Lord Jesus, You received the homage of those who did not understand what they  were saying and doing. You bore with them mercifully and with patience. Bear  with us, enlighten our minds, so that we might know that these things were  written about You and that these things were done to You for our salvation.  Amen.

Judas was sorry; but that’s not enough. Without the gospel, we men must despair like Judas because there is only death and hell for us. But through the gospel, we have a rich redemption from the great prison of sin.

DOES ABSOLUTION REMOVE EARTHLY CONSEQUENCES?

[Jesus said,] “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.” Luke 10:16

Thanks for listening!

See you at Church tonight!

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