AC V has left a new comment on your post "Joe Krohn Answers in Public":
Good job, Joe! Here's a good quote by Luther (of course) in the Large Catechism (of course) that explains how forgiveness is distributed to the sinner:
"Although the work is done and the forgiveness of sins is secured by the cross (John 19:30), it cannot come to us in any other way than through the Word. How would we know about it otherwise, that such a thing was accomplished or was to be given to us, unless it were presented by preaching or the oral Word (Romans 10:17; 1 Corinthians 1:21)? How do they know about it? Or how can they receive and make the forgiveness their own, unless they take hold of and believe the Scriptures and the Gospel? . . . The treasure, indeed, is opened and placed at everyone's door, yes, upon his table."
- Martin Luther, Large Catechism, Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (St. Louis:
Concordia Publishing House, 2005), 461.
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The context of the quote is from "The Sacrament of the Altar." Something you'll notice about WELS pastors and publications is that when talking about the Sacraments and the Keys you'll hear about the "assurance" that sins are forgiven. The assurance is not that the Sacraments and the Keys actually give forgiveness, but that they only refer back to the forgiveness distributed to all sinners on the cross 2,000 years ago, i.e. UOJ.
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