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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: Against these sins they never fought because they never took them for
sins.
Christ alone can supply us with perfect righteousness. Therefore we must
always believe and always hope in Christ. "Whosoever believeth shall not
be ashamed." (Rom. 9:33.)
Do not despair if you feel the flesh battling against the Spirit or if you
cannot make it behave. For you to follow the guidance of the Spirit in all
things without interference on the part of the flesh is impossible. You are
doing all you can if you resist the flesh and do not fulfill its demands.
When I was a monk I thought I was lost forever whenever I felt an evil
emotion, carnal lust, wrath, hatred, or envy. I tried to quiet my conscience
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