Summary
But we're going to let and present and put forth God's Word that it would speak on its own for God's Word is a living Word and does speak to us. When Paul writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, stand fast and hold firm or stand firm and hold fast, they're written in the imperative. When we confess our faith, we are making a public declaration, a public confession just as the Comfort man's will do this afternoon and we're confessing that in the face of opposition, in the face of any difficulties that come our way, we will stand firm in what God's word has to say. That is the truth, that Martin Luther uncovered the truth of the gospel and my brothers and sisters, you are chosen and you know that you are chosen because you are hearing the good news. Last week we heard how the gospel can be turned into law, but Martin Luther wanted to make sure that God's word was not mixed, that God's word was not distorted, that law was law and it would kill us. It would show us our sin, but that the gospel would be purely sweet promise for you and the gospel is delivered through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ and that is where we have the comfort.
Video citations
- "Stand Firm and Hold Fast" — We are going to be continuing in our series of joy. We have talked about the joy of revelation, the joy of God, and we are currently in the part of this series where we are discussing and learning…