Devotions From Steadfast Lutherans

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O Lord, grant us faithful ministers who will exercise the Office of the Keys in Your Church according to Your will for the forgiveness of our sins. Amen

We rejoice in the gift of forgiveness in Christ.

This week we consider the last question in the fifth chief part of Luther’s Small Catechism: “What do you believe according to these words?”

On Excommunication

“Pastor, please hear my confession and pronounce forgiveness in order to fulfill God’s will.”

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See you at Vespers this evening.

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Rejoice!

Laetare!

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Oculi

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“Bear fruits in keeping with repentance.” Luke 3:8

Lord, teach us to fear, love, and trust You above all things. Amen.

David is “lonely and afflicted” (v. 16). He’s surrounded by his enemies. His heart accuses him. His mind is haunted by the memory of his past sins. He has nowhere in this world to turn. So, he turns to God, saying, “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust,” (v. 1), “My eyes are ever toward the Lord” (v. 15), “I take refuge in You” (v. 20). And the consolation David seeks for his heart is this: The forgiveness of all his sins (v.18).

“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make our home with him” (John 14:23). When God forgives all your sin through the mouth of your pastor, hear that Word of God and keep it.

SATISFACTION VS. FRUITS OF REPENTANCE