Download or read book Sermons on the Passion of Christ (Classic Reprint) written by Martin Luther and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sermons on the Passion of Christ For the Papists this week is one of torture; they sing and read and preach exceedingly much concern ing the passion of Christ. But what does it avail them? It is true, they speak of Christ's sufferings but in their heart there is no thought of them, or else they would not prize so highly their own self inflicted penances and their own works. But it is not much better with us, who have the pure Gospel abundantly preached to us; our lives and deeds indicate that we also have disregarded it. The effects of the preaching of the Word are therefore not the same with all, inasmuch as not all are dis posed to receive it. If we were to relate to the people some idle tales and stories, they would re member them at once; whereas now, thousands upon thousands hear repeatedly the preaching of the Gospel without retaining it, and without profiting by its instructions. They come back from church just as they went there. They hear the Word. But disregard it as something common and unimportant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.