UNWOKE! Martin Luther Sees Right Through The Winsome NuanceBros Of His Day

Famed reformer Martin Luther sounds very much like an uncharitable discernment blogger in this sermon preaching on Matthew 7:15-23, "Beware Of False Prophets." He doesn't even...he doesn't even assume the best intentions from people who teach false doctrine and put on an outward show of holiness! —TRANSCRIPT— We should not suffer ourselves to be deceived by the sheep's clothing, for then we would have to accept and hear the devil in place of God. He comes to us in his schismatics, fanatics, and heretics not like a wolf but in sheep's clothing. These will make use of the word of God or the scriptures, speak much to the praise of Christ and the Holy Ghost, pretend to know everything better than others, and in all this assume a form by which they draw many people to do a great deal of harm. And besides this, they lead a strict, externally praiseworthy life on account of which some might be ready to take an oath that all about them is holiness and that their intentions are right and good, whilst in fact it is all the miserable devil, as we see in the Anabaptists, sacramentarians, and others. ... Furthermore, the fact also that false prophets make a good external appearance and lead a blameless life belong to the sheep's clothing. This is seen in some of the Anabaptists. They use no profane language. In dress, eating, and drinking they are modest. The word of God they use constantly. They pray much, are patient in tribulation, and are not revengeful. In itself, there's nothing wrong in this. Yea, it would be desirable that, in this respect, all men were like them. But we must not on that account regard their doctrine as right, nor follow them, because Christ says beware of them. Beneath the sheep's clothing, you will find a wolf. For the Anabaptists, like the monks, rest their hopes on their own righteousness and works. ... They lay unnecessary burdens upon Christians. They rend family ties, say it is wrong to hold property, and despise civil government as un-Christian. They thus pervert and undermine all three institutions of God: namely, of the church and the state and the family. Source audio: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/180...