As long as he is in this condition, he is quite content with his knowledge of the mere outlines of the Christian doctrines…
However, the moment a person becomes a Christian, there arises in him a keen desire for the doctrine of Christ.
Even the most uncultured peasant who is still unconverted is suddenly roused in the moment of his conversion and begins to reflect on God and heaven, salvation and damnation, etc.
He becomes occupied with the highest problems of human life.
An instance of this kind is afforded by those Jews who flocked to Christ and also by the apostles. Those multitudes heard Christ with great joy and were astonished because He preached with authority and not as did the scribes.
But the majority of these hearers never advanced beyond a certain feeling of delight and admiration.
The apostles, too, were uneducated people, but they acted differently.
They did not stop where the rest stopped, but propounded all manner of questions to Christ…
It is, therefore, quite true what the Apology to the Augsburg Confession says: “Men of good conscience are crying for the truth and proper instruction from the Word of God” … (Mueller, p. 191; Triglot Concordia, p. 290).
—C. F. W. Walther
Treasury of Daily Prayer (Kindle Locations 24221-24226). Concordia Publishing House. Kindle Edition.
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