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Feel free to use the graphic as a background for your phone or tablet. Luther's directions to the artist stated there should be a black cross in a heart, the heart to retain its natural color. This is to remind us that it is faith in the Crucified One that saves us. "For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved" (Romans 10:10). It is a black cross because it mortifies and causes pain. Yet, it leaves the heart its natural color. It does not destroy nature. That is to say, it does not kill us, but keeps us alive, for "the righteous shall live by ...
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