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John 8:31-36 Law and Gospel Bible Study, Reformation Sunday

10/24/2016

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* This Sunday is Reformation Sunday when we celebrate our Lutheran heritage and membership in the oldest and largest Protestant denomination.  And yet, in what ways do we cling to that heritage instead of to Christ?
 
* Do we really know Christ Jesus to be the "truth" (v 32)?  In "what" or "whom" do we place our faith?  For many, faith and trust is put in the security of our incomes, investments, and retirement prospects.  Whenever Jesus no longer becomes the "truth that sets us free," we lose our freedom (v 31).
 
* The ultimate tragedy is that God has no room for the religious, or being Lutheran. Without faith in Christ alone, we miss the promise.  The faithless are deprived of any permanent place in God's "household" (v.35).
 
* Faith alone frees us: + from the power of sin,  + for the ability to continue in the Word.
Truly living a life of faith in Christ is what we celebrate on Reformation Sunday.
 
* The "faith" proclaimed by Paul, and Augustine, and then eventually Luther is a living faith in Christ that is real in our daily living.  It is faith in Christ that revealed the truth to Luther and "set him free."
 
*  It was the gift of faith that enabled Luther to continue in God's Word.  It was faith in Christ that animated and empowered Luther's discipleship.  It was faith that shaped Luther's reforms.  And, it is faith in Christ that reveals God's truth to us about our sinful bondage and the new ability Christ offers us to continue in his Word.
 
* The Spirit's gift of faith connects us to Christ and offers us a place in God's "household."  Getting into the household comes from having a member of the house, who lives there, invite us in.  Christ Jesus is that one.
 
* What is faith?
            1.) Ability to believe/cling to the Crucified one for salvation.
            2.) Given through baptism to reveal our sinful separation from God.

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