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Prayer
Blessed Lord, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning.
Grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and take them to heart that, by the patience and comfort of Your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life.
… through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Two Brothers
The story is told of two brothers who grew up on a farm.
One went away to college, earned a law degree, and became a partner in a prominent law firm in the state capital.
The other brother stayed on the family farm.
One day the lawyer came and visited his brother, the farmer.
He asked, “Why don’t you go out and make a name for yourself and hold your head up high in the world like me.”
The brother pointed and said, “See that field of wheat over there?
Look closely.
Only the empty heads stand up.
Those that are well filled always bow low.”
Said differently, “The branch that bears the most fruit is bent the lowest to the ground.”
A Description rather than a command
A Word of Grace
Love In Life
The First Verb
The Second Verb
The Third Verb
The Third Verb
The Third Verb
Humility is Love
Following Jesus is Love
Following Jesus is Love
Love Incarnate
Jesus Christ
The Body of Christ
The Body of Christ
You
You
Ap XVI:59 The Gospel forbids private remedy.
Christ instills this often so that the apostles do not think they should seize the governments from those who held otherwise, just as the Jewish people dreamed about the kingdom of the Messiah.
Christ did this so that the apostles might know they should teach that the spiritual kingdom does not change the public state.
Therefore, private remedy is prohibited not by advice, but by a command (; ).
Public remedy, made through the office of the public official, is not condemned, but is commanded and is God’s work, according to Paul ().
Now the different kinds of public remedy are legal decisions, capital punishment, wars, and military service.
[McCain, P. T. (Ed.).
(2005).
Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (p.
195).
St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.]
(Kolb, R., Wengert, T. J., & Arand, C. P. (2000).
The Book of Concord: the confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (p.
232).
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.)
Kolb, R., Wengert, T. J., & Arand, C. P. (2000).
The Book of Concord: the confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (p.
232).
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
Kolb, R., Wengert, T. J., & Arand, C. P. (2000).
The Book of Concord: the confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (p.
232).
Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
McCain, P. T. (Ed.).
(2005).
Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (p.
195).
St. Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House.
Being a Christ-follower - a Christian - is not easy.
It isn’t cheap.
Apart from Christ, it’s impossible.
For too long, too many false teachers have turned the Gospel into something else.
In doing so, they have denied the faith.
Then when things get hard, they get exposed for the emptiness they have offered.
It’s a counterfeit currency, this false Gospel.
It’s worth nothing.
It does nothing, and it comforts no one.
Just as counterfeit money distorts an destroys an economy, so this false Gospel destroys the faith of those who have been led astray by it.
Just as the government works zealously to remove counterfeit currency, so the church is zealous for the pure Gospel.
Just like you would keep your wallet pure from fake dollar bills, keep your spirit pure from the false Gospel.
Just like you should warn your neighbor about counterfeit money, so should we defend the pure Gospel against false teachings of men.
Peacefully, humbly, and lovingly, as Christ gave us both a command and an example.
And let the peace of God, that passes all understanding, guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen
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