5 July 2023
For no one believes how the devil opposes and exerts all his powers
against them, and cannot suffer that any one teach or believe aright. And it
hurts him beyond measure to suffer his lies and abominations, that have been
honored under the most specious pretexts of the divine Name, to be exposed, and
that he be disgraced, and besides be driven out of the heart, and suffer such a
breach to be made in his kingdom. Therefore, with all his power and might he
chafes and rages as a fierce enemy, and marshals all his subjects, and enlists
the world and our own flesh as his allies. For our flesh is in itself indolent
and inclined to evil, even though we have accepted and believe the Word of God.
The world, too, is perverse and wicked; this he incites against us in various
ways, and kindles and adds fuel, that he may hinder and drive us back, cause us
to fall and again bring us under his power. That is all his will, mind and
thought, for which he strives day and night, and never rests a moment, but
employs all arts, malicious devices, ways and means which he can invent.
Martin Luther
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