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Friday, September 20, 2024
Luther: two or three
Feast of John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, & his Companions, Martyrs, 1871
Meditation:
[Jesus:] “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”—Matthew 18:20 (NIV)
Quotation:
Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three are gathered together in His name they shall have the right to promise to each other comfort and the forgiveness of sins.... Martin Luther (1483-1546), in Protestant Thought Before Kant, A. C. McGiffert, New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1911, p. 44
(see the book)See also Matt. 18:20; Ps. 22:22; Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 2:38-39; Eph. 3:12; Heb. 10:19-22
Quiet time reflection:Lord, make us witnesses to your forgiveness.
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