Should we follow MARTIN LUTHER?
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We should follow Jesus
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You should follow Christ
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Follow CHRIST.
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Nope. Not him, Calvin, the Pope, or anyone but Christ.
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Follow his boldness for sure
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I follow Jesus. Where’s it say follow Luther in the Bible?
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He’s, like, dead. You mean to his grave or to heaven?
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Maybe to some points theologically but we should really follow Christ.
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Why?
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Big no! He’s a heretic
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Do you want to become a Lutheran?
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Only insofar as he might have followed Christ, beyond that no.
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Follow Martin Luther as far as he follows Christ. But not as you would follow Paul.
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Nope.
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You can.
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Most of his stuff
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Sola scriptura and Sola fide for sure
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To where?
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Why? Where is he going?
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Yes definitely- imagine where the church would be if it weren’t for him?
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Follow Christ
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He has some good writing and some bad writings. But he is just a man. And remember, NO MAN is infallible…
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To heaven?
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No
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1 Thessalonians 5:21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;
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Follow Jesus.
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Sometimes. Maybe.
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No believe the one he believed in and you can learn some good theology from him
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Is Jesus not Enough?
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Follow Jesus
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No, he was just a imperfect man.
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No. We should study his work. When I choose somebody to study I try to read their work in chronological order because most peoples views change as they change. I am also able to avoid using historical figures to make my points. I am sure that every prominent Christian in the past will be rolling in their graves at how quotes of theirs are taken out of context. I do it too I think it’s just part of the way we communicate. What do you mean or intend by “follow?” If you mean should we follow him out of the ideology of the Roman Catholicism of his time, then the answer is absolutely yes. If follow means “ abide by his interpretation of doctrine only as a source of objective truth,” I think we’d be in trouble. To be fair we would be in trouble if we followed anybody that way
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Why don’t we just ignore everyone who wasn’t perfect, of course that means except for those words written in red we’ll have to get rid of the whole Bible, and ignore every theologian who’s ever lived as well.. Martin Luther was a flawed human being, who did some great things. I don’t know anyone who “follows” him, any more than they follow Billy Graham or Paul or anyone else, but don’t ignore the good they do because they’re human and therefore flawed
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As a Lutheran I would say no, we should follow Jesus and the Scriptures. We can take the good of Luther, while remembering he was never divinely inspired. I subscribe to the Lutheran Confessions, for example, but I would never place them on the same level as the Bible. As a man Luther had good and bad, and was a product of his time, some of that does not translate well.
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We can learn from him some things, that is biblical concept to learn from elders “Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 1:13 But to follow ? NO. That is directly against the Bible “What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?”
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We should follow the Scripture…
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God used him in an extraordinary the one of the great man of Faith but Martin Luther did not say follow me but the scriptures is an evidence that Reformation is the product of scriptures.
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He is a good example of somebody who lives with the fear of God in his heart.We must learn this message from him and love Christ with all the power of our hearts!
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Paul
Apollos
Christ
Luther… ?? -
Only as he follows Christ.
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Follow Jesus.
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Luther is not Jesus. Luther didn’t die on the crossdollow the One who died for you in whatever denomination you are. Don’t be in a church that promotes the founder and places him or her as equal to God and Jesus.
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Reformation led by the Reformist Martin Luther because of scriptures and for the sake of Faith in God and the scriptures of God.
It is an understanding that we should follow things of what the Reformist followed. By Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone to Glory of God alone. -
WE did follow him. LOL!
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Where is he going? ?
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1 Corinthians 11:1
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dont follow any human.. because every person had their own struggles and flaws in their life.. no human is perfect… not even one… one and only who is perfect is CHRIST. unblemished perfect one to follow… if we follows any leader other than CHRIST, through out our life we would be just stuggling giving justification to others and competitors for the errors and mistakes they have committed centuries back….
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Is he Christ? If not, no.
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Luther was a mere man. We are to follow Christ.
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Hell no!
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No, Jesus is who you follow.
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We can learn a lot from our spiritual fathers, but we should only follow Christ.
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He was a serious bible student and there is much we can learn from him (and still disagree with him at times) but as Christians we follow Jesus Christ.
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I follow Christ because I know where he’ll lead me
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All he wanted was scriptural backing for Catholic traditions.
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That might be the silliest comment ever.
Martin Luther said that people should not be called Lutherans.
However, if the man speaks truth then you follow the truth.
When Calvin speaks truth, follow it.
When Luther speaks truth, follow it.
When I speak truth, follow the truth.
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He’s dead
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I dont so much as ,”follow luther”…..he had some issues with his salty speech…but I do follow his thoughts on sola scriptura
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No follow Christ and His word. Luther is only a servant, follow the Master.
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If you want
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No follow God
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No, Jesus said follow me
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Like your Elders that speak the truth.
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Luther is smart, but Jesus saves.
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Like I said earlier, it’s a silly post.
It’s like asking ‘if you go to a church do you follow the pastor ?’It’s not a legitimate question.
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Follow Jesus not Martin
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No to Luther but yes to Christ the Master. For He said, “Come and follow me, and I will transform you into men who catch people for God” (Matthew 4:19 TPT).
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Only as far as we should follow any other man. “Imitate me AS I IMITATE CHRIST”. Luther was a flawed, yet faithful man. Knowledgeable, capable, sinful. He had a few crazy views, just like us. He had some good points too. When he’s right, agree with him because he’s right. When he’s wrong, reject him because he’s wrong. At the end of the day, let Luther be Luther, let you be you, and let Christ be Christ. Christ is the one you should follow.
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Follow Christ by the Holy Spirit and you’ll be fine.
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1 co 1:11My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas b ”; still another, “I follow Christ.”
13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.
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No, you follow God.
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Follow Christ.
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Luther pointed to Jesus….. not himself.
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You can learn from him and the life he lived. I loved the movie.
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We should follow Jesus Christ…
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Martin Luther is a good guy, same with your pastors. Do you follow your pastors or Jesus?
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Follow Jesus Brother ,
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No he was a racist,But he was right concerning the Pope
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No. He was an anti Semite. Follow Jesus.
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Jezus Christ ,the way,the trued, the life
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Nope
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If he tells me to follow Jesus, why not?
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Follow Jesus Christ
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If you want to use him as an example, i guess…but why would you?..
When you have Paul, John, Peter, Stephen, Phillip…when you have Jesus.
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yes he’s our blessed reformer
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We should follow only Jesus. Luther was a great man who stood up to the church of the time. He was part of the new wave of studying original manuscripts and finding truth about no condemnation through Christ.
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Hitler did!
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Follow Jesus
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We rather obey God than man
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Luther want to turn the ship back to Jesus when he found the human leadership rules at church
So, Follow Jesus.
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Just follow Jesus ❤️
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his comentary on Galatians is superb and of course the book named Bondage of the free will . But in regard to his anit sionism and jew hatering he is not a role model, and in regard of pedo baptism he is not a good mentor eather. Christ must come first .. With the spirit of Berean you can easely disern just by comparing wats writen in Gods word. this dosent mean you aught to rebuke ewerything he did. He was a tool to God to revive the the old apostolic teachings and to expose the hoaxes of papasy and rome.. To value wat we have today more its good to knove wat and how saints in the past had to sacrifise so that we could have wat we have today.. I would recomend John Fox the book of Marthyrs wich is a cronicle dealing with the true belivers and Jesus deciples through history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24EuMkX8Z44
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Follow Christ alone.
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We should learn church history and luther was a massive part of it, but always remember he was just a sinner saved by grace and always pointed us to Jesus, and His completed work of redemption on the cross!
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I rather follow Christ
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Well if you are going to follow Martin Luther then you would be ignoring what Martin Luther taught which is to follow Jesus Christ and his teachings
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Luther was a good teacher who taught us to follow Jesus regardless of whether the “church” was going in the right direction or not. He taught us that even though authorities and powers and respected church leaders go a stray we can follow Jesus, even under threat of death, and ostracization.
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No….. Follow Jesus….
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Luther did not want to start a church under his name. He just was against the teaching of the Catholic Church at that time that was contrary to the Bible.
One of his strong belief was scripture, faith, belief, christ alone. And living by faith. Luther did not want any praise. Lutherans do not venerate Luther in any way. He was nothing. ONLY CHRIST. -
Follow JESUS CHRIST/….only
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He called no one to follow him.
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Follow Christ ?
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What is Luther? What is Paul?
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I honor men like Luther, but I follow Christ.
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