{"id":725,"date":"2017-12-20T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2017-12-20T18:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:58:57","slug":"reading-the-word-of-god-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/reading-the-word-of-god-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Word of God – Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luther\u2019s Lectures on the Psalms, 1513-1515, contain many declarations concerning the Scriptures. \u201cWhat pasture is to the beast …, the nest for the birds, the stream for fish, the Scriptures are for believing souls. To the arrogant, of course, they are a stumblingblock; he will have nothing to do with them, since they offer him nothing. But to him\u00a0who approaches the Scriptures with humility they open themselves and themselves produce humility, change man from a desperate sinner into a child of God. They give everything which the soul needs, and it is to tempt God, if anyone will not be satisfied with the Scriptures. They are the fountain from which one must dip. Each word of the same is a source which affords an inexhaustible abundance of water to everyone who thirsts after the saving doctrine. God\u2019s will is completely contained therein, so that we must constantly go back to them. Nothing should be presented which is not confirmed by\u00a0the authority of both Testaments and agrees with them. It cannot be otherwise, for the Scriptures are divine; in them God speaks and they are His Word.\u201d (13\u201314)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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*For additional information, source material, and details, please visit: \u00a0Reading the Word of God – Introduction\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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  Luther\u2019s Lectures on the Psalms, 1513-1515, contain many declarations concerning the Scriptures. \u201cWhat pasture is to the beast …, the nest for the birds, the stream for fish, the Scriptures are for believing souls. To the arrogant, of course, they are a stumblingblock; he will have nothing to do with them, since they offer … <\/p>\n

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