Have you ever heard (or thought) these things?

What about good works?

Doesn’t God command us to do certain things, like keeping the Ten Commandments or loving our neighbor as ourselves?

Isn’t the promise of sheer grace a little dangerous?

Won’t people get lazy if we tell them there is nothing they can do to save themselves? We have to do something, don’t we?

Luther addresses all of these questions in the Smalcald Articles, Part III, Article XIII: How One is Justified before God and Does Good Works.

Rev. Peter Ill, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Millstadt, IL, and Peter Slayton, Social Media Manager for the LCMS, join host Rev. Sean Smith for the conversation.