tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2806328717467554947..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: After the eating and the drinking. . .Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-20409605365519819312020-05-22T18:27:57.986-05:002020-05-22T18:27:57.986-05:00The Eucharist is no “pill.” Yes, it is the medicin...The Eucharist is no “pill.” Yes, it is the medicine of immortality as Ignatius Of Antioch says. It is also as Pr. Peter Bender (Peace Sussex, WI) says. Every normal food you eat eventually becomes you, but this food causes you to become what it is. We cannot partake of the Eucharist believing what Christ has said of it, and allow ourselves to remain satisfied sinners. <br /><br />Militant, indeed. May our Savior grant me strength to fight the fight daily.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-26793612081186951392020-05-22T11:24:46.002-05:002020-05-22T11:24:46.002-05:00Perhaps Lutherans should emphasize the Eucharistic...Perhaps Lutherans should emphasize the Eucharistic sacrifices of the priesthood of believers as found in the Apology:<br /><br />“[E]ucharistic sacrifices, which are called sacrifices of praise, Lev. 3:1f.; 7:11f.; Ps. 56:12f., namely, the preaching of the Gospel, faith, prayer, thanksgiving, confession, the afflictions of saints, yea, all good works of saints. These sacrifices are not satisfactions for those making them, or applicable on behalf of others, so as to merit for these, ex opere operato, the remission of sins or reconciliation. For they are made by those who have been reconciled. 26] And such are the sacrifices of the New Testament, as Peter teaches, 1 Pet. 2:5: An holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices. Spiritual sacrifices, however, are contrasted not only with those of cattle, but even with human works offered ex opere operato, because spiritual refers to the movements of the Holy Ghost in us. Paul teaches the same thing Rom. 12:1: Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, which is your reasonable service. Reasonable service signifies, however, a service in which God is known, and apprehended by the mind, as happens in the movements of fear and trust towards God. Therefore it is opposed not only to the Levitical service, in which cattle are slain, but also to a service in which a work is imagined to be offered ex opere operato, The Epistle to the Hebrews 13:15, teaches the same thing: By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually; and he adds the interpretation, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. He bids us offer praises, i.e., prayer, thanksgiving, confession, and the like. These avail not ex opere operato, but on account of faith. This is taught by the clause: By Him let us offer, i.e., by faith in Christ.<br /><br />“In short, the worship of the New Testament is spiritual, i.e., it is the righteousness of faith in the heart and the fruits of faith. It accordingly abolishes the Levitical services. [In the New Testament no offering avails ex opere operato, sine bono motu utentis, i.e., on account of the work, without a good thought in the heart.] And Christ says, John 4:23. 24: True worshipers shalt worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com