"As for satisfaction, this is by far the most complex part of all. For no one can know how much to render for a single sin, let alone how much for all."
--Smalcald Articles Part III, Article III (Repentance) 21
Luther was teaching here that the only satisfaction for our sins is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross. We do not pay for our sins, He paid for them all when He died for us. If we are trusting in our works to make us right before God, we will always be in misery and without certainty that we are saved by the works of Jesus alone.
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