[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word with its inherent divine power, a gracious water of life, a washing of regeneration. Through this divine efficacy of the Word the sacrament effects regeneration.
![[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, Image](https://www.idlehearts.com/images/martin-luther-did-not-regard-the-water-in-baptism-as-common-water.jpg?x85372 "[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water,")
