Excerpt on the Second Article from Luther’s Large Catechism Here we learn to know the Second Person of the Godhead, how He has completely poured forth Himself and withheld nothing from us that He has not given us. Now, this …
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Consequences of Denying the Resurrection of the Body “For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised.” —I Corinthians 15:16 The resurrection of the body is something that human reason tends to reject, or at least to regard …
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Jesus’ Appearance on Easter Afternoon What does the resurrection of Christ mean to us? It should mean everything, for it is pivotal to the Christian faith, as St. Paul points out so forcefully in I Corinthians 15:14-20. It definitely proves …
Why It Behooved Christ to Suffer “Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day.” — Luke 24:46 Shortly after Peter’s clear confession, “Thou art the Christ, the Son …
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The Vicarious Atonement in Isaiah 53 “For the transgression of My people was He stricken.” — Isaiah 53:8 When we Christians use terminology that briefly and accurately describes a Biblical truth or a doctrinal concept as a short-cut intended to …
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Interim Report of the Committee on Missions The ever-timely and always-pertinent message of Galatians 5 is for each of us: “Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love …
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“We Have Also a More Sure Word of Prophecy…” — II Peter 1:19 We should never be upset, offended, or “turned off” when we are reminded of truths from God’s Word which we have repeatedly heard in our lifetime and …
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Chastisements Are a Privilege For Us Christians to Bear “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” —Hebrews 12:6 The crosses of a Christian are inseparably linked to the cross of his …
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By the grace and with the neverfailing help of God, we recently completed the first semester of the current academic year — a bit later than we had anticipated according to our tentative calendar because of a variety of special …
The Purpose of Christ’s Miracles In His Epiphany “These [miracles] are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His Name.” — John 20:31 The word …
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