1 Peter 4:3 (KJV)
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries.
Luther comments on this passage: "This is tantamount to living in human passions. Therefore as long as we live from now on, we must see to it that we do what pleases God. For we have our enemy in our flesh. He is the real rascal, not only the gross things but above all the illusion of reason, which Paul calls prudentia carnis, that is, 'the mind of the flesh' (Rom. 8:6)."
Luther, M. (1999). Luther’s works, vol. 30: The Catholic Epistles. (J. J. Pelikan, H. C. Oswald, & H. T. Lehmann, Eds.) (Vol. 30, p. 120). Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House.
What we see below is prudential carnis and indeed quite sinful. The following should serve as a warning to these non-Lutheran Lutherans and non-Christian Christians who would dare involve Dr. Luther's name in such shameful conduct. The one photo is of a transgender, Latina, ELCA pastor (sic) who thinks he/she is above anyone's judgement of his/her faith and conduct after he/she was ordained a Lutheran pastor with much pomp and ceremony with the laying on of hands by many pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (sic) just this last week. The second photo is from the 2018 ELCA youth gathering mocking the Holy Sacrament. This blasphemous attitude among ELCA's youth should not come as a surprise to anyone, since they have leaders that seem to act the same way. Martin Luther would never have tolerated such conduct not even in the day of grace. ELCA should be called upon to repent or the top leaders will have to answer on the last day when all will stand before the judgment seat of God. Do a favor to all the other Lutherans who wish to remain Christian and take the name "Lutheran" out of your synod's name. BTW Pastor Nicole Garcia, to use a phrase from the darling Greta Thunberg, "How dare you!" How dare you call our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ a "son of a bitch"! Those are your very words directed to the One who will be your Judge on the Last Day. Repent and believe the Gospel.
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