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From this now learn a proper understanding of the subject, and how to answer the question what Baptism is, namely thus, that it is not mere ordinary water, but water comprehended in Gods Word and command, and sanctified thereby, so that it is nothing else than a divine water; not that the water in itself is nobler than other water, but that Gods Word and command are added. Therefore it is pure wickedness and blasphemy of the devil that now our new spirits, to mock at Baptism, omit from it Gods Word and institution, and look upon it in no other way than as water which is taken from the well, and then blather and say: How is a handful of water to help the soul? Aye, my friend, who does not know that water is water if tearing things asunder is what we are after? But how dare you thus interfere with Gods order, and tear away the most precious treasure with which God has connected and enclosed it, and which He will not have separated? For the kernel in the water is Gods Word or command and the name of God, which is a treasure greater and nobler than heaven and earth. – Martin Luther
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:12:20 +0000

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