Christ Instead of Me

"...there is no quality in my heart at all, call it either faith or charity;

but instead of these I set Christ Himself before me,

and I say, “There is my righteousness.”

--Martin Luther, 16th c. Reformer 

 
(Picture is the Lower Panel of “Memorial of the Reformation” Altarpiece, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, [1547] from St. Mary's Church [Townchurch] Wittenberg, Germany. LCMS will soon open an outreach center in Wittenberg, Germany with CPH.)