現在就從心更新萬事！
當基督徒現在就向著世界死，就能復活成為新造的人。當他獲得一顆新心，心思也更新了。借此，地上萬事都更新了。
聖保羅在這封書信里安慰那些為死去的親人哀嚎的基督徒們，力勸他們：不應像那些沒有指望的人一樣悲慟哭泣。面對死亡，這個世界不能作甚麼，只能按照古老的風俗和本能，來理解死亡，以為死亡是世上最憎惡、最可怕的事情，是生命和其中所有快樂的結束……
我們這些信基督的人，應當有完全不同的心思意念。因為一個基督徒所說、所思、所想的都不同於他們，所以，基督徒應當有不同表現。
基督徒應該是新造的人，是上帝新的工作創造而成的。正如上帝在所有的事情上，想的、和判斷的，都不同於這個世界一樣。因為基督徒是新造的人，他生命里所有事物，應該也必須藉著信心成為新的，生命也就更新了。
但是，只有當他現在就向著世界死，才能復活成為新造的人。當他獲得一顆新心，心思也更新了。借此，地上萬事都更新了。所以，他在這裡預先嘗到未來的生命。
作為新人，基督徒應該有完全不同的，甚至是相反的想法。
譬如，正如聖保羅在羅馬書5:3所說的，我們可以在事情不如意時，仍然誇口、歡喜、得尊貴。
即使貧困，他的心仍然緊握著「我是富足的」的信念。
躺在監里，他仍是一位滿有能力的國王和諸侯。
又弱又病時，他極其強壯。
羞辱加身時，他如同飄浮在尊榮之中。
將來，萬事必然在我們眼前如此更新，正如我們此刻藉著信心，在這新生命里所設想的那樣，新世界必會如此展現出來。——馬丁路德（《在約翰選候葬禮上的講道》，1532年）（AE 51:243–244）
In the first part of this Epistle of St. Paul we have heard how he admonishes and comforts the Christians, telling them that they should not act so dreadfully by weeping and wailing over the deceased, but rather show that there is a difference between those who have no hope, that is, the unbelievers and pagans, and us, who believe in Christ and have far different minds, hearts, and thoughts from theirs. For a Christian should be a new creature or a newly created work of God, who in all things speaks and thinks and judges differently from the way the world speaks or judges. And because he is a new man, everything here in this life should and must become new through faith, as it will become new in the life to come through manifest revelation itself. Now the world cannot do anything else but think of death according to its ancient custom and nature, that it is the most abominable and horrible thing on earth, the end of life and all joy ……
But a Christian, on the contrary, as a new man, should be so constituted that he can have far different, even completely opposite thoughts and, as St. Paul says in Rom. 5 [:3], can even boast and glory and rejoice when things go wrong, and his heart should seize only upon such thoughts as that he possesses great wealth when he is poor, that he is a mighty prince and lord when he lies in prison and superlatively strong when he is weak and sick, and that he is floating in honors when he is being covered with shame and ignominy. He should know that he only becomes a new, living man when he dies here and now; in short, he must gain a completely new heart and mind and thereby make all things on earth new, and thus begin here a prelude to the life to come. (AE 51:243–244)
