Law and gospel

Gnesio (law and gospel)

 "The Gospel, however, is a blessed word; it makes no demands upon us, but only proclaims good tidings to us, namely, that God has given His only Son for us poor sinners to be our Shepherd, to seek us famished and scattered sheep, to give His life for our redemption from sin, everlasting death, and the power of the devil.”




The law cannot restore the soul:
http://gnesiolutheran.com/the-law-cannot-restore-the-soul/
 "When you meet with statements in your Bible containing threats of punishment, classify them with the Law. Words that comfort, words that speak of giving, offering something, belong to the Gospel. You will not find a Gospel pericope from which you could not preach both the Law and the Gospel.

Luther proceeds: “The Law cannot restore the soul, for it is a word that makes demands upon us and commands us to love God with our whole heart, etc., and our neighbor as ourselves. The Law condemns every person who fails to do this and pronounces this sentence upon him: Cursed is every one that doeth not all that is written in the book of the Law. Now, it is certain that no man on earth is doing this. Therefore, in due time the Law approaches the sinner, filling his soul with sadness and fear. If no respite is provided from its smiting, it continues its onslaught forcing the sinner into despair and eternal damnation. Therefore St. Paul says: By the law is only the knowledge of sin. Again: ‘The Law worketh nothing but wrath.’ The Gospel, however, is a blessed word; it makes no demands upon us, but only proclaims good tidings to us, namely, that God has given His only Son for us poor sinners to be our Shepherd, to seek us famished and scattered sheep, to give His life for our redemption from sin, everlasting death, and the power of the devil.”

C.F.W. Walther, Law and Gospel, Third Evening Lecture (September 26, 1884).




Create in me a clean heart (Keith Green)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD2PJ0xbAdY

1 Petr. 1:16 "Det står skrivet: Ni skall vara heliga, ty jag är helig." "since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (ESV)


The Lord is my shepherd (Keith Green)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFLRMWlCOow


You restore my soul (Sarah Hart Pearsons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrxyGTe0Nc






Foto: KL (Karleby stadsförsamlings kyrka)