" ... an enemy of God, and yet a child." --Martin Luther

That's quite a radical statement. I would love to hear more people speak hard sayings like this, especially from the pulpits. The relentless teachings of how to be a better Christian, and how to do this, and how not to do that, becomes tiresome. Not that we don't need to hear things of this nature. We do. But it just seems like that's what we hear today, for the most part.

It's the how I can succeed generation, because I'm worth it; The God loves me no matter what generation; And Sin is not that big of a deal generation.

Here's some more thoughts from Luther:

"God cannot deny His own nature; He must hate sin and sinners; and this He does of necessity, for otherwise He would be unrighteous and love sin. ....
Thus a Christain man abides in true humility, feeling sin in him effectually, and confessing himself to be worthy of wrath, the judgement of God, and everlasting death. Yet he continually turns to Christ, and in Him he lifts up himself against the feeling of God's wrath and judgement, and believes that not only the remnants of sin are not imputed to him, but also that he is loved by the Father, not for his own sake, but for Christ's sake, whom the Father loves."