Don't Neglect It
Reading the Word with Luther
Scripture Text: 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:1
Read the Bible on your own, for sure. But get yourself to church to hear the Word read and proclaimed among God's community. He speaks there.
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Devotional Posted in February 2025
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Reading the Word with Luther
Scripture Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:1
There should be a grateful and increasing degree of perfection in the doctrines we have received, perceiving our errors and striving to mend our ways.
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The Beginning of Salvation
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Scripture Text: Genesis 8:20–22
Everyone — even old Noah, your pastor, and your child — is a sinner who can do nothing without God's assistance. Admit it, and salvation begins.
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The Unbelieving Heart
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Scripture Text: Luke 11:24–26
The wastelands of unclean spirits are nothing more than unbelieving hearts, Evil is anxious to return home, so keep believing and exercising your faith.
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Crumbs of Faith
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Scripture Text: Matthew 15:21–28
The law condemns but the gospel takes away all despair, so that, even if one has only some crumbs of faith, she may believe and be a child of God.
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God's Bare Word
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Scripture Text: Matthew 15:21–23a
The bare Word of God is what must make the difference for us — not disappointment or glee or any other feeling. Cling to the Word alone!
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The Same Submission
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Scripture Text: Galatians 5:13–14
All works of love, then, must be directed, as commanded, to our needy neighbors. In these lowly ones we are to find, love, serve, and honor God.
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Our Promise
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Scripture Text: Matthew 4:5–7
Be careful that you are not tempted to believe twisted Scriptures, especially when it concerns false promises for your soul. Christ alone is our Promise.
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Spiritual Sustenance
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Scripture Text: Matthew 4:1–4
We do not live by the nourishment of the body alone. We also need spiritual sustenance, or as Jesus says, "that word that proceeds from the mouth of God"
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A Patient Lent
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Scripture Text: 1 Peter 2:21–23
Jesus was able to be patient with his accusers and attackers because he did not entrust himself to their judgment but to him who judges justly.
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The Mystery Revealed
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Scripture Text: Luke 18:31–34
"Reason, flesh and blood, cannot understand, nor grasp that the Scriptures should say how the Son of man must be crucified...to suffer for us."
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Owe Your Neighbor
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Scripture Text: Romans 13:8
We are to owe no person anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law and commandments.
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The Love of Neighbor
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Scripture Text: Romans 13:9
If you do not love your neighbor, your conscience will condemn you. Without trust in a forgiving Father, you will be overwhelmed with guilt.
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Entrusting
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Scripture Text: 1 Peter 2:21–23
You just can't win sometimes. Trying to defend yourself does not work; you just get judged all the more. All you can do is entrust yourself to God.
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The Faith of Another
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Scripture Text: Matthew 8:10–13
God can bring life and healing to the lives of others through your faith, as seen in biblical examples like the centurion who had faith for another.
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Noticing the Heart of Jesus
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Scripture Text: Luke 18:31
Jesus came to earth to do his Father's will, to die for a world's sin. It was his passion, his Plan A; there was no Plan B.
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Equality of Believers
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Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 12:20–25
Peter's and Luther's doctrine of the priesthood of believers is central to Paul's teaching on honoring weaker members of the body of Christ.
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The Greatest
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Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 13:12–13
When there is but infinite day, we will require faith no more, nor hope. Love is the permanent thing, and therefore, the greatest of the three that now abide.
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True Faith
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Scripture Text: Matthew 8:1–3
Come to Christ because you are a sinner, not because you think he must have someone as great and pious as you. Come with faith in him, not in yourself.
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Run to Win
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Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 9:23–27
A Christian does not live life aimlessly. This life is a race to the prize, eternal life in Jesus Christ, and so, must be run with passion and purpose.
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