I am a Lutheran pastor, and as soon as I saw that headline, the first book that came to my mind was Romans. Second was Galatians. Third was Psalms. So I was pleased to see that those were the first three books mentioned in this article.
Those are good insights, Pastor. I just want to add that, for me, Hebrews was a major key to bridging the NT and OT worlds and set me off into a new spiritual journey to places I had never known existed.
Hence, I can understand how it may have affected Luther.
I also feel that entering the mind of God (in a spiritual sense) and experiencing the light of Jesus within is not an act of faith, as much as an act of trust. Our cognitive reasoning can be a good thing, of course . . . but it may also be the genesis of the “knowledge” of good and evil which Satan has been selling since the beginning of man. I feel that to experience grace and righteousness we have to let that go and trust in God and his son Jesus, and in none of the works of man.
6He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
7On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.
8Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.
Psalm 62:5-8 NASB
The single focus on relying upon God, and only God, for salvation, refuge and prayer is clearly noted in this passage.
Praise God for the blessings contained in them.
I believe one of the best verses of the Bible is Psalm 128:1 AV:
"Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in (H)is ways."
Let me guess that it was reading these in, and knowing the nuances of the Koine that impressed Luther.
And actually, thogh he was a leader of the Reformation, the Dutch priest and humanist known as "Desiderius Erasmus" in producing a fine Byzantine.Majority Textform was the true Father of the Reformation.