John Burns - Hero of Gettysburg

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“And we do well, fellow citizens, in rendering here, on the anniversary of his daring feat, this final tribute to the memory of our townsman, who so surprisingly and justly so, became one of the most famous characters of the war of the Union. Who can estimate the debt which our nation owes to such a spirit of self-sacrifice and unmeasured devotion, what strength it derives from this species of moral fiber, what independence and security, what majestic and glory accrue to the Republic from a citizenship which in any crisis and at any cost springs to its defense.”

Greek Lesson - Romans 5:11ff - UOJ Is Still Missing. Read Luther's Galatians Lectures for Answers - Or Galatians

Lenski, Romans p 302 -

"The great fact stands: Abraham was justified by God long before he was circumcised. His faith alone justified him. This towers above all else. And this is vital for us Gentile believers today. We are true children of the father of believers although we are not of his physical blood and are without the rite which he and those of his blood received during the time of the old covenant."

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Father Abraham - Example of Righteousness of Faith among Uncircumcise. Lazarus story - Father Abraham. Details matter. Abraham crucial for Romans 4-5, Galatians, James, Hebrews.

11 ου μονον δε αλλα και καυχωμενοι εν τω θεω δια του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου δι ου νυν την καταλλαγην ελαβομεν

ελαβομεν - We received - the verb is parallel to but a bit different from believed, not making a decision for - but receiving the Gospel. Romans 10. 

την καταλλαγην - The reconciliation and being reconciled - not universal.

12 δια τουτο ωσπερ δι ενος ανθρωπου η αμαρτια εις τον κοσμον εισηλθεν και δια της αμαρτιας ο θανατος και ουτως εις παντας ανθρωπους ο θανατος διηλθεν εφ ω παντες ημαρτον

διηλθεν - come through, go through; word play - eis, dia with verb. Aristotle - edify and delight. Word plays make the message easier to remember.

I thought all were born forgiven and saved - UOJ. Ed Preuss. JP Meyer.

Death to all men. Below the gift to many. Let's not confuse them when Greek is so precise.

13 αχρι γαρ νομου αμαρτια ην εν κοσμω, αμαρτια δε ουκ ελλογειται μη οντος νομου

Paul addressed this earlier as each culture having its own law, but the true Law was not revealed until Moses.

14 αλλ εβασιλευσεν ο θανατος απο αδαμ μεχρι μωσεως; και επι τους μη αμαρτησαντας επι τω ομοιωματι της παραβασεως αδαμ ος εστιν τυπος του μελλοντος

Basil - not the herb - king as a verb, ruled.

15 αλλ ουχ ως το παραπτωμα ουτως και το χαρισμα; ει γαρ τω του ενος παραπτωματι οι πολλοι απεθανον πολλω μαλλον η χαρις του θεου και η δωρεα εν χαριτι τη του ενος ανθρωπου ιησου χριστου εις τους πολλους επερισσευσεν

Also not UOJ - but grace and gift by grace by one Man to many abounded.

16 και ουχ ως δι ενος αμαρτησαντος το δωρημα το μεν γαρ κριμα εξ ενος εις κατακριμα το δε χαρισμα εκ πολλων παραπτωματων εις δικαιωμα

17 ει γαρ τω του ενος παραπτωματι ο θανατος εβασιλευσεν δια του ενος πολλω μαλλον οι την περισσειαν της χαριτος και της δωρεας της δικαιοσυνης λαμβανοντες εν ζωη βασιλευσουσιν δια του ενος ιησου χριστου

Ephasis by repetition - death reigned, abundance of grace.

18 αρα ουν ως δι ενος παραπτωματος εις παντας ανθρωπους εις κατακριμα ουτως και δι ενος δικαιωματος εις παντας ανθρωπους εις δικαιωσιν ζωης

Is this the righteousness given to all men or preached to all? It seems that Paul including Gentiles, a definite emphasis in Romans 1-4, so all means not just the Jews but Gentiles also. Nothing erases or reverses Romans 4:24 and 5:1-2.

19 ωσπερ γαρ δια της παρακοης του ενος ανθρωπου αμαρτωλοι κατεσταθησαν οι πολλοι ουτως και δια της υπακοης του ενος δικαιοι κατασταθησονται οι πολλοι

παρακοη - hearing amiss. And Romans 10, faith comes by the ακοη - hearing the preached message.

20 νομος δε παρεισηλθεν ινα πλεοναση το παραπτωμα ου δε επλεονασεν η αμαρτια υπερεπερισσευσεν η χαρις

Paul's use of abounding and hyperabounding is found elsewhere.

21 ινα ωσπερ εβασιλευσεν η αμαρτια εν τω θανατω ουτως και η χαρις βασιλευση δια δικαιοσυνης εις ζωην αιωνιον δια ιησου χριστου του κυριου ημων

If through the agency of Christ, then only through faith in Him.

 Graphic by Norma A. Boeckler

Various Kinds of Ecclesiastical Tactics

 Why does WELS have to rent from Carthage College, ELCA?

One reader wrote about the Judas goat tactic, which is widely practiced in WELS, observing, "I have seen this used in other contexts.

Doubtless each tactic is written up and taught covertly to church leaders, although some adopt Satanic methods on their own, with little help from a textbook. Universal Objective Justification leaves people with no compass, no moral guide, no restraint.

Here are some others I have seen used with great success in ecclesiastical situations:

1. Meaningless discussion to defuse the issue - The LCA, ELCA, WELS (NIV), and LCMS (elections) have used this with impunity. Some call it diaprax, the pretension of group participation. The concept is simple: let everyone debate the issue. If some hothead blows up, so much the better. The vote is delayed until much later, when there are no speeches and the motion passes.
2. Studies - hilarious. When a church body announces a study, it means they have already reached critical mass on the topic, with lots of bedbugs taking up their covert positions. The studies are used to advance the topic into the open and make it undebatable. Valleskey went to Fuller Seminary and taught Church Growth for years before "studying" it and pronouncing his personal blessing on it. When I opposed it and showed how anti-Scriptural his fanatasies were, the brave, courageous, confessional WELS pastors fell down and worshiped Valleskey. The brave, courageous, confessional ELS fell into line and attacked LI for what I published.
3. Tearing Our Church Apart! The clergy looting the treasury and destroying the congregations love this approach. When the Committee to Silence Greg Jackson was meeting (CLC sic version, with help from WELS), this was brought up. I had a little speech ready, "Someone sent a letter to Herman Otten about this, and it is none of his business. I would like to know who did, because it only makes things worse. I never wrote him about it." I looked around the room, and everyone looked so guilty. I silenced them a second time when I said, "People call me abrasive, and I am." I pulled out the roughest sandpaper I could buy and asked, "Which side of the sandpaper do you use?" Dead silence.

 ALPB is where the LCMS, WELS, and ELS have already landed. Christ does not change, but synodical doctrine does.

 The new LCMS Dogmatanic is almost as bad as Braaten-Jenson.

The CLC-WELS-ELS-LCMS sectsual harmony with ELCA - on Univesal Objective Justification - proves we are in the era of complete Lutheran apostasy.

There is no universal antidote except studying the Word and being faithful to the Word. The Lutheran institutions own false doctrine - that is why they work together so well. That is also why they are all failing in the same way.

Lyle Schaller observed a long time ago that the easiest church to administer as a pastor is one that is fading away. The work is slight (in the eyes of the pastor) and the treasury is often endowed. Debt is low, though WELS has a clever scheme for getting old church loaded with debt before they fail - as if that is evangelism. "You need a parish hall, a new loan, and a capital funds campaign. No worries. For a very large fee and a percentage of the plate, we will help you step into a new era of growth of joy." The pastor can take a new call, even become a District President, and blame the failure of his scheme on the new pastor. I know too much.

WELS - MLC Day. This is what the sect brags about in posting their own pictures and video.