MARTIN Luther a great writer is one of the people that had and still has great impact on the people in the world simply because of his ideas that he expresses in his writings.
To me, Martin Luther’s political Philosophy and style of writing is good and very inspiring. He shares his heart and mind about what he thinks of politics and I find my self drawn to his kind of thinking. For example I strongly agree with him when he says that the justification of man is by faith not the law before God. This is not only because the Bible says so, but even when I take a kin look at the political laws, they are not perfect. Infact they do not justify people but they simply condemn them.
I think Martin Luther expresses a great Christian political thought in his political philosophy and style of writing for example he acknowledges the need for political and economic development but he goes ahead to mention these should be done in a Christian manner that can glorify God. Therefore I think Martin Luther’s political philosophy is the best philosophy a Christian can ever have.
As I consider a future career in law, I find Luther’s writings very challenging to me as I will mention below:
In the first place, Martin Luther says that man is not justified by law but by faith in Jesus Christ. As an aspiring advocate, this opens my eyes to the fact that the law is not perfect and therefore someone’s virtue’s are not determined by law but by faith which develops good morals.
Luther emphasizes values and guidance. This challenges me to be equipped with the legal profession ethics and also be ready to uphold them. Under this, he talks about guidance and says that as lawyers handle clients, they should lead them to reconciliation. I find this challenging because most lawyers look at how much money they can get from a client’s case and they do not care whether the clients reconcile or not.
Martin Luther brings it to our attention that man belongs to two realms, the Godly and the civil realm. As a lawyer I get to know that people do wrong by nature of belonging to evil realm and not by choice. This therefore helps me to know how to handle clients and also help them change for the better.
In conclusion, I find Luther’s writings and political philosophy encouraging, inspiring, challenging, very Christian and worth taking up.
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