{"id":3562,"date":"2014-01-03T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T14:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2016-03-23T08:16:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:16:44","slug":"martin-luthers-top-ten-quotes-ministry-among-people-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/martin-luthers-top-ten-quotes-ministry-among-people-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther&#8217;s Top Ten Quotes about Ministry among People in Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to this passage [Matthew 25:41-46] we are bound to each other in such a way that no one may forsake the other in his distress but is obliged to assist and help him as he himself would like to be helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague<\/em> (1527)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians are to be taught that the one who sees a needy person and passes by, yet gives money for indulgences, does not buy papal indulgences but God\u2019s wrath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Ninety-five Theses<\/em> (1517), #45<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us also be generous [as Abraham was], and let us open the door to poor brethren and receive them with a joyful countenance. If we are deceived now and then, well and good.\u00a0 In spite of this our good will is demonstrated to God, and the kind act\u2026is not lost on Christ, in whose name we are generous.\u00a0 Hence just as we should not intentionally and knowingly support the idleness of slothful people, so, when we have been deceived, we should not give up this eagerness to do good to others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Lecture on Genesis<\/em>, Chapter 18<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, we should be guided in all our works by this one thought alone \u2013 that we may serve and benefit others in everything that is done, having nothing before our eyes except the need and advantage of the neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Freedom of a Christian<\/em> (1520)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in times past, [Holy Communion] was so properly used, and the people were taught to understand this fellowship so well, that they even gathered food and material goods in the church, and there \u2013 as St. Paul writes in I Corinthians 11 \u2013 distributed among those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-The Blessed Sacrament of the Holy and True Body of Christ, and the Brotherhoods<\/em> (1519)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this reason, true theology and recognition of God are in the crucified Christ\u2026God can be found only in suffering and the cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Heidelberg Disputation<\/em> (1518)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow there is no greater service of God than Christian love which helps and serves the needy, as Christ himself will judge and testify at the last day, Matthew 25.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Ordinance of a Common Chest, Preface <\/em>(1523)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rule ought to be, not \u2018I may sell my wares as dear as I can or will,\u2019 but, \u2018I may sell my wares as dear as I ought, or as is right and fair.\u2019\u00a0 Because your selling is an act performed toward your neighbor, it should rather be so governed by law and conscience that you do it without harm and injury to him, your concern being directed more toward doing him no injury than toward gaining profit for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Trade and Usury<\/em> (1524)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not serve others with an eye toward making them obligated to us.\u00a0 Nor do we distinguish between friends and enemies or anticipate their thankfulness or ingratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Freedom of a Christian<\/em> (1520)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your enemy needs you and you do not help him when you can it is the same as if you had stolen what belonged to him, for you owe him your help.\u00a0 St. Ambrose says, \u2018Feed the hungry: if you do not feed him, then as far as you are concerned, you have killed him.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>-Treatise on Good Works<\/em> (1520), reflecting on the seventh commandment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b &nbsp; 10 \u201cAccording to this passage [Matthew 25:41-46] we are bound to each other in such a way that no one may forsake the other in his distress but is obliged to assist and help him as he himself would like to be helped.\u201d -Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague (1527) &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15718,15717,177,69,1014,751,76],"class_list":["post-3562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post","tag-abraham","tag-ambrose","tag-anti-hunger","tag-elca-world-hunger","tag-martin-luther","tag-ministry","tag-poverty"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Luther&#039;s Top Ten Quotes about Ministry among People in Poverty - ELCA World Hunger<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u200bThis list features some of Martin Luther&#039;s provocative statements about hunger, poverty, and ministry among the poor. 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