| Martin Luther, the great Reformer, held firm that Christians are justified by faith in Christ alone, apart from works of the law. But then he added that once a person is justified, they cannot and will not remain idle. For they now have the Spirit, "and where the Holy Ghost dwells, he will not suffer a man to be idle, but stirs him up to all exercise of piety and godliness."
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| "To be afraid of hell or purgatory and desirous of a life without pain or trouble in heaven [is] not in itself Christian. It [is] self-interest on a higher level."
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