The teachings of Christianity seem upside-down to the world. The world would have us believe that we cannot know what truth is or know for sure who God is. Christianity teaches that there is one True God and one way to salvation--the God-man, Jesus Christ. The world would have us believe that we must earn God's favor. God says, "For by grace you have been saved, through faith, not by works." Although these ideas may seem foreign to our sin-polluted minds, they are the one reality, the truth of the Gospel which reveals to us the salvation of our God.
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posted by Rev. Jason P. Peterson @ 10:37 AM
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Lutheranism is more than a cultural identity or a denominational label. In fact, this cultural and institutional baggage may be the primary obstacle in Lutheranism’s path.
To be a Lutheran is not dependent on a code of behavior or a set of common customs. Instead, to be a Lutheran is to receive Jesus in His Word, Body, and Blood for the forgiveness of sins in the Divine Service; and to be bearers of this pure Truth to a broken world corrupted with sin, death, and every lie of the devil and man’s own sinful heart.
While the false and misleading ideas of human religious invention are appealing to sin-blinded minds, they fail when exposed to the realities of life. It is tragic when souls are led to confusion and despair because of the false religious ideas with which they are surrounded. The Biblical doctrine taught by the Apostles and restored at the Reformation holds answers which are relevant regardless of time or place and offers assurance of forgiven sins and eternal life who all who believe its message.
I am a husband, a father, the pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Burt, IA, and track chaplain at Algona Raceway.
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