We must stretch
forth our hands in faith; and as God through love is the Giver,
so we must through faith in Christ be the receivers of His gift.
We must believe what our text tells us, that God is kind and
merciful and that He manifests His love toward us in sending His
only begotten Son into our flesh and blood, to take upon Himself
our sins, as John the Baptist and the prophet Isaiah declare:
“This is the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the
world.”
With such a gift,
and assured of the love of God, we can stay our hearts against
the assaults of sin and the accusations of our conscience; for we
know that He is not wroth nor terrible, but that for Christ’s
sake He is kind and gracious unto us. Whoever believes this is
truly happy and blessed, for this gift is so great and
powerful that it crushes sin, death and every evil.
—Luther. House
Postil Vol. 2. “Whitmonday. John 3:16-21.”
Some Publishing News
John's Gospel of Faith is 99.9% finished, should be OKed today or tomorrow.
- All my books will be public domain and non-profit, aimed at increasing distribution. Amazon is still too high so order from me at the author's price.
- I can drop Kindle versions to 99 cents, so I will be doing that.
- Someone just ordered 50 Gems in black and white to give to people, at my cost - $150. Amazon retail cost - around $400.
- For individual gifts, Gems in color is about $11 each. Everyone loves it because it is the best of Luther's best, from Lenker's edition.
- Three volumes of House Postils are next.
- Calvin Ruined the Protestant Faith follows, now being written.
- The Ichabod Lutheran Dictionary is being formulated.
- I am thinking of one volume of Justification by Faith exegesis, which is the best counter-battery attack on UOJ.
- Two other volumes like John's Gospel of Faith would be about Mark's Gospel and Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
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