Luke 10:2
– is the inspiration for the
hymn, Spread the Reign of God the Lord (LSB 830).
Who will work for the Lord and His cause? There is plenty of work to be done.
May we pray the Lord would use each of us to be doing His will in our daily
vocations. The opportunity to serve Him is rewarding enough. As we can find
work to be done may we do it joyfully and willingly.
Tell of our Redeemer’s grace,
Who, to save our human race
And to pay rebellion’s price,
Gave Himself as sacrifice. Stanza Three
Who, to save our human race
And to pay rebellion’s price,
Gave Himself as sacrifice. Stanza Three
Absolution is neither a response to a suitably
worthy confession, nor the acceptance of a reasonable apology. To absolve means
not only to loosen, to free, to acquit; it also means to dispose of, to
complete, and to finish. When God pardons, He does not say He understands your
weakness or makes allowances for your errors. Rather, He disposes of; He
finishes with, the whole of your dead life and raises you up with a new one. He
does not so much deal with your failures as does He drop them down the back
hole of Jesus’ death. He forgets your sins in the darkness of the tomb. He
remembers your iniquities no more in the forgetfulness of
Jesus’ death. He finds you in the desert of death, not the garden of
improvement. And in the power of Jesus resurrection, He puts you on His
shoulders, rejoicing, and brings you home. – Robert Farrar Capon, Parables of Grace, pg. 39
-10 July 2021—
[1] The Beheading of John the Baptist, Schnorr von Carolsfeld woodcut copyright © WELS used with permission
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