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Blessed Lord, You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning.

Grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and take them to heart that, by the patience and comfort of Your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life.

… through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

Amen.

What went wrong?

They were Jesus’ disciples.

They had been given authority over demons before ().

Now, it seems that they were too weak to cast out this demon.

Jesus came just in time to see the developing argument between the disciples and some scribes, along with a large crowd watching the contest.

Jesus, along with Peter, John, and James, was just coming back from His transfiguration.

They had just experienced seeing Jesus in His glory, and now it was back to earth.

Mountaintop Faith Experiences Don’t Last

Faith must be trained and targeted

Remember Who you’re dealing with

4 The Lord God has given me

4 The Lord God has given me

the tongue of those who are taught,

that I may know how to sustain with a word

the tongue of those who are taught,

him who is weary.

Morning by morning he awakens;

he awakens my ear

that I may know how to sustain with a word

to hear as those who are taught.

5 The Lord God has opened my ear,

him who is weary.

and I was not rebellious;

Morning by morning he awakens;

I turned not backward.

6 I gave my back to those who strike,

he awakens my ear

and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;

I hid not my face

to hear as those who are taught.

from disgrace and spitting.

7 But the Lord God helps me;

therefore I have not been disgraced;

5 The Lord God has opened my ear,

therefore I have set my face like a flint,

and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

and I was not rebellious;

8 He who vindicates me is near.

I turned not backward.

Who will contend with me?

Let us stand up together.

Who is my adversary?

6 I gave my back to those who strike,

Yes, that’s Jesus, but what’s that mean for me?

Let him come near to me.

9 Behold, the Lord God helps me;

and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;

who will declare me guilty?

I hid not my face

Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;

the moth will eat them up.

from disgrace and spitting.

10 Who among you fears the Lord

and obeys the voice of his servant?

7 But the Lord God helps me;

Let him who walks in darkness

I can’t - but Jesus can

Augsburg Confession Articles IV-VI

[IV.

Concerning Justification]

[IV.

Concerning Justification]

[IV.

Concerning Justification]

[1] Furthermore, it is taught that we cannot obtain forgiveness of sin and righteousness before God through our merit, work, or satisfactions, but that we receive forgiveness of sin and become righteous before God out of grace for Christ’s sake through faith [2] when we believe that Christ has suffered for us and that for his sake our sin is forgiven and righteousness and eternal life are given to us.

[3] For God will regard and reckon this faith as righteousness in his sight, as St. Paul says in [:21–26*] and 4[:5*].

[1] Furthermore, it is taught that we cannot obtain forgiveness of sin and righteousness before God through our merit, work, or satisfactions, but that we receive forgiveness of sin and become righteous before God out of grace for Christ’s sake through faith [2] when we believe that Christ has suffered for us and that for his sake our sin is forgiven and righteousness and eternal life are given to us.

[3] For God will regard and reckon this faith as righteousness in his sight, as St. Paul says in [:21–26*] and 4[:5*].

[1] Furthermore, it is taught that we cannot obtain forgiveness of sin and righteousness before God through our merit, work, or satisfactions, but that we receive forgiveness of sin and become righteous before God out of grace for Christ’s sake through faith [2] when we believe that Christ has suffered for us and that for his sake our sin is forgiven and righteousness and eternal life are given to us.

[3] For God will regard and reckon this faith as righteousness in his sight, as St. Paul says in [:21–26*] and 4[:5*].

[V.

Concerning the Office of Preaching]

[V.

Concerning the Office of Preaching]

[V.

Concerning the Office of Preaching]

[1] To obtain such faith God instituted the office of preaching, giving the gospel and the sacraments.

[2] Through these, as through means, he gives the Holy Spirit who produces faith, where and when he wills, in those who hear the gospel.

[3] It teaches that we have a gracious God, not through our merit but through Christ’s merit, when we so believe.

[1] To obtain such faith God instituted the office of preaching, giving the gospel and the sacraments.

[2] Through these, as through means, he gives the Holy Spirit who produces faith, where and when he wills, in those who hear the gospel.

[3] It teaches that we have a gracious God, not through our merit but through Christ’s merit, when we so believe.

[1] To obtain such faith God instituted the office of preaching, giving the gospel and the sacraments.

[2] Through these, as through means, he gives the Holy Spirit who produces faith, where and when he wills, in those who hear the gospel.

[3] It teaches that we have a gracious God, not through our merit but through Christ’s merit, when we so believe.

[4] Condemned are the Anabaptists and others who teach that we obtain the Holy Spirit without the external49 word of the gospel through our own preparation, thoughts, and works.

[4] Condemned are the Anabaptists and others who teach that we obtain the Holy Spirit without the external49 word of the gospel through our own preparation, thoughts, and works.

[VI.

Concerning the New Obedience]

[VI.

Concerning the New Obedience]

[VI.

Concerning the New Obedience]

[1] It is also taught that such faith should yield good fruit and good works and that a person must do such good works as God has commanded for God’s sake but not place trust in them as if thereby to earn grace before God.

[2] For we receive forgiveness of sin and righteousness through faith in Christ, as Christ himself says [*]: “When you have done all [things] …, say, ‘We are worthless slaves.’

” [3] The Fathers also teach the same thing.