Martin Luther's Small Catechism, translated by R. Smith by Martin Luther
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What does "Daily bread" mean?
Everything that nourishes our body and meets its needs, such as: Food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, yard, fields, cattle, money, possessions, a devout spouse, devout children, devout employees, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, discipline, honor, good friends, faithful neighbors and other things like these. The Fifth Request And forgive our guilt, as we forgive those guilty of sinning against us. (Matthew 6:12) What does this mean? We pray in this request that our Heavenly Father will neither pay attention to our sins nor refuse requests such as these because of our sins and because we are neither worthy nor deserve the things for which we pray. Yet He wants to give them all to us by His grace, because many times each day we sin and truly deserve only punishment. Because God does this, we will, of course, want to forgive from our hearts and willingly do good to those who sin against us. The Sixth Request And lead us not into temptation. (Matthew 6:12) What does this mean? |
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