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In this episode, Brett and Jason explore the concept of rest in the Third Commandment. Solid, true, biblical teaching (orthodoxy) is a fulfillment of the Third Commandment because it comforts consciences and provides rest.
Being Lutheran Podcast Episode #20 – 2 Tim. 3:10-17
Regarding speaking the truth winsomely I totally agree. The trouble is that 1. I know I struggle with that and more timid people will likely be afraid they might not be loving enough so we sometimes choose not to speak at all. And 2. Often times if the truth spoken is not done lovingly enough (either legitimately bad attitude or maybe the one confronted has the bad attitude and wrongly judges the one doing the confronting as “unloving” simply because they do not want to hear the truth. People need to be reminded just as frequently that no matter what the attitude of the person who brings you the truth, you are not absolved of rejecting the truth just because you don’t like the attitude of the speaker. That can be a hard pill to swallow for all of us.
Jonah’s attitude toward the Ninevites was clearly pretty abysmal, yet God would not have allowed them a free pass if they didn’t like Jonah’s negative presentation.
So thankful you are doing these podcasts. When I left bible school in 1990 I thought I understood what being Lutheran was. But both my husband and I had a pretty bad mixture of truth and error. I only really started to value the need for preaching the gospel to the church after many years of deprivation, leading to depression (exacerbated by chronic pain issues). When I finally realized what was missing I was so angry at my (former) pastor, and I also knew others had tried to confront him and gotten the cold shoulder and eventually left. No one talked about it. So I kinda came at him like a bull. However the disciplinary meetings I was subjected to as a result were quite frankly a kangaroo court.
12 years later now and from what I can tell he has not changed, though he went to another church. It’s very sad to see.
This teaching on the Lutheran understanding of the Sabbath rest has been somewhat new and very helpful to me as I have been relating to a family that have been practicing keeping the Sabbath. They also put themselves under the Jewish teachings of celebrating certain festivals. Mostly I like the understanding that having a right understanding of spiritual rest is more what this commandment is all about. So we take time to fellowship, hear the Word preached and meditate on the Lord on Sunday (or whatever day works for us). Thanks so much for producing this podcast. They have been very helpful to me. I even found a Book of Concord to see what more is said by Luther in the Large Catechism. I know only the Bible is the infallible, inspired Word of God, but I do learn from expositors like you guys and Luther.
We’re glad you’ve been blessed by the podcast. Yes, it is good to mark the distinction between the inerrant, infallible Word of God and a work from men like the Book of Concord. But the Book of Concord makes for an excellent summary of the teachings of Scripture and a guide for a Lutheran understanding of theology. A helpful resource, if you’d like to supplement your devotional reading, is the daily reading guide for the Book of Concord: http://bookofconcord.org/reading-fullyear.php