known the earthly Jesus, a dangerous piece of logic that, if it were to be accepted, would have destroyed the apostle’s entire ministry. For Luther, the problem was that the false apostles were preaching the gospel plus the law. They were corrupting Christ’s teaching by adding something to it that was unnecessary. To be a Christian is to put one’s trust in the saving work of Jesus Christ. To add anything else to that is to doubt the power of God by implying that it is not enough. The notion that