Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
549 State Route 409
Cathlamet WA 98612
360/631-4707
Worship Sundays 10:30
549 State Route 409
Cathlamet WA 98612
360/631-4707
Worship Sundays 10:30
We are in the Season after Pentecost, also called ordinary time. The color is green.
This Week: October 13-18
Wednesday: 10:00 Bible Study on revival. 12-3 Community Friendship Group
We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden. Therefore whoever wishes to know and to do good works needs nothing else than to know God's commandments. Thus Christ says, Matthew 19, "If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." And when the young man asks Him, Matthew xix, what he shall do that he may inherit eternal life, Christ sets before him naught else but the Ten Commandments. Accordingly, we must learn how to distinguish among good works from the Commandments of God, and not from the appearance, the magnitude, or the number of the works themselves, nor from the judgment of men or of human law or custom, as we see has been done and still is done, because we are blind and despise the divine Commandments.
The first and highest, the most precious of all good works is faith in Christ, as He says, (John 6). When the Jews asked Him: "What shall we do that we may work the works of God?" He answered: "This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent." When we hear or preach this word, we hasten over it and deem it a very little thing and easy to do, whereas we ought here to pause a long time and to ponder it well. For in this work all good works must be done and receive from it the inflow of their goodness, like a loan. This we must put bluntly, that men may understand it.
Pastor Jeff is willing to meet with you for spiritual counselling, Call 360/631-4707 to schedule a visit.
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