10/10/2021
Charles Spurgeon’s Depiction of Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
Charles Spurgeon’s Depiction of Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms
There is likely no more dramatic scene in the last 500 years than Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms. This is where Luther said his famous line, “Here I stand, I can do no other.” Luther, remembering Hus and the empty promise of safety, likely believes these are the some of the last words he will ever say.
The great 19th century pastor CH Spurgeon admired Martin Luther. Spurgeon says this about the dramatic scene:
“There is Martin Luther standing up in the midst of the Diet of Worms; there are the kings and the princes, and there are the bloodhounds of Rome with their tongues thirsting for his blood—there is Martin rising in the morning as comfortable as possible, and he goes to the Diet, and delivers himself of the truth, solemnly declares that the things which he has spoken are the things which he believes, and God helping him, he will stand by them till the last. There is his life in his hands; they have him entirely in their power. The smell of John Huss’s co**se has not yet passed away, and he recollects that princes, before this, have violated their words; but there he stands, calm and quiet; he fears no man, for he has nought to fear; “the peace of God which passeth all understanding, keeps his heart and mind through Jesus Christ.”
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