tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34873012108230928882024-03-06T15:01:16.201-05:00German-American LutheransA foray into things Lutheran, German, and anything else my mind thinks up.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-43633658164534092552022-02-10T11:04:00.001-05:002022-02-10T11:04:48.426-05:00Exodus 34,29-35. Last Sunday after Epiphany<p><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Exodus 34,29-35</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">1222 </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Letzter Sonntag nach Epiphanias </span><span style="color: #0042a9; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">18</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Dorothea, Virgin, Martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia 287</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Amand, Pastor and Apostle to the Franks in the Low Countries </span><span style="font-family: "Zapf Dingbats";">✠</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> 675</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">6. Febuar 2022</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">1. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Apple Symbols";">℣</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> Thy lightnings lighted up the world: </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Apple Symbols";">℟</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> The earth trembled and shook (Psalm 77,18). </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">O Lord, Thou transfigured sun of grace; shine upon us even and guide us through the field of tears into the land of sweet delight, so that Your delight that exalts us never fades. Amen. (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Morgenglanz her Ewigkeit</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> elkg 693,5 2021)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">2. »When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. Whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face was shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.« </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">3. When Yahweh appears, creation responds to His presence At Sinai, there was lightning, thick clouds and an earthquake At Bethlehem, there was a star and a host of angels. When Moses spoke to Yahweh, His face radiated the Divine Glory. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">4. Israel trembled in fear at Sinai. They did not desire to approach the mount. Moses’ shining face made them afraid. They recognized they were in the presence of the Holy and Almighty Yahweh. They were consciously aware of their sinfulness and unworthiness to be in His Divine presence. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">5. In his explanations of the 10 Commandments, Luther writes that we should fear God. Sin is an affront to His holiness. Like Adam and Eve, we often hide from God because of our sin, and that hiding often makes things worse because, try as we might, we can’t atone for our sin or cleanse ourselves before the Holy God. Thus we often fear His wrath and punishment. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">6. Luther then writes in his explanations to the Commandments that we should love God. But how can we love Him if we are in fear of Him? That is the sinful, human dilemma. When Jesus was transfigured, God the Father spoke from the Cloud: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">»This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased«</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> (Matthew 17,5). God serves us. God shows us love. His love conquers our fear. God the Father loves His creation and His only Son. He sent Jesus to show us His love. John records the very words of Jesus in his Gospel where he writes: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">»For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life«</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> (John 3,16). This love is shown at Jesus’ vicarious sacrifice on the cross for us to pay the redemption price for our sin. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">7. Luther finally writes in his explanation to the Commandments that we should trust God. Since we see the love of God the Father manifested for us in the crucifixion of Jesus, we trust in Him and His vicarious sacrifice. Furthermore, when we pray </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Our Father who art in heaven</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, with these words God tenderly invites us to trust that He is our true Father and that we are His true children (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Small Catechism</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> Lord’s Prayer Introduction). To trust God is to believe that His gospel and promise to us is true. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">8. Jesus is the epiphany of God in our midst. He manifests Himself among us to be our Savior, Redeemer and Friend. By taking upon Himself a human body, men and women can be in the presence of the Divine without the fear Israel exhibited at Sinai. When Jesus bids us draw unto Him so He may give us rest, we are able to do so and let Him bear our heavy laden burdens We do not draw nigh to Him in terror, but we approach Him with trust, for He who first loved us will always be our comfort sure (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> lsb 585,6). </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">9. Yahweh enters our midst through His Word and Sacraments. We do not tremble in fear, but receive Him with reverent awe as we fear, love and trust Jesus who gives us forgiveness and salvation through His preached Word, the water of Baptism and the bread and wine of His Lord’s Super. Let us receive Him and the gifts of eternal life that He graciously offers to us. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">10. For the joy Thine advent gave us, </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Thy holy, precious Word;</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Thy Baptism which doth save us,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Thy blest Communion board;</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Thy death, the bitter scorn, </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For Thy resurrection morn,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lord, [we] thank Thee and extol Thee,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And in heaven we shall behold Thee. (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> lsb 548,3)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">This is most certainly true. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">11. The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus (Philippines 4,7). Amen. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">12. Let us pray. O Lord God, Heavenly Father, we thank You that You have sown the good seed of Your holy Word in our hearts. By Your Holy Spirit cause this seed to grow and bear fruit, and defend us from the enemy, so that he may not s0w weeds among us. Keep us from worldly security, help us in all temptations and at last give us eternal salvation. Amen. (Veit Dietrich, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Summaria christlicher lehr</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Epiphany 5, 1548; Stratman 33-34). </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">To God alone be the Glory<span style="font-family: BodoniSvtyTwoOSITCTT-Book;"> </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">All Scriptural quotations are translations done by The Rev. Peter A. Bauernfeind using the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, 4. Edition © 1990 by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart, and the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Novum Testamentum Graece</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Nestle-Aland 28. Revised Edition © 2012 by Deutsch Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">ELKB. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. <a href="http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php"><span style="color: #4787ff;">www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php</span></a>. Copyright © 2019 Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Evangelisch-Lutherisches Kirchengesangbuch</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. Copyright © 2021. Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Lutheran Service Book</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. Copyright © 2006. Concordia Publishing House. </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Stratman, Paul C. </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Prayers for the Evangelical-Lutheran Heritage</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. Copyright © 2017. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><br /></span></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-69792615622287775622021-09-02T08:53:00.001-04:002021-09-02T08:53:18.897-04:00Genesis 4,1-16. 13. Trinity<p><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Genesis 4,1-16</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">4621 </span></p>
<p style="color: #4e7a27; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">13. Trinitatis</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">058</span></p>
<p style="color: #ee220c; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Beheading of John the Baptizer</span><span style="color: black; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">29. August 2021</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">1. O Lord God, Heavenly Father, we most heartily thank You that You have granted us to live in this accepted time, when we may hear Your holy gospel, know Your fatherly will, and behold Your Son, Jesus Christ! We pray, Most Merciful Father: Let the light of Your holy Word remain with us, and so govern our hearts by Your Holy Spirit, so that we may never forsake Your Word, but remain steadfast in it, and finally obtain eternal salvation. Amen. (Veit Dietrich) </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">2. »And God looked upon Abel and his gift, but for Cain and his offering He paid no attention. So Cain was greatly grieved, and his face was downcast. Yahweh God said to Cain: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">„Why are you deeply sorrowful, and why has your face become downcast? If you brought rightly, rightly but not divided/distributed, you sinned?</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-size: 8px; font-weight: bold;"><sup> </sup></span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">Be still, for sin desires your submission, and you will rule over it.“</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">« </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">3. We learn from the </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Small Catechism</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">: you shall not murder. What does this mean? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">A:</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> we should fear in love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">4. In Genesis 4, we hear of Cain and Abel, the first murder and the consequences of this horrible crime. The story is told to us in such a way that we can very well recognize ourselves in Cain (Martens ¶4), as Jesus taught us in that even if we are angry with our neighbor then we have broken the Commandment (Matthew 5,22). Among many things that the story teaches us, 3 in particular stand out: </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>i. sometimes we cannot understand God, </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ii. sometimes we want to correct God and </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>iii. sometimes we cannot bear God’s questions. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">5. The age-old question is: why did God regard Abel’s sacrifice and not Cain’s? The text simply states: but for Cain and his offering Yahweh paid no attention. Yahweh did not look upon and notice Cain’s sacrifice. The language in these verses describing their offerings implies both Abel and Cain prayed to God; and God gave Abel what he had prayed for but He did not give Cain what he had asked for. Cain became greatly grieved at this, so much so that his emotions were visibly seen upon his face; Cain was devastated that Yahweh did not notice his sacrifice or give heed to his prayer. Did Cain do something that offended Yahweh so that He ignored his sacrifice? Verse 7 indicates that Cain seemed to have offered his sacrifice but that there was something Cain did or did not do in regard to his sacrifice that caused Yahweh to ignore it. The Epistle to the Hebrews tells us that by faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain (Hebrews 11,4). As a result, Cain was sorrowful and downfallen that Yahweh had no regard for his sacrifice. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">6. Like Cain, we don’t understand many things that God does or allows to happen in this world. Why is there still evil in this world? Why does God allow tragedy and distraction to occur as you did a few days ago in Kabul, Afghanistan? Why did God answer someone else’s prayer but did not answer mine? We often struggle with these and similar questions. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">7. How one response to God in regard to things we don’t understand is key. Cain ignores what Yahweh tells him. His eyes go from lifted up in prayer to God in heaven to lowered inside himself, and in doing so Cain severs his communication with God. This breaking off of communication with God has the consequence that Cain now directed his rejection against his brother Abel (Martens ¶10). Cain cannot hurt God so he hurt his brother whom God had favored. Abel bears the brunt of Cain's revenge. How often do people do this even today. Many times revenge shown against someone is displaced vengeance toward God or another person whom they cannot direct it. So a person close by bears the revenge that seeks a release. Sometimes that misplaced vengeance costs people their lives, and Yahweh warned Cain not to walk down that dark path. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">8. We easily set out on this dark path. God warns us to stop: don’t listen to your emotions, don’t fed the desire for revenge, but seek God’s will and be comforted by His words. But this is easier said than done. We convince ourselves of what we want even when it goes against what God wants. When we sin, God questions us. Cain, where is your brother? What have you done? Like Adam did, Cain attempted to hide his horrible sin but he cannot for God already knows and is aware of the tragedy. God confronts Cain with his guilt and with the punishment Cain knows he deserves (Martens ¶13). When we ponder the 10 Commandments, our conscience is troubled. We know we have sinned and there is no hiding it from God. We feel alienated from God and that we no longer have a place in His presence. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">9. Our sinful deeds mark us as sinners. We know it. Everyone knows it. We know everyone else is a sinner too. The common response is to run away and alienate ourselves, particularly from God. That Old Cain in us is always the wanderer in fugitive from God and His presence. </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">10. But thanks be to God that is not the end of our story! Our HeavenlyFather has sent us another Shepherd, a Second Abel, who was killed in spilled His blood for us: Jesus Christ our Savior. With this Shepherd, God is unfolding once again the entire story of Cain and Abel (Martens ¶16). When we cannot understand God or endure His probing questions, we should look to Jesus — the crucified One. On the cross we see that God has drawn near to us, found us and reconciles us back to Himself. Jesus reminds us: My body was given for you and My blood was shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. We know that where there is forgiveness of sins, there is also life and salvation (</span><span style="font-style: italic;">Small Catechism</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">). </span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">11. This gospel is never a demand. The gospel doesn’t require anything from us. The gospel is pure gift and promise. For us who are conceived and distressed by our sins, Jesus has brought us the gospel. While the law is written up on our hearts, the gospel comes to us from outside ourselves as a pure gift of God who speaks on our behalf in the face of all our sins of commission and our failures with respect to our neighbors, which accuse us (Bayer 11). He speaks through the Holy Spirit in our place; He speaks were words fail us (Bayer 11). He also speaks for us against the accusation which comes through the law; He speaks as an advocate in our favor (Bayer 11). So Christ speaks to us today in whatever sin we find ourselves. The gospel brings forgiveness and a new life. Amen.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">All Scriptural quotations are translations done by The Rev. Peter A. Bauernfeind using the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, 4. Edition © 1990 by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart, and the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Novum Testamentum Graece</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Nestle-Aland 28. Revised Edition © 2012 by Deutsch Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">ELKB. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. <a href="http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php"><span style="color: #4787ff;">www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php</span></a>. Copyright © 2019 Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. </span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Bayer, Oswald. „With Luther in the Present“ </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Lutheran Quarterly</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2007). Copyright © 2007 Lutheran Quarterly, Inc. </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Luther, Martin. </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Luther’s Works</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Vol. 1. Jaroslav Pelikan, Ed. Copyright © 1958 Concordia Publishing House.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><br /></span></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-45699850462013288682021-09-02T08:51:00.002-04:002021-09-02T08:51:19.914-04:0013. Trinity Divine Service III<p> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/grace.church.1297943/videos/903449863625798/">13. Trinity</a></p>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-27041377471915067202020-10-07T17:57:00.002-04:002020-10-07T17:57:29.009-04:00Matthew 15,21 17. Trinity<p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Matthew 15,21-28 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5420 </span></p><p style="color: #669d34; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">17. Sonntag nach Trinitatis</span><span style="color: #450d59; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">062</span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Francis of Assisi, France. Founder of a monastic order, </span><span style="font-family: "Zapf Dingbats";">✠</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> 1226</span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">4. October 2020</span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1. O All-Loving God, Your mercy has no end and Your kindness is new each morning; often we come before You with great grief and a heavy heart seeking comfort from You; be merciful to us and show us compassion, so that our hearts are eased and our joy restored. Amen. (Starck 185-86 ¶ 3) </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2. »And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region went out and was crying: „Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.“ But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples went and begged Him, saying: „Send her away, for she is crying out after us.“ He answered: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">„I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.“</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> But she went and knelt before Him, saying: „Lord, help me.“ And He answered: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">„It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.“</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> She said: „Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.“ Then Jesus answered her: </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-weight: bold;">„O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.“</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> And her daughter was healed instantly.« </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3. Last week we heard how Jesus raised a dead man back to life. Today we hear how Jesus healed a man on the Sabbath.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4. In Matthew 15, the evangelist gives us another example of Jesus’ healing ability. A young girl is severely oppressed with a demon, and Jesus heals her and relieves her of that spiritual affliction. What is strikingly apparent is that this woman and her daughter are Canaanites: they are not Jewish and they do not live in Jewish territory. They were Gentiles living in a Roman city, for Rome had exercised rulership over Tyre and the province of Syria (since 64 bc) for nearly 100 years before the events of Matthew 15. Jesus Himself notes in their discussion that He was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5. Yet the mother persists in her plea. She calls Jesus: 1. Lord, and asks for mercy, 2. Son of David, 3. kneels before Him, calls Him Lord again and asks for His help and 4. calls Him Lord a third time and counters Jesus’ statement that even the Gentiles receive crumbs from the table of the Jews. This Gentile mother speaks and acts as one worshiping God: she invokes a Divine title, pleads for mercy and kneels in a position of prayer and worship; she directs these words and acts to Jesus. She essentially prays Psalm 30: Hear, O Yahweh, and be merciful to me! O Yahweh be my Helper« (Psalm 30,10). </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6. There is some precedent here as well. 1000 years earlier when David and Solomon were gathering the materials for the construction of the temple, Tyre supported supplied cedar wood and skilled workers. During their reigns, David and Solomon maintained friendly relations and with King Hiram I of Tyre. Whereas Hiram offered help to David in building the temple, now the Son of David, the temple made flesh, gives help to a citizen of Tyre. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7. The Prophet Micah, who ministered to Judah and Samaria, was probably still remembered for his words and deeds by the people of Tyre just miles north of the Galilean border. Micah proclaims that God loves mercy and humbleness (Micah 6,8). This Gentile woman exhibits both humbleness to God and desires His mercy. Yahweh said to the Prophet Isaiah: »Yahweh waits to be gracious to you, and therefore He exalts Himself to show mercy to you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are those who wait for Him (Isaiah 30,18). </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8. Whenever we are weighed down with despair, trials, tribulations or ailments, seek Jesus and His mercy. God promises us His grace. »You are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake Israel.« (Nehemiah 9,17). »For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more« (Jeremiah 31,34; Hebrews 8,12). »Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful« (James 5,11). „The bread of the Messiah is so abundant and so overflowing that parts of it fall from the table onto the floor.“ (Gibbs 787). And the crumbs are enough for this Gentile woman and her daughter (Gibbs 787). She believes in both Jesus’ mission to Israel’s lost sheep and in Jesus’ abundance (Gibbs 787); even the Gentiles are blessed by the bread that Jesus provides. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>9. Christ has shown us mercy. He has redeemed us from sin, death and the devils. His mercy is for all people, both Jews and Gentiles. May our faith in Jesus be as great as that of the Gentile mother from Tyre. Next week we will hear why God is merciful. Amen. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>11. Let us pray. O Lord, Your steadfast love endures forever; help us to make known Your mercy to our generations, so that they seek You and Your grace. Amen. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">To God alone be the Glory </p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">Gode ealdore sy se cyneþrymm</span></p><p style="font-family: "Zapf Dingbats"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">✠</p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>All Scriptural quotations are translations done by The Rev. Peter A. Bauernfeind using the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, 4. Edition © 1990 by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart, and the </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Novum Testamentum Graece</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">, Nestle-Aland 28. Revised Edition © 2012 by Deutsch Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ELKB. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. <a href="http://www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php"><span style="color: #4787ff;">www.bayern-evangelisch.de/www/index.php</span></a>. Copyright © 2019 Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>VELKD. Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands. <a href="http://www.velkd.de/"><span style="color: #4787ff;">www.velkd.de</span></a>. Copyright © 2020 Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gibbs, Jeffrey A. </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Matthew 11:2-20:34</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. Copyright © 2010 Concordia Publishing House. </span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lewis, C. S. </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">The Screwtape Letters</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. Copyright © 2016 Samizdat University Press.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Starck, Johann. </span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; text-decoration: underline;">Starck’s Prayer Book</span><span style="font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;">. 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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2. »So the Jews said to Him: „Then what sign do you do, so that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">He gave them bread from heaven to eat.</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">“ [Exodus 16,4.8; Psalm 78,24] Jesus then said to them: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">„Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who descends heaven and gives life to the world.“</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"> They said to Him: „Sir, give us this bread always.“ Jesus said to them: </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">„I am the Bread of Life; whoever receives Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst.“</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;">« </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4. John 6 records another time when Jesus fed a large crowd with only a few loaves of bread. After Jesus had performed this miracle, the people exclaimed: This is indeed the Prophet who is come into the world! (John 6,14). The next day Jesus continues to teach the crowd and they make this connection from the Scriptures: Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, for Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat (Psalm 78,24; Exodus 16,4). The Jewish crowd is set in only seeing Jesus’ miracles in temporal, earthly terms. God has blessed them with bread for the day, just as He provided for their fathers in the wilderness many years earlier. Their perception is only two dimensional, that is, horizontal: what satisfies their physical hunger and belly. But Jesus is operating at a third dimensional perception, that is horizontal and vertical: He provides for both their physical hunger and their spiritual hunger. Their Heavenly Father gives more than just manna and loaves of bread; He also sends down the One from heaven who gives life to the world. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5. We are often like the Jews in John 6; we think in simply 2 dimensions: what our eyes see, our ears hear and our hands touch. Our first, and sadly sometimes our only, concern is how God provides for us physically, so that we measure His goodness by our bank accounts, our possessions and the food we have on our table. If our bodies are satisfied, then we think that is sufficient. But human beings are not simply flesh and blood; we are also spirit and soul. We are created in God’s Image and Likeness, and thus we have real spiritual needs, too. People fill that spiritual void through any number of ways: Eastern meditation, communing with nature, various cultural myths that relate stories of the gods interacting in the lives of people and so forth. In all this we are trying to recapture the fellowship God created us to have with Him, that relationship that Adam and Eve experienced at the close of each day as God walked with them in the Garden of Eden. David put this longing to prose in one of his psalms: O God, my God, I earnestly seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me (Psalm 63,1.8), and again: Blessed are those who strength is in You, O God; they go from strength to strength; blessed is the one who trusts in You!« (Psalm 84,5.7.12). </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>7. We are here today, 2000 years later, making the same confession. We will receive the Bread of Life that satisfies both our physical and spiritual hunger. The Apostle Paul says of this Living Bread from heaven: »Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread« (1. Corinthians 10,17). The holy apostle is speaking about the Holy Communion of the Lord’s Supper. The Church, he says, receives and eats the one bread that is offered to all at the communion table. Jesus’ discourse in John 6, while not specifically saying that it is the Lord’s Supper, certainly causes the Christian hearer to think about the eating and drinking of the bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper. Jesus and His apostles are clear that the bread and wine in the Holy Sacrament are indeed also His true body and blood given to and received by the communicant. The Lord’s Supper gives us Jesus, the Living Bread from heaven, and when we are given Jesus, we are given eternal life. </span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-17563560940270014512018-11-04T08:24:00.000-05:002018-11-04T08:24:57.361-05:00Christ, Thor and the Midgard Serpent, para. 1<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>ðā halgan eallgeleafican cirice </span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-46828114053994039312018-10-18T10:35:00.002-04:002018-10-18T10:35:53.430-04:00The Lord’s Prayer in Anglo-Saxon<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Hoefler Text"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> geuuîhid sî thîn namo | uuordo gehuuilico.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Cuma thîn | craftag rîki.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: HoeflerText-Regular;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Uuerða thîn uuilleo | ob=ar thesa uuerold alla,</span></span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-66873375357283862442018-10-17T22:31:00.000-04:002018-10-17T22:31:18.378-04:00Anglo-Saxon research<span style="font-size: large;">For the past two years I have been studying and researching Anglo-Saxon literature, mythology and Christianity. I will post here some of my work and essays. </span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-72260744719274617262018-04-02T12:19:00.001-04:002018-04-02T12:19:31.791-04:00Easter Monday. Luke 24,13-35<div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><span class="text Luke-24-13" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">That very day <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25994A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-25994A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-ESV-25994a" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-25994a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A13%2D35&version=ESV#fen-ESV-25994a" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> from Jerusalem,</span> <span class="text Luke-24-14" id="en-ESV-25995" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">14 </span>and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-15" id="en-ESV-25996" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">15 </span>While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-16" id="en-ESV-25997" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">16 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-25997B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-25997B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-17" id="en-ESV-25998" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">17 </span>And he said to them, <span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?”</span> And they stood still, looking sad.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-18" id="en-ESV-25999" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">18 </span>Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”</span> <span class="text Luke-24-19" id="en-ESV-26000" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">19 </span>And he said to them, <span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“What things?”</span> And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26000C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26000C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>a prophet <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26000D" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26000D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,</span> <span class="text Luke-24-20" id="en-ESV-26001" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">20 </span>and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26001E" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26001E" title="See cross-reference E">E</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>how our chief priests and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26001F" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26001F" title="See cross-reference F">F</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-21" id="en-ESV-26002" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">21 </span>But we had hoped that he was <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26002G" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26002G" title="See cross-reference G">G</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26002H" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26002H" title="See cross-reference H">H</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the third day since these things happened.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-22" id="en-ESV-26003" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">22 </span>Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26003I" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26003I" title="See cross-reference I">I</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>They were at the tomb early in the morning,</span> <span class="text Luke-24-23" id="en-ESV-26004" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">23 </span>and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26004J" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26004J" title="See cross-reference J">J</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>when they did not find his body, they came back saying that <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26004K" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26004K" title="See cross-reference K">K</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-24" id="en-ESV-26005" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">24 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26005L" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26005L" title="See cross-reference L">L</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”</span> <span class="text Luke-24-25" id="en-ESV-26006" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">25 </span>And he said to them, <span class="woj" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;">“O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!</span></span> <span class="text Luke-24-26" id="en-ESV-26007" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">26 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26007M" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26007M" title="See cross-reference M">M</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>Was it not necessary that <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26007N" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26007N" title="See cross-reference N">N</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the Christ should suffer these things and enter into <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26007O" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26007O" title="See cross-reference O">O</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>his glory?”</span> <span class="text Luke-24-27" id="en-ESV-26008" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><span class="text Luke-24-28" id="en-ESV-26009" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">28 </span>So they drew near to the village to which they were going. <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26009S" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26009S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>He acted as if he were going farther,</span> <span class="text Luke-24-29" id="en-ESV-26010" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">29 </span>but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26010T" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26010T" title="See cross-reference T">T</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.</span><span class="text Luke-24-30" id="en-ESV-26011" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">30 </span>When he was at table with them, he took the bread and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26011U" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26011U" title="See cross-reference U">U</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>blessed and broke it and gave it to them.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-31" id="en-ESV-26012" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">31 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26012V" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26012V" title="See cross-reference V">V</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26012W" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26012W" title="See cross-reference W">W</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>he vanished from their sight.</span> <span class="text Luke-24-32" id="en-ESV-26013" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">32 </span>They said to each other, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26013X" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26013X" title="See cross-reference X">X</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>“Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26013Y" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26013Y" title="See cross-reference Y">Y</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>opened to us the Scriptures?”</span> <span class="text Luke-24-33" id="en-ESV-26014" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">33 </span>And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26014Z" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26014Z" title="See cross-reference Z">Z</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>found the eleven and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26014AA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26014AA" title="See cross-reference AA">AA</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>those who were with them gathered together,</span><span class="text Luke-24-34" id="en-ESV-26015" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">34 </span>saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26015AB" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26015AB" title="See cross-reference AB">AB</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>has appeared to Simon!”</span> <span class="text Luke-24-35" id="en-ESV-26016" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">35 </span>Then they told what had happened on the road, and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26016AC" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26016AC" title="See cross-reference AC">AC</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>how he was known to them in <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-26016AD" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-26016AD" title="See cross-reference AD">AD</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the breaking of the bread. </span>(Luke 24,13-35) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">O God, in the paschal feast You restore all creation. Continue to send Your heavenly gifts upon Your people so that they may walk in perfect freedom and receive eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Lord</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, now and forever. Amen. </span></span></div>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-64039743965280021262014-06-25T13:59:00.000-04:002014-06-25T13:59:07.564-04:00Pieper and the polemic of Scripture re. justification<div style="font-family: 'Hoefler Text'; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5. The Scripture teaches not only that the justification is completely independent of works but it turns into a more abundant and sharp polemic against the introduction of the works in the justification before God calls the garments through works before God to do justice to be foolishness, <i>they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge</i>,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> the religion of the flesh, <i>having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?;</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><sup></sup></i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> denial of Christ’s death <i>for if</i> </span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-71640435298551698272014-04-02T16:51:00.000-04:002014-04-02T16:52:30.760-04:00Justification through faith<div style="text-align: justify;">
Posted below is the initial translation I have recently undertaken. I am working through Francis Peiper's <i>Christian Dogmatics, Vol. 2</i>, which is the second volume of a three volume set of systematic textbooks used at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Pieper's original volumes were in German and used extensively, but as the seminary transitioned from German to English as the primary language, an English translation was needed. Work began in 1944 as Dr. Theodore Engelder began the daunting task of translation. Engelder died before he completed his work, but others finished the portions remaining in Volume 2 and a completed English translation of all three volumes was available by 1951. </div>
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In search of a new German translation project, I decided to tackle Pieper's <i>Dogmatics</i>. We were always told that various paragraphs were not translated but summarized by combining them together. So it will be interesting to learn if this is indeed the case and, if so, how much was paraphrased rather than translated. I have noted already in the three pages undertaken that Engelder did paraphrase together sentences to make the paragraphs shorter. </div>
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Pieper's <i>Dogmatics</i> has copious footnotes (page 606 begins with footnote 1404!). I have omitted the footnotes for the blog post (which makes the pages seem rather short, but many times the footnotes take up half of the page in Pieper's volumes), I have translated most of his Latin phrases into <i>English </i>(I kept the Latin phrases intact where they are used as the Latin translation for Pieper's German phrases)<i> </i>and I also numbered the paragraphs (which were not numbered in the original or the translation) as I find it makes referencing easier in papers and essays.</div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1. At the very moment in which a person believes in Christ or in the gospel</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">, that is, in the acquired Christ and proffered in the gospel forgiveness of sins, that believer is justified by that faith before God. This is the so-called subjective justification, as distinguished from the so-called objective justification that exists for the faith. Concerning the relationship between objective and subjective justification is later pointed out. From the subjective justification that occurs through faith, as Romans 3,28 says: »For we hold that man is justified by faith.« But Scripture is not satisfied arbitrarily to say that we are justified „by faith“, because this Divine method of justification well contradicts human intuition that looks and expects a justification by the works according to their natural terms of religion —,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> so the Scriptures are zealous to hone that every work of the law is completely excluded from justification. Romans 3,28: »For we hold that man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.« Galatians 2,16: »yet we know that man is not justified by works of the law.« Namely, every form of human works are excluded form of the justification. Excluded are 1. all external good works that people do and those done before faith such as the works of the Pharisees;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> 2. all spiritual good works </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">flowing from faith, such as the works of faithful Abraham.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> Scripture also indicates reasons why God chose this strange manner of justification, namely He has completely detached justification from the law and the works of the law. God has chosen this method of justification: 1. thus giving people the certainty of the forgiveness of sins and salvation;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> 2. so that the object of human boasting is not man himself, but is God’s entirely unmerited grace in Christ.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup></sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I am righteous before God. That is certainly a wondrous justice and it is different from the justice found among all the intelligent and wise lawyers in this world (St. Louis XIII,2495). But a requirement for this „wondrous righteousness“ by faith is the „wondrous“ fact, that God reconciles all people unto Himself through Christ’s vicarious satisfaction, that is, in His heart He has forgiven their sins and this forgiveness or justification in the word of the gospel. This is to constantly point out the further exposition of the Biblical doctrine of justification. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3. In the Scriptural proclamation of Romans 3,28: »one is justified by faith apart from the works of the law« is the article or clause through which the orthodox Church refutes the various errors over time that attempt to redefine the Christian doctrine of justification. Justification is „by faith without the deeds of the law“, and it is not based upon the „infused grace“ (<i>gratia infusa</i>), but is based upon the „gracious disposition of God in Christ“ (<i>gratuitus Dei favor propter Christ</i>), it cannot be found in man, but is found outside of man, namely, in the objective word of the Gospel (<i>the means of grace are the means of justification</i>), thus it is <i>the act is not medicinal, but forensic</i>, that is, one who is in himself unrighteous is declared righteous so it has no grace (<i>does not allow fluctuations</i>), as justification occurs by faith alone, and thus faith in justification can only be construed instrumental, not as a moral achievement, an ethical principle, etc., it is not a subject of conjecture (<i>certainly is conjectural</i> of the Romans), but the poor sinner is certain because it is precisely by faith in the gospel and completely separate from the law and its works occurs. All these clauses are articles, as I said, are already contained in substance in Romans 3,28: »by faith apart from the works of the law.« As we discuss each of the following particulars in more or less detail, we see the contrast to the various errors that confront the central article from outside the Christian faith. Also, we must never forget that we still bear our flesh,</span></div>
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The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are like the starry skies at night. Whoever lifts up his eyes from the dark earth up to the bright stars above sees the shiniest first – the big ones and those in the milky way. Yet as the eye is accustomed to the sight, it begins to see more and more. Finally even the dark blue of the night seems to be interwoven with light and shining brightness. So it also for the reader of the holy Bible. At first you perceive the strong and catchy verses, which are obviously clear and impressive at first sight. Yet as you continue reading more and more verses light up until you don’t just get the flow of the story, but rather comprehend the perfect harmony, which makes up the whole entirety.</div>
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So it’s not just a wise crack to get over the difficulties of some parts, if it is suggested to let the light and insight of the clear and main parts, which make up the rule of faith and guide all exegesis, light up the obscure and darker passages.</div>
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Holy Scripture has always proven itself as comprehensible and clear. All supposed obscurity and darkness is not so much its own drawback, but rather rests in the eyes and heart of the reader. All misconceptions, contradictions and heresies projected into God’s Word – and even the most drastic lie, that God’s Holy Spirit did not reveal his truth aptly and comprehensibly in the holy Bible – are not to be blamed against God and his Holy Spirit, but rather fair and square at the doorstep of our human blindness and sinful rebellion, which impede our insight into God’s will and prompt us to disobey his clear commandments and doubt his gracious promises. The holy Word of God suffers the same predicament as the Son of God himself: For the faithful it is faithful and true, for the holy it is holy and sanctified, with the pure it is pure and salvific; yet with the wrongful it is wrong and for the children of darkness it is utter darkness and obscurity. Praise be to God, the Lord, who is the living source of goodness and in whose light we see the light + Amen.</div>
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<i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">God’s Word is our great heritage And shall be ours forever; To spread its light from age to age Shall be our chief endeavor. Through life it guides our way, In death it is our stay. Lord, grant, while worlds endure, We keep its teachings pure. Throughout all generations. </i>(Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872 tr Ole G. Belsheim, 1861-1925)</div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-49073256343976308052014-02-15T16:01:00.000-05:002014-02-15T16:01:43.122-05:00A paragraph from Löhe on Matthew 9 for Trinity 24With all the snow we've been getting lately, I have had more time to devote to translating. I undertook a project several years ago to translate from German the sermons of Wilhelm Löhe on the Holy Gospels. I completed that project over a year ago, minus two Trinity sermons that rarely occur in the long season of Trinity. Honestly, I was worn out translating Löhe and needed a break. I had intended to finish the last two sermons at some point, so I am thankful for the rejuvenation and opportunity to tackle those last two sermons now.<br />
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One is now finished, and the other is near completion. Thankfully, Löhe's last few sermons in the Trinity season are briefer than his others.<br />
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Here's a sample from the last sermon I'm translating. The Gospel Reading is <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Matthew 9,18-26 for the 24. Sunday after Trinity. </span>Löhe preached this in 1859.<br />
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-63123292488704678172013-12-26T20:50:00.000-05:002013-12-26T20:50:45.105-05:00In Memoriam: Janice Dager<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My dad told me this morning that Miss Janice Dager, my 5th and 6th grade teacher, had fallen asleep in the Lord Jesus Christ a few days earlier following a lengthy battle against cancer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jan taught at the Lutheran grade school I attended from 3rd through 8th grade and for many years attended the same Lutheran church I did. She spent her entire teaching career at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Kingsville, MD. She taught the same grades during her long tenure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jan was an awesome teacher. She encouraged us to read, and many of her homework assignments involved reading assignments. Every year she picked a few books and set aside about 20 minutes each day just reading to us. She introduced me to The Chronicles of Narnia, and thus is responsible for my avid interest in C.S. Lewis’ books to this very day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Part of our class schedule involved religion, and each morning we began our day with devotions. I do not recall the exact specifics of her devotions, but I do recall her piety and knowledge as she taught us the Lutheran faith and reinforced what we learned through Wednesday chapel services and for many of us in class who were members of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church that supported the school.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of Jan's talents was singing. For many years she sang in our church choir and in a four-person harmony quartet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At our school, the 5th and 6th grades were responsible for the spring pageant. I recall that one year we focused on American history and sang many songs about Native Americans, national folk songs and patriotic songs. The other year was European history, and we sang French, English and German songs and anthems (among other nationalities). I was brave enough to dance at these pageants, and still remember learning the Charleston and the Maypole dances. The 7th and 8th grades were responsible for the Christmas pageant, and the 5th and 6th grades were the choir for the play so we learned many Christmas songs and lead the audience in singing them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The spring also brought with it the President's Physical Fitness test. I never was able to earn the award and patch, but I tried my best and had much fun in the activities. Jan always cheered us on and encouraged us to work hard and never give up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">These are fond memories shared with a beloved teacher. I mourn her death, but know one day we will be reunited again in Paradise as we await the return of Jesus and the resurrection of our bodies.</span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-39977802442127695722013-10-31T09:30:00.000-04:002013-10-31T09:30:22.125-04:00Luther's 95 Theses<div style="font-family: 'Apple Garamond'; text-align: center; text-indent: 18px;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">DISPUTATION OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and of Sacred Theology, and Lecturer in Ordinary on the same at that place. Wherefore he requests that those who are unable to be present and debate orally with us, may do so by letter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Name our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said <i>poenitentiam agite</i> [“Repent”], willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance. [Matthew 4,17] </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. This word cannot be understood to mean sacramental penance, i.e., confession and satisfaction, which is administered by the priests. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 3. Yet it means not inward repentance only; nay, there is no inward repentance which does not outwardly work several mortifications of the flesh. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. The penalty [of sin], therefore, continues so long as hatred of self continues; for this is the true inward repentance, and continues until our entrance into the reign of heaven. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. The pope does not intend to remit, and cannot remit any penalties other than those which he has imposed either by his own authority or by that of the Canons. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitted by God and by assenting to God’s remission; though, to be sure, he may grant remission in cases reserved to his judgment. If his right to grant remission in such cases were despised, the guilt would remain entirely unforgiven. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. God remits guilt to no one whom He does not, at the same time, humble in all things and bring into subjection to His vicar, the priest. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. The penitential canons are imposed only on the living, and, according to them, nothing should be imposed on the dying. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. Therefore the Holy Spirit in the pope is kind to us, because in his decrees he always makes exception of the article of death and of necessity. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">10. Ignorant and wicked are the doings of those priests who, in the case of the dying, reserve canonical penances for purgatory. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">11. This changing of the canonical penalty to the penalty of purgatory is quite evidently one of the tares that were sown while the bishops slept. [Matthew 13,25]</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">12. In former times the canonical penalties were imposed not after, but before absolution, as tests of true contrition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">13. The dying are freed by death from all penalties; they are already dead to canonical rules, and have a right to be released from them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">14. The imperfect health [of soul], that is to say, the imperfect love, of the dying brings with it, of necessity, great fear; and the smaller the love, the greater is the fear. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. This fear and horror is sufficient of itself alone (to say nothing of other things) to constitute the penalty of purgatory, since it is very near the horror of despair. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. Hell, purgatory and heaven seem to differ the same as despair, fear and the assurance of salvation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">17. With souls in purgatory it seems necessary that horror should grow less and love increase. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">18. It seems unproved, either by reason or Scripture, that they are outside the state of merit, that is to say, of increasing love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">19. Again, it seems unproved that they, or at least that all of them, are certain or assured of their own blessedness, though we may be quite certain of it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">20. Therefore by “full remission of all penalties” the pope means not actually “of all,” but only of those imposed by himself. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">21. Therefore those preachers of indulgences are in error, who say that by the pope's indulgences a man is freed from every penalty, and saved; </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">22. Whereas he remits to souls in purgatory no penalty which, according to the canons, they would have had to pay in this life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">23. If it is at all possible to grant to any one the remission of all penalties whatsoever, it is certain that this remission can be granted only to the most perfect, that is, to the very fewest. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">24. It must needs be, therefore, that the greater part of the people are deceived by that indiscriminate and high-sounding promise of release from penalty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">25. The power which the pope has, in a general way, over purgatory, is just like the power which any bishop or curate has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">26. The pope does well when he grants remission to souls [in purgatory], not by the power of the keys (which he does not possess), but by way of intercession. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">27. They preach man who say that so soon as the penny jingles into the money-box, the soul flies out [of purgatory]. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">28. It is certain that when the penny jingles into the money-box, gain and avarice can be increased, but the result of the intercession of the Church is in the power of God alone. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">29. Who knows whether all the souls in purgatory wish to be bought out of it, as in the legend of Sts. Severinus and Paschal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">30. No one is sure that his own contrition is sincere; much less that he has attained full remission. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">31. Rare as is the man that is truly penitent, so rare is also the man who truly buys indulgences, i.e., such men are most rare. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">32. They will be condemned eternally, together with their teachers, who believe themselves sure of their salvation because they have letters of pardon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">33. Men must be on their guard against those who say that the pope’s pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconciled to Him; </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">34. For these “graces of pardon” concern only the penalties of sacramental satisfaction, and these are appointed by man. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">35. They preach no Christian doctrine who teach that contrition is not necessary in those who intend to buy souls out of purgatory or to buy confessional privileges preach unchristian doctrine. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">36. Every truly repentant Christian has a right to full remission of penalty and guilt, even without letters of pardon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">37. Every true Christian, whether living or dead, participates in all the blessings of Christ and the Church; and this is granted him by God, even without indulgence letters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">38. Nevertheless, papal remission and blessing are by no means to be disregarded for they are, as I have said [Thesis 6], the proclamation of the divine remission.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">39. It is most difficult, even for the very keenest theologians, at one and the same time to commend to the people the abundance of pardons and [the need of] true contrition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">40. True contrition seeks and loves penalties, but liberal pardons only relax penalties and cause them to be hated, or at least, furnish an occasion [for hating them]. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">41. Apostolic pardons are to be preached with caution, lest the people may falsely think them preferable to other good works of love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">42. Christians are to be taught that the pope does not intend the buying of pardons to be compared in any way to works of mercy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">43. Christians are to be taught that he who gives to the poor or lends to the needy does a better work than buying pardons. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">44. Because love grows by works of love, and man becomes better; but by pardons man does not grow better, only more free from penalty. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">45. Christians are to be taught that he who sees a man in need, and passes him by, and gives [his money] for pardons, purchases not the indulgences of the pope, but the indignation of God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">46. Christians are to be taught that unless they have more than they need, they are bound to keep back what is necessary for their own families, and by no means to squander it on pardons. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">47. Christians are to be taught that the buying of pardons is a matter of free will, and not of commandment. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">48. Christians are to be taught that the pope, in granting pardons, needs, and therefore desires, their devout prayer for him more than the money they bring. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">49. Christians are to be taught that the pope's pardons are useful, if they do not put their trust in them, but altogether harmful, if through them they lose their fear of God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">50. Christians are to be taught that if the pope knew the exactions of the pardon-preachers, he would rather that St. Peter’s church should go to ashes, than that it should be built up with the skin, flesh and bones of his sheep. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">51. Christians are to be taught that it would be the pope’s wish, as it is his duty, to give of his own money to very many of those from whom certain hawkers of pardons cajole money, even though the church of St. Peter might have to be sold. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">52. The assurance of salvation by letters of pardon is vain, even though the commissary, nay, even though the pope himself, were to stake his soul upon it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">53. They are enemies of Christ and of the pope, who bid the Word of God be altogether silent in some Churches, in order that pardons may be preached in others. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">54. Injury is done the Word of God when, in the same sermon, an equal or a longer time is spent on pardons than on this Word. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">55. It must be the intention of the pope that if pardons, which are a very small thing, are celebrated with one bell, with single processions and ceremonies, then the Gospel, which is the very greatest thing, should be preached with a hundred bells, a hundred processions, a hundred ceremonies. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">56. The “treasures of the Church,” out of which the pope grants indulgences, are not sufficiently named or known among the people of Christ. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">57. That they are not temporal treasures is certainly evident, for many of the vendors do not pour out such treasures so easily, but only gather them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">58. Nor are they the merits of Christ and the saints, for, even without the pope, the latter always work grace for the inner man, and the cross, death, and hell for the outer man.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">59. St. Lawrence said that the treasures of the Church were the Church’s poor, but he spoke according to the usage of the word in his own time. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">60. Without rashness we say that the keys of the Church, given by Christ’s merit, are that treasure.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">61. For it is clear that for the remission of penalties and of reserved cases, the power of the pope is of itself sufficient. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">62. The true treasure of the Church is the Most Holy Gospel of the glory and the grace of God. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">63. But this treasure is naturally most odious, for it makes the first to be last. [Matt. 20,16]</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">64. On the other hand, the treasure of indulgences is naturally most acceptable, for it makes the last to be first. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">65. Therefore the treasures of the Gospel are nets with which they formerly were wont to fish for men of riches. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">66. The treasures of the indulgences are nets with which they now fish for the riches of men. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">67. The indulgences which the preachers cry as the “greatest graces” are known to be truly such, in so far as they promote gain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">68. Yet they are in truth the very smallest graces compared with the grace of God and the piety of the Cross. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">69. Bishops and curates are bound to admit the commissaries of apostolic pardons, with all reverence. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">70. But still more are they bound to strain all their eyes and attend with all their ears, lest these men preach their own dreams instead of the commission of the pope. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">71. He who speaks against the truth of apostolic pardons, let him be anathema and accursed! </span></span></div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-72891903541935727862013-10-17T18:51:00.003-04:002013-10-18T18:53:15.596-04:00The Importance of a Confessional Faith<div>
This week, the Church of Sweden elected Antje Jackelén as the new archbishop of the 6.5 million member Lutheran Church. You can read an article about it <a href="http://www.d-intl.com/2013/10/16/the-church-of-sweden-replaces-one-form-of-totalitarianism-with-another/?lang=en" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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This is a historic election for the Church of Sweden for a number of reasons. Jackelén is Sweden’s first female archbishop, and she joins the ranks of other female presiding bishops like those in the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For Sweden, this is not a bold move as they have had female bishops for a number of years. While Lutherans of a conservative strain bemoan her election on the basis of gender, there are even more serious concerns raised by Lutherans both in and outside Sweden. </div>
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Jackelén has said things that are clearly out of step with the historic confession of the Church for the past two thousand years. </div>
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On 1. October the candidates for archbishop were asked a number of doctrinal questions. She was asked if she thought Jesus presented a truer picture of God than Muhammed. With her evasive answer, Jackelén was seen as someone who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) choose between Jesus and Muhammed. </div>
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She also said that the Church of Sweden has more in common with other religions than with other Christian churches, that the Virgin Birth must be understood metaphorically, that hell doesn’t exist and that the Biblical texts should not be taken as truth.</div>
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While not listed in the articles I’ve read, I suspect she also rejects the validity of the resurrection of Jesus. The rejection of the resurrection is usually the first doctrine jettisoned by liberal Christians, and it would be hard to believe that someone who views the virgin birth Jesus as a metaphor does not hold the same toward the resurrection on Easter. </div>
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Rejection of one of these doctrines would raise red flags among Christians, but this whole domino effect of rejecting doctrine after doctrine raises serious doubt regarding Jackelén’s confession of the faith and those who elected her to the office of archbishop. </div>
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Corners of the 21. century Church have slid far down the slippery slope. Those like Jackelén who toss aside the historic confession of the Church to be culturally sensitive and politically correct appear spineless when compared to the first Christians who were persecuted and martyred for their faith in such things as the Divinity of Jesus and His resurrection on Easter. </div>
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The Church faces many cultural and religious challenges around the world. She still faces persecution and martyrdom for her faith in Jesus. It would be easy to take the route Jackelén and others take, for it is a path of comfort and little conflict. The rough path is the path that follows Jesus; it is a path that leads to suffering and the cross, but ultimately a path that arrives at the resurrection and eternal life in God’s presence. Those who follow Jesus do not reject the Church’s doctrines for any reason but remain faithful to them, to Jesus, in good times and bad. Jesus will not forsake us and that is why we stand faithful to Him and the confession of our Christian faith. </div>
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-24543334041400680182013-09-11T11:25:00.000-04:002013-09-11T11:26:21.570-04:00Christ the Victor<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Rev. Dr. Norman E. Nagel was one of my professors at the seminary. He continues to be one of my mentors to this very day. I share something he preached on Matthew 6,28 in 1954: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">„Sin brought the world into such a cursed mess that only the Son of God could rescue it. This He did by becoming part of our sin-cursed world, making Himself our brother and subject to the curse. Jesus stake Himself with us. If He is crushed by the curse, there is no hope. If He overcomes the curse, then death cannot have its way with us. The fate of Christ and the fate of me are one. I can only be destroyed by death if Christ can be destroyed by death. Christ did die, but He rose again. His resurrection means my resurrection…. When I come to die, I can now die … quietly and without complaint“ (<u>Select Sermons of Norman Nagel</u> 216). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this paragraph, Dr. Nagel is, in part, referring to the Apostle Paul, who wrote: »Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? For if we have been united with Him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with Him in a resurrection like His« (Romans 6,3.5). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christianity is a religion (and a theology) grounded in historical facts: Jesus was born, lived and died. His tomb was empty three days later. These are verifiable facts attested to in the Bible, the historians of the time and even those opposed to Jesus (like the scribes and Pharisees). The point of contention is: what happened to Jesus’ body? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without the resurrection of Jesus, Christianity loses its unique claim and joins the rank and file of every other religion out there. Without the resurrection, Christianity has its teacher and a set of virtues by which a person may order his or her life, and that is about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The apostles, however, contend and preach that Christianity is something far and above all the other religions and philosophies that clamor for our attention. The heart and soul of Christianity is the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. The apostles proclaim that Jesus is the Lamb of God sacrificed on the cross as payment for our sin, and His resurrection is the evidence that His sacrifice is accepted by God the Father and that Jesus has triumphed over death, hell and the devil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our fate is, therefore, linked to Christ’s. His victory is our victory. His death is our death. His resurrection is our resurrection. His life in heaven is our life in heaven. Sin, death, hell and the devil cannot have their way with us or over us, for Christ has conquered them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For those who mourn the loss of loved ones on September 11, 2001, we commend them to the mercy of the Triune God. For those in Christ who died that day, they are in His blessed presence, free from the trials and sufferings of this world. On the last day, they and all who die in Christ will be reunited in heavenly glory with a resurrected body. Amen. </span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-79246070741074636672013-08-24T07:17:00.001-04:002013-08-24T07:19:04.002-04:00Ten Important Dates in Western History<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning of the summer, I compiled a list of what I considered were important dates in Western history. I limited the list to ten, but I could have easily doubled it. There are other important events that I did not list. In high school, my world history teacher told us there were three dates in Western history that we should always remember: the death of Jesus, the Fall of Rome and the Fall of Constantinople. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. 3. April 33, the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. 31. October 1517, Luther nails the 95 Theses inaugurating the Reformation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10. 1000, Leif Ericson establishes a colony at Vinland, Newfoundland. </span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-64567343648943077162013-05-11T22:57:00.000-04:002013-05-11T22:57:05.250-04:0050th German Champions 2013<img src="webkit-fake-url://25F52112-47AD-4132-AFDE-1D2D84A8FB2E/imagejpeg" /><div>
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Life is good! Congrats, FC Bayern on your championship. Bring home the Champions League trophy in two weeks. </div>
Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17734481913409527416noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487301210823092888.post-24065311927533174262013-05-11T22:52:00.001-04:002013-05-11T22:52:52.272-04:00Löhe on Mark 16,16<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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What did the Lord Jesus Christ leave those, whom he left behind when he ascended into heaven? According to the gospel of Saint Mark, we can answer this question as follows: He left them holy Baptism and also gifts of miracles and wonders. That’s his coat – much richer and more potent than the coat of Elijah ever was. Holy Baptism can cover the entire world with God’s peace and blessing. It is wide and big enough and also has a very great promise that it will not cease nor stop granting fountains of living water just as little as all the oceans, rivers and fountains of this world will stop to pour forth precious fluid. They will remain doing so until the end comes.</div>
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And the miracles and wonders? They all have this one commonality that they strive to overcome and remove the evil disturbing the godly creation. So the talking in many languages is nothing else than overcoming the evil of Babylonian confusion. All the detrimental consequences and outgrowths of sin and evil must finally disappear and be eradicated by the power of salvation and the blessed cure of holy Baptism. This holy Baptism is the blessed beginning and sanctified start while the miracles and wonders point us to the end, the finalization and completion of all in Jesus Christ. Beginning and end, way and goal, means and purpose are all given and present in him, who has ascended gloriously into the highest heaven and received gifts and graces for his people.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The Apostle encourages the Christians to live chaste and pure lives. This does not only relate to the 6<sup style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-size: 10px; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th</sup> commandment, but goes further than that. Even the fifth and seventh commandments are directed against sinful desires, which war against our souls. Anger, revenge, theft, corruption and many other sinful desires war against our souls. They destroy the joy and gladness in our hearts. They work like frost in a spring night – destroying the blossoming fruits of the season in no time.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The word “war against your soul” can be understood in more than one way, but all will agree that the happiness of our souls and the associated holy lives are severely damaged by these sinful desires. How is the pilgrim to make his way home steadily if these things preoccupy him and keep him from going about his real business. Where is the joy and courage to come from to reach out to heaven if these things are pulling him back and holding him down? That is why we should concentrate our energy, strength and capacities to abstain from sinful desires, to rid ourselves of sinful ways and to put off all that holds us back and makes us sluggish in our Christian pilgrimage.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">O holy God, who will be perceived only by those with clean hearts, grant us your Holy Spirit, that he cleanse our hearts from all sin and sanctify us through and through. Work in us both the will to do and the doing of good works. Strengthen, empower, confirm and capacitate us that we will be found pure and without blame on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whoever strives to accommodate himself to this world, will be put to shame. The sinful world does not hold its promises. It is not dependable.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whoever depends on God and the world, will limp on both sides. His heart will remain divided and won’t find peace. It’ll have trouble and pain – no end.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On God alone – that’s how it should be – he is the true sanctuary. Who trusts in God, builds on him alone, is blessed here and saved eternally. </i>(Julius Sturm, 1816-1896)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">This is a rather free translation of Wilhelm Löhe’s devotion for Tuesday after the third Sunday after Easter: <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jubilate</i>. It is found on Pg. 182 in <i style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lob sei Dir ewig, o Jesu!</i> (Eternal Praise to you o Jesus!) edited by A. Schuster and published in the Freimund Verlag, Neuendettelsau 1949.</span></div>
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