right time to hear the Gospel, and not the Law. Dec 29, Brian Cuaron added it. Therefore, whatever the Bible says is true since God cannot lie.

The Bible is made up of 66 books written by various authors over hundreds of years. Christians believe that God inspired those human authors to write what they what wrote, making it the word of God. Basically, the Bible is God's only written message to mankind.

Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther

Throughout their history, Christians have taken the Bible to be God's final authority on what is true and what is false. One of the books is Galatians. In this book, the Apostle Paul is writing to a group of churches he founded in the region of Galatia, located in present-day Turkey. The Apostle Paul founded the churches in Galatia in one of his missionary journeys.

During those journeys, Paul taught that men, women and children are all condemned to an eternal hell because humanity's first man Adam sinned in the garden of Eden. Since Adam was God's ordained representative for all of humanity, all of humanity was condemned to hell because of Adam's sin. Paul goes into detail about this in Romans 5.

However, Paul preached the forgiveness of sins through the death of Jesus Christ: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. You see, there were many Jews that became Christians after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some of these Jews didn't want to give up their "law of Moses," which God had given Moses hundreds of years before. As a result, these Jews told others that not only must a person believe to receive the forgiveness of sins, but that they must also follow the law. Evidently, these Jews or Judiazers as they were called had preached their false gospel to the churches of Galatia.

The book of Galatians is Paul's rebuke against the Judiazers and a defense of the doctrine or teaching that humans get the forgiveness of sins by faith alone in Christ alone. In his commentary, Martin Luther does a good job of showing the voice of Paul: Luther also helps us to understand Paul's reasonings about the doctrine of justification being declared righteous by God by faith reliance.

Feb 02, David Eagen rated it really liked it Shelves: A classic well worth reading. Much of the deep divisions between Luther and the Roman Catholic church can be seen in Luther's exposition of Galatians. I learned much from this commentary and only disagree with Luther on a few points. One of the things that stood out to me was Luther's rejection of the idea that only the ceremonial law has passed away and that the moral law as given by God to Moses still stands.

Luther points out that the christian is freed from the Law with no exceptions. He doe A classic well worth reading. He does this in the context of refuting the idea that by doing good works you can merit salvation. Paul is clear that we are freed from even the moral law.

After all, the only the law can do is make us aware of sin. Instead of rule following, our salvation depends on Christ who fulfilled the Law perfectly. This of course does not mean that a true christian will live in conflict with the law. A christian will still do the things the Law commands and more than that too but not out of an obligation to follow rules in an attempt to be "good enough" for God. Instead, a christian lives in harmony with the Law and with the even more demanding commands given by Jesus because he is a new creation living in the power of God through the Holy Spirit.

So while the same things may be done the reasons for doing them are vastly different. Dec 08, Philip Meinel rated it liked it Shelves: But when confronted at base of Mount Siani, they My notes: But when confronted at base of Mount Siani, they want to hide from great terror of God and of His law.

This is the purpose of the law, to condemn, not to save. Law is the prison, grace is the key that frees. Talk to your conscience self-talk. The law put Jesus to death. In the court of God, the law is found guilty of putting innocent Jesus to death and is therefore overruled and placed under Jesus Christ. Jesus now holds power over the law and death. Reverting back to the belief that a man can save himself through obedience to the law is the same as idolatry. Jun 07, Lori Galaske added it Shelves: Having grown up Catholic, I vividly remember the first time, as an adult, I heard someone say Martin Luther's name in a positive context.

So when I saw this commentary as a Kindle freebie, I thought I'd read it to learn more about the man I'd grown up believing was a heretic and the instigator of rebellion against the church. While I fully believe in the salvation by grace that was the crux of Luther's teachings, I'm afraid I can't read about it from Luther himself.

I understand that his experie Having grown up Catholic, I vividly remember the first time, as an adult, I heard someone say Martin Luther's name in a positive context. I understand that his experience with the Catholic church is VASTLY different than mine and that he was trying to turn a very large ship with his "new" teaching and thus had to expose the non-Biblical teachings of his day, but his words sound so angry and bitter that I find them difficult to read. My point in reading this was to hear what Luther himself says about grace and to learn about the man through his words which I suppose I have , but I'm afraid his comments against Catholicism are so vehement and so constant that I find them too distracting to be able to finish the book.

View all 9 comments. Mar 24, Shawn Willson rated it it was amazing. This is surely the most important commentary in church history. Luther altered the course of history with his expositions from the Epistle to the Galatians. After finishing my one year trek on Galatians as I have preached through this Epistle in my own church, I am not sure how someone could preach through Galatians and not devour Luther's Commentary. Luther gives wonderful insight and additional passion to Paul's letter. His application at times is as relevant today as when Luther was battling This is surely the most important commentary in church history.

His application at times is as relevant today as when Luther was battling against Rome. His exposition wasn't always the most helpful due to his struggles with Rome, but it was the most colorful and at times the most insightful. Here is my ranking of the most helpful and instructive commentaries that I read as I preached through Galatians. Oct 11, The other John rated it really liked it Shelves: This is an abridged translation of Luther's Commentary of Galatians. All I can say is that the original must be a pretty hefty tome, because Dr.

Luther does seem to carry on. But that's not so bad, because he's also interesting to read. I suppose that's one reason his words have lasted all these centuries. As a history buff, it was interesting to see how Dr. Luther drew parallels between the Judaizers troubling the 1st Century church in Galatia and his own opponents in the Roman Catholic Churc This is an abridged translation of Luther's Commentary of Galatians.

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Luther drew parallels between the Judaizers troubling the 1st Century church in Galatia and his own opponents in the Roman Catholic Church. Of course, how those passages apply to me in the 21st Century is something I'll have to ponder on my own. But there's still many useful insights that apply to every age and make the book worth reading. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, university professor and church reformer whose ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization.

Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by holding that the Bible is the only infallible source of religious authority and that all baptized Christians under Jesus are a spiritual priesthood. According Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, university professor and church reformer whose ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization. According to Luther, salvation was a free gift of God, received only by true repentance and faith in Jesus as the Messiah, a faith given by God and unmediated by the church.

Luther's confrontation with Charles V at the Diet of Worms over freedom of conscience in and his refusal to submit to the authority of the Emperor resulted in his being declared an outlaw of the state as he had been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. Because of the perceived unity of the medieval Church with the secular rulers of western Europe, the widespread acceptance of Luther's doctrines and popular vindication of his thinking on individual liberties were both phenomenal and unprecedented.

His translation of the Bible into the vernacular, making it more accessible to ordinary people, had a tremendous political impact on the church and on German culture. It furthered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation of the English King James Bible.

His hymns inspired the development of congregational singing within Christianity. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage within Protestantism. Much scholarly debate has concentrated on Luther's writings about the Jews. His statements that Jews' homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated and liberty curtailed were revived and used in propaganda by the Nazis in — As a result of this and his revolutionary theological views, his legacy remains controversial.

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