Luther on Galatians 1: Mixing Law and Gospel

"It seems a small matter to mingle the Law and Gospel, faith and works, but it creates more mischief than man's brain can conceive. To mix Law and Gospel not only clouds the knowledge of grace, it cuts out Christ altogether."

So I thought I would wait to comment on Luther's view of righteousness, Law, and Gospel until I couldn't stand it anymore. Luther is a man at battle against a particular enemy, and he's picking up every weapon of Scripture that he can pick up, in order to defeat the enemy. Nowadays, we might see that some of Luther's use of Scriptural words and doctrines were a little off kilter, biblically speaking, from our own point of view. There's a certain trepidation about criticizing a man who was in battle, and it is often too easy for us to do, so I'll save my critic of Luther's fine points until later, and leave you with a few quotes from Jesus, who seems to be a master mixer.

Matthew 7.11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! 12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Matthew 7.22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Matthew 23.23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Luke 10.25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”
27 So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”