7/28/2019 Eighth Sunday After Trinity (1880)

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7/28/2019 Eighth Sunday After Trinity (1880)

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3. what is necessary for that,

a. open eyes that

. properly discern God's Word and pure doctrine; therefore it is

necessary diligent searching in the Scriptures8, diligent study of the

Confessions of our church grounded in God's Word and the writings of

our Luther, who was zealous only for the honor of God's Word,. discern the false prophets' tricks and sheep's clothing

9, as well as the

fruits of their false doctrine10

,

b. a holyzeal (to avoid not being carried away by the false zeal of creeping false

prophets)11

,

. for God's glory,

. for the salvation of the soul,

. of your own soul,

. of your neighbor's soul.

G[nther]

7 Matthew 7:15 (they come in sheep's clothing, no false prophet arises and says: I now bring you false doctrine).

Matthew 7:21-22 (misuse of God's name and Word and saying "Lord, Lord").8

Acts 17:11; John 5:39.9

Matthew 7:15.10

Matthew 7:16 (Fruits, e.g. the Calvinist doctrine of election, that God had created and intended some people for

condemnation, are either secure or desperate; fruits of the papistic doctrine are: contempt of Christ as the only

mediator, contempt of God's commandments and collection of human institutions, etc.; fruits of Methodist

doctrine are inherent works, inherent righteousness, contempt of the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit, etc.).11

Matthew 7:15, 22.