Wicked shepherds aren’t a new thing. Those you see on television trying to scam the simple out of their money, they aren’t doing anything new. They may have a bigger reach and a louder microphone, but they are just the same as the shepherds condemned in our text.
The sacraments are God’s visible word. What our ears hear in the new covenant gospel promises, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper portray for our other senses, especially our eyes. We see God’s promises in a symbol form in the sacraments.
“Our subject is something that poses great danger to the unity and well-being of your families and of the church. Very often, it is excused and tolerated, even while it is destroying relationships.”
“Salvation cannot be found in the first Isaac, but there is salvation in the one Isaac is pointing us to.”
Dear Christian, no one loves you like the Lord Jesus. The love of your dearest friend in all the world is a mere shadow of the love of this friend who sticks closer than a brother!
There is much talk of ‘hyper-Calvinism’ – even though one rarely comes across hyper-Calvinists anywhere in the world. It is like the references to those who are ‘dead orthodox’ while, though they exist, meeting one is a rare encounter. So, there is some ignorance of what are the tenets and consequences of ‘hyper-Calvinism.’
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