The Lord Jesus causes fear and trembling and division because His Word is “like fire . . . and like a hammer which shatters a rock” (Jer. 23:29). His Law puts us all to death, whereas only His Gospel can bring us to life. He has fulfilled that Word for us by His cross and in His resurrection from the dead. He undergoes such a distressing Baptism, accomplished by His death, in order to open the way for us through our Holy Baptism into His cross and resurrection.
This is the great division that Jesus brings to the earth, those who have faith in Jesus and trust all of His words, and those who don’t.
Let us fix our eyes “on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith” and “run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1–2).
These Seeds of Faith have been sown by St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, NE. I’m Pastor Allen Strawn.
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These Seeds of Faith are sown on KNEB radio, Scottsbluff, Nebraska by St. Paul's Lutheran Church. This blog will also include other theological ramblings by her Pastor, Allen Strawn.
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