The Anxious World
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Scripture Text: Matthew 6:30–34
Christians need not waver, nor stake their affairs on that which is uncertain, vainly caring for the future, but at all times do that which is right.
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First Things First
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Scripture Text: Matthew 6:25–33
Do this for the honor of God and for your own benefit: strive after the great and eternal good. If you attain and keep this, the rest will surely take care of itself.
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The Gracious Offer
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Scripture Text: Luke 18:9–14
The preaching of the precious gospel offers God’s grace and mercy in Christ, which is offered to condemned sinners without any merit of their own.
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The Sooner the Better
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Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:26–27
If overcome by wrath and led to rashness, do not continue in it, do not harbor it, but subdue and restrain it, the sooner the better.
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The Chief Good
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Scripture Text: Luke 10:25–28
To love God with all the mind is to cleave to him who is our chief good, to do nothing against his will, to take nothing except what is pleasing to God.
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The Sin Remover
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Scripture Text: John 1:29
If you would be freed from your sins, do not chastise yourself with them, but seize Christ, the one who has taken your sins upon himself.
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The House of God
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Scripture Text: Luke 19:45–46
"Wherever God’s Word is preached, there is God’s own true house, there God most certainly dwells with his grace. Wherever his gospel is, there..."
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Craving Riches
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Scripture Text: 1 Timothy 6:10
Love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. Through this craving some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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The Bold Faith of Lepers
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Scripture Text: Luke 17:11–13
The lepers went boldly to meet Jesus, certain that he could heal them. Standing in firmness and sincerity against doubt, they confidently prayed.
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The Consolation of Faith
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Scripture Text: Romans 8:12–17
You need no longer be afraid of condemnation because of your unworthiness for you have the consolation of faith, the assurance of grace.
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Trusting the Gospel
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Scripture Text: Mark 7:31–35
Faith grows out of the Word of God, producing the good fruit of love and mercy and all manner of godly care for one's neighbor.
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Faithful Suffering
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Scripture Text: 1 Peter 5:6–10
"It assuages and comforts the sufferer beyond measure to know that he does not suffer alone, but with a great multitude."
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That Which Makes for Peace
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Scripture Text: Luke 19:41–42
God has opened the treasures of his holy gospel to us, so we may learn his will. Will we believe and know peace or disbelieve and suffer wrath?
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Nothing More
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Scripture Text: Luke 17:3–5
"We should therefore despair of ourselves and pray to God for faith as the apostles did. When we have faith we need nothing more..."
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Evident Faith
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Scripture Text: Matthew 7:21
Once we have been baptized into Christ and believe, his will is that we should then live accordingly, obeying God and doing what is commanded.
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God’s Dollar
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Scripture Text: Mark 8:4–6
"Christ commands the disciples to set the loaves before the multitude, by which he shows that he will administer his work and gifts through the instrumentality of human agencies."
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Blessed Ears
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Scripture Text: Matthew 13:15–17
What would it help the critics of Christ if the gospel was preached twice as clearly as it is? They are so deafened by their own conceits that they can hear nothing else.
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No Other Gods
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Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1–3
"When we come before God the Father, Christ will say: Father! Although they have not wholly fulfilled thy law, yet I have done so, let this be to their benefit because they believe in me."
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A Cup of Cold Water
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Scripture Text: 1 John 3:14–18
"Oh, how heavy and terrible the impending judgment for those who have denied to Christ the Lord, in his thirst, even the cup of cold water."
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That They May Hear and Believe
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Scripture Text: Mark 7:32–35
Luther uses the this story to illustrate how office of ministry brings the Word to people so that they may hear and be given faith to believe.
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The Heavenly Force
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Scripture Text: 2 Corinthians 3:5–11
The Spirit impresses Christ and his works upon the heart, making it a true book which does not consist in tracing mere letters and words, but in true life and action.
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Faith Bears Fruit
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Scripture Text: Matthew 7:15–20
Good works do not make one pious or good. One must first be good and pious at heart. The tree must first be there to bear the fruit.
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Exercise Judgment
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Scripture Text: Matthew 7:15
So much of what false teachers' have afflicted the church with in recent decades is easily overcome by exercising judgment through the Word.
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Trusting God with the Future
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Scripture Text: Mark 8:8
No one thinks of saving for posterity, but live as if they rejoice in destroying everything at once. Yet in all this destruction God will nevertheless help us.
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God Will Take Care of You
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Scripture Text: Mark 8:1–2
"All who faithfully cling to the Word of God will be fed by God; for that is the nature and power of faith, which flows alone out of the Word of God."
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Eternal Delight
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Scripture Text: Genesis 8:22
Our eternal life, attained through faith in Christ. will be to know God, delight in his wisdom, and enjoy the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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Worthy of Your Calling
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Scripture Text: Ephesians 3:20–4:1
"The chief thing that should influence a Christian’s outward walk is the remembrance of his calling and appointment by God."
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Led by the Spirit
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Scripture Text: Romans 8:12–14
"To be 'led by the Spirit of God' means to be given a heart which gladly hears God’s Word and believes that in Christ it has grace and the forgiveness of sins."
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The Sinful Conscience
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Scripture Text: Luke 5:4–8
"Not until Peter considered himself unworthy did he become really worthy. Just because you are a sinful person you must the more trust in God."
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Without Distinction
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Scripture Text: Luke 6:35–36
"Christians must not seek their own, but look at all alike, whether friend or foe, as our heavenly Father does. Without such mercy, there is no true faith."
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Bold Peace
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Scripture Text: Philippians 4:6–7
"There is peace, strength and comfort in the heart, so that the heart cares for no evil, is really bolder and more joyful in its presence than in its absence."
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The Majestic Command
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Scripture Text: Genesis 6:21–22
Noah kept his eye on the majesty of him who gave the command. That was enough for him, even though the command seemed absurd or impossible.
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Eat What Is in Front of You
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Scripture Text: Genesis 6:21–22
God performs his miracles along the lines of natural law. Looking for bread from heaven, rather than by human means, tests God and is a sin.
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A Constant Dying
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Scripture Text: Romans 8:12–13
Christians have help and strength to resist and mortify sin. and must constantly put to death the flesh lest they be put to death by it.
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Our Sufficiency
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Scripture Text: 2 Corinthians 3:4–6
It is a glory that every preacher may be able to say with full confidence that he trusts God for teaching and preaching truly the Word of God.
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Bless the Work of Our Hands
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Scripture Text: Luke 5:4
Christ keeps aloof from the lazy, unfaithful idlers who will not do as they have been commanded, and will not keep their hands and feet from straying.
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On Being Useful
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Scripture Text: Luke 5:4–10
Christ has not come to make you afraid, but to remove your sins and distress from you. “Fear not,” he speaks to your heart, and to the whole world.
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The Curse of Humanity
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Scripture Text: 1 Timothy 6:6–10
The curse of humanity is they shall never be satisfied and must endure heartache and everlasting destruction through the things they have coveted.
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No Worries
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Scripture Text: Luke 15:3–7
If you only remain under Christ's protection and lie still upon his shoulders, you need not be troubled about sin, death, or hell, for he defends you.
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God Remembered
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Scripture Text: Genesis 7:23–8:1
No life is so difficult as the life of faith, depending only upon the promises of God when the who world seems to say, "God has forgotten all about you."
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Revelation of the Divine
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Scripture Text: Romans 11:33–36
Scripture shows us that in God there are three persons — not three Gods or three kinds of divinity, but the same undivided, divine essence.
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Our Neighbor’s Honor
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Scripture Text: Luke 15:1–5
We are to cover the shame of our neighbor with our own honor and piety, not cause wounds caused by gossip that we cannot heal.
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Helping Sinners
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Scripture Text: Luke 15:1–2
"We should rebuke and deal with the sinner in earnest; yet we are not to despise but sincerely to love him."
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The Humble Gospel
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Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 12:1–3
"The tongue of a minister — the language he employs — must be of that simplicity which preaches naught but Christ," and brings him the glory.
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Misdirection
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Scripture Text: Luke 24:36–43
We are not to be deceived by so-called ghosts, which are not souls but instead, demons bent on misdirecting a believer's focus on the living Christ.
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The Inclination of the Heart
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Scripture Text: Genesis 8:20–22
Even pious people can scarcely stand firm, often being entangled by gross sins and natural corruptions, for original sin is complete lawlessness.
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Intolerant
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Scripture Text: 1 John 3:13
We teach all to trust in the grace of God, not in their own worthiness, and to render him gratitude for his grace. This is intolerable to the world.
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The Divine Reminder
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Scripture Text: Romans 6:15–16
Although the Christians senses within himself the presence of evil thoughts and lusts, yet his faith and the Holy Spirit remind him of his baptism.
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Blind to Grace
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Scripture Text: Psalm 33:4–5
God showers his gifts on an ungrateful world, whose people go about their lives as though sight and hearing were due them. And so, we miss God's grace.
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Stewards of the Gospel
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Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 4:1
Christians do not follow pastors; they follow Christ Jesus. Pastors preach the gospel, a message that leads lost sheep to the one who saves them.
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