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

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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

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

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