Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 10:15-17

This participation, as the Revised and English Standard versions translate the word, is a fellowship or, as the King James Version phrases it, a communion.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Titus 2:11-15

God gives authority to people to speak and act in his name through Holy Baptism. The pastor seems to be the one using the water, and if that were all the pastor did then that would be all there was to see.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Acts 16:30-33

When a child, or anyone else in a household or family, is baptized, the will of God, the promise of God’s salvation is realized. The work of salvation continues through faith.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Romans 13:1-7

It is important for us to distinguish between the two kingdoms—the kingdom of God and worldly kingdoms. Both Church and State are under God’s authority but they serve different ends.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Mark 14:22-24

The words of Christ spoken over the bread and wine insure the promise of grace to those who believe. When we speak his word over the elements, he is truly present in them.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Matthew 15:1-9

I like to sing the “Kyrie” in worship. For that matter, I love to sing the entire liturgy, including the intonation of the Psalm. Some of our churches do not sing the liturgy; they speak the words.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-5

There is nothing wrong with celibacy or fasting or many other disciplines. Even in marriage, abstinence can be a good thing, if the couple agrees together to abstain for some spiritual purpose.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Romans 14:5-6

If others wish to abstain from certain foods on certain days, that is between those people and the Lord. Do not let them convince you that abstinence is a matter of righteousness.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Revelation 1:1-3

“It is written.” This was a favorite saying of the prophets, the evangelists, the apostles, and Jesus. Sometimes it is phrased as a questions: “What is written?”

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18

External is not eternal. These outward things will never secure everlasting life. Furthermore, they will never give us peace. The heart must be changed by God for these things to be ours.

Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Colossians 2:16-23

How heartbreaking it would be to run in a race, and to run so swiftly that you won the race, only to find out that you had been disqualified because of a false start or a lane violation.


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