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In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Last week we heard Our Lord warn His disciples to flee from Jerusalem when it would be destroyed (Matthew 24:15-28). He was no longer talking to the masses at that moment, but privately with those who were His own, to His intimate followers. That means the Word of God in the flesh speaks to us this day, not to the world, but to we who live by Him and His Word alone. For we listen to Him as believers in Him. We walk by faith in His Word and not by sight. Our five senses may tell us one thing. But if His Word says something that seems to disagree with what senses tell us, then we follow His Word. For instance, your five senses say you are eating only wafer and wine in His Holy Supper. Meanwhile, His Word tells you that you eat the Word of God in the flesh by which He inhabits you and casts out wickedness, and drink His blood which cleanses you from all sin and defilement.
Last week we heard Our Lord warn His disciples to flee from Jerusalem when it would be destroyed (Matthew 24:15-28). He was no longer talking to the masses at that moment, but privately with those who were His own, to His intimate followers. That means the Word of God in the flesh speaks to us this day, not to the world, but to we who live by Him and His Word alone. For we listen to Him as believers in Him. We walk by faith in His Word and not by sight. Our five senses may tell us one thing. But if His Word says something that seems to disagree with what senses tell us, then we follow His Word. For instance, your five senses say you are eating only wafer and wine in His Holy Supper. Meanwhile, His Word tells you that you eat the Word of God in the flesh by which He inhabits you and casts out wickedness, and drink His blood which cleanses you from all sin and defilement.
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