God not only wanted deeds to be done or not done, but also expected a trusting, loving, dedicated, and willing heart. This was not about doing the Law, but rather about fulfilling it. In his Preface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (1522), Luther wrote, “God judges according to what is in the depths of the heart. For this reason, his law too makes its demands on the inmost heart; it cannot be satisfied with works, but rather it punishes as hypocrisy and lies all works not done from the bottom
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