Commentary on Genesis - Luther on Sin and the Flood · Martin Luther
019 - Chapter VI Part IV A
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Luther argues that without the Holy Spirit, humanity can do nothing but sin, challenging free will.
As heard by us
A severe, patient reading of divine regret, human wickedness, and Scripture speaking through its ministers.
The section takes up a hard question: why Scripture speaks of God as seeing and regretting when divine purpose is meant to be fixed. Luther answers by rejecting the sophists' double will and reading the passage more plainly.
Why you'd press play
If Genesis 6 troubles your doctrine of God, this argument gives you a stern map.
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