Martin Luther

MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY
PROF. M. M. NINAN
Concept of Election
The whole theology is based on a wrong concept of what election is and what redemption is.
God did not elect some to be redeemed and others to be assigned to hell of torture and suffering in
hell. This was the result of the character of God and on the wrong theology of predestination and
on the possibility of free will. God created Adam as his son and all Adamic race are therefore his
children. The redemption refers to redemption of all creation to which God subjected under the
law of decay and death thus providing rest of his children till it is totally redeemed.
The election is to be his witness to the whole mankind. It is not a call for prosperity and wealth and
super living, but a call to die for brothers as opposed to what Cain did to Abel. Israel was called as
a Priest to the nations and to be a holy nation as example. It was conditional and does not in
anyway excluded other elections and other causes.
Exodus 19:5–6 ‘Now then,
if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant,
then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples,
for all the earth is Mine;
and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’
These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”
When Israel refused to go out and preach and die, God elected others. Christians are probably
not the only ones. He will continue to work out his ways in building His Kingdom over all cosmos.
Modern attempt to find a reconciliation betwee the three Abrahamic faiths
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