Hey guys, what do you think about this little ditty from our old pal Luther Vandross.
"Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ."
Seems to contradict Romans where it talks about not increasing in sinning, just
to increase grace. Whats up with this guy? I see his point, to a point, but I think this idea could be used by people to justify a lifestyle that is wrong in the name of grace.
Oh, and heres another one from him:
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
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Old marty had some strange ideas mixed in with the earth shattering ones. (he hated the Jews for one).
I don't know what to make of the quote about the tree, but the other one makes sense if you take into account the degree to which he felt angst about his sin before he realized grace.
He felt the weight of each sin, and agonized for hours about them. The release he felt was profound. So I think you have to take that in mind. It wasn't that he felt that sin was not a big deal, rather, he knew the release of repentance.
Plus its kind of out of context, so its hard to say to what he was applying that idea...
What do you think of that?
I believe it may be a quote from someone else but modified a bit. It was Martin Luther who said, Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ more boldly..." He was talking to preachers--see this http://www.ntrmin.org/Be%20a%20sinner%20and%20sin%20boldly%20web.htm#a2
007 the phrasing you used sounds more familiar, though it could be variant translations...
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