Proper 9 (A) – Involved in Christ’s Perfection
Proper 9 (A) – Involved in Christ’s Perfection July 5, 1987 By Rev. Ernest F. Campbell I think that some of you have heard me say that in Martin Luther ’s opinion the Epistle to the Romans is the clearest Gospel of them all. Paul not only presents the Good News of God’s love, he tells us how we may apply it to our lives. You may have noticed that the Sunday Year A lectionary has the whole Church on a course study of Romans, running from June 1 through the middle of September. In today’s reading, Paul explains how we are liberated from our congenital, self-centered, sinful nature . Paul understood our frustration very well. He knew what was wrong, and the last thing he wanted was to do it (what was wrong); yet, somehow, he did. In another place Paul speaks for all of us when he writes: The things I say I do not want to do... I do. And the things I know I should do... I don’t. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this certain crash course that I am on? That all of us ...