Luther on the Law (Galatians 3:23)

I found this during my sermon study this week, reading Luther on Galatians 3:23

In this way the Law is like a stimulus that drives the hungry toward Christ, in order that He may fill them with His benefits. Therefore the proper function of the Law is to make us guilty, to humble us, to kill us, to lead us down to hell, and to take everything away from us, but all with the purpose that we may be justified, exalted, made alive, lifted up to heaven, and endowed with all things. Therefore it does not merely kill, but it kills for the sake of life. -LW, American Edition, Vol. 26, page 345

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