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Resources & Links > Archived Articles > The Best of Lutheran Laughs The Best of Lutheran Laughs The Final Victory Against Sincontributed by Richard Rodriguez from other
sources Martin Luther taught that we sin daily and sin much, but we still struggle with living with the sinful nature. Here's one take on it heard on the radio: A man was always asking his pastor how he could have complete victory over sin, but was frustrated because his pastor always gave him what he considered long, drawn-out answers. Being a practical businessman, he wanted a quick answer with an accompanying set of action items in bullet-point format that he could follow to achieve the exact result desired. After all, he stopped reading C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity because it had too many pages, didn't have any graphs or charts, and the author talked in a funny accent. One day he called his pastor at home and shared his frustrations. "Pastor, you know I want to have complete victory over sin, but every time I ask you about it, you give me all these long, drawn-out answers. Now I'm going to ask you one more time, and I want a short answer -- none of this intellectual stuff. What can I do now to have complete victory over sin so that I never fall into it again?" The pastor paused to think for a moment, then gave his parishoner the short answer he demanded. "Die," he answered. "Goodbye." And he hung up. ©2009 Immanuel First Lutheran Church |
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