the devil is our god and prince, there can be no strength or power, no wit or wisdom, by which we can fit or fashion ourselves for righteousness and life. On the contrary, blinded and captivated, we are bound to be the subjects of Satan and sin, doing and thinking what pleases him and is opposed to God and His commandments.71 Luther realized that the issue of man’s bondage to sin and his moral inability to believe or make himself right—including the inability to study rightly—was the root issue of