The Large Catechism tells us about the Holy Spirit's work: "If the work [of Christ's suffering death, resurrection] remained concealed so that no one knew about it, then it would be useless and lost."
Luke 24: The atonement is not all that's necessary. It's also necessary that repentance and remission of sins be preached.
The devil tried, but he couldn't keep Jesus from the cross.
So now his only shot at destroying God's work is to interfere with the preaching of repentance and forgiveness.
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What a profound insight. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteKathy, I thought the same when I heard this during Bible class. That's why I wanted to hang onto it in my bloggy-notebook space.
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