Day 244 - peccator or justus.

Day 244 and I'm loving my reading for Sunday's preach.
In particular Martin Luther's line simul justus et peccator.

Now this is a brilliant line.
In some ways it explains exactly me.
It means - "simultaneously justified and sinful."

Luther knew that although he had been saved from sin's penalty he was in daily need of salvation from sin's power.

This means that scholars, pastors, esteemed Christian leaders need the gospel just as much as hardened pagans.

And this brings us to Sundays preach.

I thought I was going to give a gospel presentation, so that anyone attending who had been with us over the summer would be very clear on what it is at the core of Redeemer's Church and themselves enter a new relationship with Christ.
But what I'm learning and enjoying ....and getting exciting about preaching ....is that the gospel is not just for non-Christians but for Christians!

As Tim Keller says the gospel is not just the ABCs of Christianity but the A through Z.
It is everything.
It needs to be everything because many days I'm more peccator than justus.