the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Shall there be an evil in the city, and the Lord has not done it? Amos 3:6. And in very deed for this cause, have I raised thee (Pharaoh) up. Exodus 9:16. For all things come from God. Sirach, 11. 14.
A "Christian has a great deal to suffer, but he is so fearless, sure, and content, as if he were possessor of all the goods in the world; and if every thing should be taken from him he comforts himself with God, who cannot be taken from him, and who can always make as much again, and more, as there is in the whole world. Whether he be rich or poor, praised or blamed, is all the same to him, for he knows that every thing comes from God. Therefore every one in his greatest distress must know, that it is the Lord who ordered it, when death and devils rise up against him, for thus saith the Lord: This devil have I in my hand, his wicked will and desires are in my power, to control them as I please. Thou art my poor worm, and hast kept my word; but when I call the devil to tear thee to pieces, he is swelled with pride and anger, desiring to devour thee all at once, and thou art discouraged and frightened; but when thou risest up again upon the wings of thy faith, God is above death, devils, sin, and hell, that all these enemies cannot even hurt only one of thy hairs. For who can attack and destroy the good allies of God, the children of his covenant, who are carried in his womb; nay, the very apple of his eye." These, are Luther’s words.
He brought the Spirit’s powerful sword
To slay our deadly foes:
Our sins shall die beneath his word,
And hell in vain oppose.
