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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther: death rush in upon it, it is prepared to hope in the Lord, and is
fearless of such evils, and undisturbed, until it shall look down
upon its enemies. For it believes that the righteousness of
Christ is its own, and that its sin is no longer its own, but
that of Christ; but, on account of its faith in Christ, all its
sin must needs be swallowed up from before the face of the
righteousness of Christ, as I have said above. It learns, too,
with the Apostle, to scoff at death and sin, and to say, "O
death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The
sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
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