Concerning Confession - Part 1
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 20:21-23
Lutheran churches carefully teach about faith in the absolution, reminding Christians of the great consolation it brings to anxious consciences.
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Teaching Posted in March 2022
Concerning the Mass - Part 6
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 11:33-34
Holy Communion is not a potluck that feeds the belly. It is a means of grace in which people are assured that they receive the forgiveness of sins.
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Concerning the Mass - Part 5
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Luke 22:14-20
As was the apostolic practice and that of the Fathers, Holy Communion belongs to the whole church, not just to those who can afford it.
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Concerning the Mass - Part 4
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Hebrews 10:8-14
As was the apostolic practice and that of the Fathers, Holy Communion belongs to the whole church, not just to those who can afford it.
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Concerning the Mass - Part 3
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Acts 8:18-23
Since the beginning of the world, nothing that God ever ordained seems to have been so abused for the sake of generating revenue as the Mass.
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Concerning the Mass - Part 2
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Ephesians 2:4-7
It was taught that one could purchase a Mass to be said for himself or a dead relative as a way of earning merit with God, reducing time in Purgatory.
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Concerning the Mass - Part 1
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 11:27-32
It is God's will that we receive his grace through the means of Holy Communion, and do so often, as we sinners need his grace very much.
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Concerning the Marriage of Priests
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Genesis 2:18, 21-24
Enforced celibacy is man's answer to a human problem with sin; it is not God's answer. The Lord's answer, his intention and institution, is marriage.
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Concerning Both Kinds in the Sacrament
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Matthew 26:26-28
When we change the plain meaning of God's Word or remove verses that offend us, we offend God and are condemned by the very words we omit.
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Corrected Abuses
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Corruptions had begun to creep into the church, and reform was badly needed so that people's hearts could again be comforted by the mercy of God.
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Conclusion of Part One
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 1:10-13
The emphasis of the Confession remains upon Christ rather than tradition, in the authority of God instead of human invention, practices, and teachings.
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Concerning the Worship of Saints
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 8:31-34
Lutherans aim to imitate the lives of the saints but not venerate them, as to pray to them for help or expect such aid from any but God in Christ's Spirit.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 8
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 15:1-5
Doing good works as conditional to salvation is impossible since one cannot begin to love God or do good works until filled with the Holy Spirit.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 7
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: James 2:14-22
Lutherans confess that it is necessary to do good works because it is the will of God, these works contributing nothing to salvation but being evidence of it.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 6
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 3:16-17
True faith is that which trusts in the only God as a Father who loves and forgives, giving comfort and support where once there was worry and fear.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 5
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Philippians 3:1-11
The conscience is plagued with guilt when one relies on good works for righteousness with God, instead of relying on Christ alone through faith.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 4
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 15:8-13
The doctrine of justification by faith alone brings the greatest consolation to the conscience since good works depends on us but faith depends on Christ.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 3
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Acts 15:5-11
The Lutherans, in teaching justification by faith, were not introducing a novel doctrine, as it had been taught by the Apostles and the Church Fathers.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 2
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 14:1-6
Our works cannot appease God or earn forgiveness of sins, grace, and justification. We obtain this only by believing we are favored only for Christ's sake.
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Concerning Good Works - Part 1
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Matthew 5:14-16
Though Lutherans confess that God's grace alone justifies a person without adding a single virtuous act, they believe that good works flow from faith.
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The Cause of Sin
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 1:18-25
God did not create evil but he did create humans with the ability to be disobedient to his good will, to sin, and we call this disobedience evil.
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Concerning Christ's Return for Judgment
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 15:50-57
Jesus Christ is returning to earth on the last day of time to judge the living and the dead, sorting out believers to heaven and unbelievers to hell.
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Civic Government
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 13:1-7
Lutherans teach that the sanctification of Christians does not come from doing or not doing things, but with what Christ has done for us on the cross.
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Church Traditions
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Galatians 4:8-11
The human heart must be constantly reminded that Christ is the end of the law but that there are “profitable” things we still do — yet not as obligation.
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About Ecclesiastical Order
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:11-16
God puts great responsibility and privilege upon a relative few in his church so that all of his people may grow in the Word and the grace of Jesus Christ.
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The Use of the Sacraments
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 11:23–26
The gift of Christ's Body and Blood is God working through his Supper to enliven and establish our faith through continued grace, only received by faith.
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About Repentance
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Colossians 1:9-14
Lutherans hold that the only way to perfectly overcome sin is to be forgiven for Christ's sake, not through any merit or satisfactions of our own.
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About Confession
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: James 5:13-20
Because one cannot enumerate all sins, Lutherans practice public confession and absolution, while encouraging private confession too.
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About the Lord's Supper
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: John 6:50–59
Lutherans profess with the Scripture, that "this is," Christ's real body and blood, that he is truly present, and not just a grateful memory of him.
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About Baptism
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 Peter 3:18–22
Lutherans profess that baptism is necessary for salvation, not just for adults but for children too, that God's grace, like Christ's touch, is available to the them.
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