If at this moment each If at this moment each one of you were asked one of you were asked to state in one sentence to state in one sentence or phrase the most or phrase the most distinguishing feature of distinguishing feature of the Church of Jesus the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Christ of Latter-day Saints, what would be Saints, what would be your answer?your answer?

Divine authority by Divine authority by direct revelation.direct revelation.

Lutheran Minister – Dietrich Lutheran Minister – Dietrich BonhoefferBonhoeffer

Cheap grace, the grace Cheap grace, the grace which amounts to the which amounts to the justification of sin justification of sin without the justification without the justification of the repentant sinner of the repentant sinner who departs from sin who departs from sin and from whom sin and from whom sin departs . . . Cheap departs . . . Cheap grace is the grace we grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves.bestow on ourselves.

Cheap grace is the preaching Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without of forgiveness without requiring repentance . . . requiring repentance . . . Cheap grace is grace without Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.discipleship.

The only man who has a right The only man who has a right to say that he is justified by to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.has left all to follow Christ.

We Lutherans have gathered We Lutherans have gathered like eagles round the carcase of like eagles round the carcase of cheap grace, and there we cheap grace, and there we have drunk of the poison which have drunk of the poison which has killed the life of following has killed the life of following Christ.Christ.

The word of cheap grace has The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more been the ruin of more Christians than any Christians than any commandment of works.commandment of works.

Christianity without the living Christ Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.without Christ.

Only he who believes is obedient, Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believesand only he who is obedient believes

. . . For faith is only real when there . . . For faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.obedience.