Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 John 1:7-10
Confession and absolution provide persons of faith with the regular assurance that their sins are forgiven because of what Christ has accomplished for them.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Proverbs 28:13-14
People recoil at the idea of fearing God because they believe that God loves them. “Why should I fear someone who loves me?” they might ask.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Luke 22:19-20
Holy Communion is not something that we do; it is something that God does for us. It is not an act or ritual that we perform; it is an activity of God that we receive.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 6:47-57
We have been talking about Holy Communion, Baptism, the Church, justification, and other matters but in all of these topics, we are actually considering faith.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Matthew 26:26-28
Jesus called the bread that he broke and gave to his disciples to eat, “my body.” He said of the cup, “This is my blood.” This is what we believe.
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.
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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: Matthew 19:25-26
The universal grace and promise of the gospel is just that: universal. It is not applied to everyone except some persons.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Mark 10:13-16
The divine promises of grace and of the Holy Spirit do not belong to the old alone, as if Jesus, who loved little ones, would have them wait for his promises.
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: Matthew 28:18-20
Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions urge us to be not only wary of false teachers and ministers, but to have nothing to do with them.
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: Galatians 2:4-5
The truth of the gospel is that righteousness and salvation come through faith in Christ. This is the word that sets us free.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
We may well suppose that if two Lutheran churches in the same county celebrated Easter on different Sundays that people would have something to say.
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.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Galatians 5:1-6
I have convictions but if I dare to make those things qualifications for your righteousness and salvation, please take me to task.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 20:24–26
The Church is that gathering of saints where the Gospel is correctly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Mark 7:5-8
We are not big on excommunication these days. But we still do a pretty fair job of driving people out of our churches.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:4-6
If you believe these things, we agree that there is “one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God”—no matter the particular manner of our ceremonies.
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