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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: I glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." He expresses the same sentiment
in the fifth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, where he says: "We glory
in tribulations"; and in the twelfth chapter of the Second Epistle to the
Corinthians: "Most gladly, therefore, will l rather glory in my infirmities."
According to these expressions the glory of a Christian consists in
tribulations, reproaches, and infirmities.
And this is our glory today with the Pope and the whole world persecuting
us and trying to kill us. We know that we suffer these things not because
we are thieves and murderers, but for Christ's sake whose Gospel we
proclaim. We have no reason to complain. The world, of course, looks
upon us as unhappy and accursed creatures, but Christ for whose sake we
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