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Series A – The Baptism of Our Lord – Sunday, January 8, 2023 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

Time Stamp	Transcript
0:27	The holy Gospel
0:29	According to Saint Matthew the third
0:31	chapter
0:35	foreign
0:37	then Jesus Came From Galilee to the
0:39	Jordan to John to be baptized by him
0:41	John would have prevented him saying I
0:44	need to be baptized by you and do you
0:46	come to me but Jesus answered him let it
0:49	be so now for thus it is fitting for us
0:51	to fulfill all righteousness then he
0:53	consented and when Jesus was baptized
0:56	immediately he went up from the water
0:57	and behold the heavens were open to him
0:59	and he saw the spirit of God descending
1:01	like a dove and coming to rest on him
1:03	and behold a voice from Heaven said this
1:06	is my beloved Son with whom I am well
1:09	pleased this is the gospel of the Lord
1:11	in the name of Jesus
1:14	isn’t it interesting that when you
1:16	follow a lectionary one of the things I
1:18	like to tell people is that every single
1:21	calendar year we cover all the major
1:23	doctrines of the scriptures and then in
1:26	the following year we do it again and
1:28	then we do it again and we do it again
1:30	you’ll note there’s a little bit of
1:32	repetition here you’re sitting there
1:33	going didn’t we preach on didn’t you
1:36	preach on the baptism of Jesus last year
1:38	yep didn’t you preach on it the year
1:40	before yep how about the year before
1:43	that funny enough it was Epiphany on
1:45	that one so we missed it yeah but all
1:48	that being said you’ll note that this is
1:49	an important text and here is where not
1:53	only do we cover the doctrine of baptism
1:54	but a key component of our salvation and
1:58	that component is this is there there in
2:00	by faith is a great exchange that takes
2:03	place if you were to think of it this
2:06	way here you have Jesus showing up to
2:08	John the Baptist baptism which seems
2:11	well how did the kids say it nowadays
2:13	awkward word right because Jesus hasn’t
2:16	committed any sin I mean we all heard
2:19	John the Baptist Railing at us just a
2:22	few weeks ago during Advent you brood of
2:24	vipers who warned you to flee the fires
2:27	of hell and bear fruit in keeping with
2:29	repentance and don’t you dare say that
2:31	we’re Norwegian therefore no you get the
2:33	idea right I added the Norwegian part
2:35	right
2:36	but all that being said he railed
2:38	against us and we learn in Scripture
2:40	that many people came out from Judea
2:42	from all around Judea to hear John the
2:44	Baptist preach they repented and then
2:48	were baptized by him in a sinner’s
2:50	baptism which means Jesus now shows up
2:54	and scripture is clear Jesus has been
2:56	tempted in every way that you and I have
2:58	been tempted and yet is without sin
3:01	so what’s he doing
3:05	nah my mind is bending at the moment I’m
3:08	not liking I feel like it’s gonna snap
3:09	all right so in fact John the Baptist
3:12	had the same dilemma so our gospel text
3:14	reads Jesus Came From Galilee to the
3:16	Jordan to John to be baptized by him
3:18	John would have prevented him saying
3:21	I need to be baptized by you
3:25	right and and John is is making a good
3:28	confession here this same John the
3:30	Baptist who told Herod and everybody
3:32	else including the Pharisees and the
3:34	scribes and the Sadducees and everybody
3:36	who came to him they needed to repent of
3:38	their sin he by no means is some kind of
3:41	self-righteous smug arrogant person he
3:44	knows full well he also is a sinner and
3:47	when Jesus shows up it’s like dude
3:50	you’re holy I’m not
3:53	I’m a sinner you’re not I need to be
3:56	baptized by you this is backwards this
3:59	is wrong
4:00	but Jesus said to him
4:02	let it be no so for now for thus it is
4:04	filling for fitting for us to fulfill
4:07	all righteousness
4:09	you’ll note then the sinless Spotless
4:11	Son of God humbles himself to the point
4:16	where he submits himself to a sinner’s
4:19	baptism despite the fact that he has
4:22	committed no sin
4:25	in fact this really strongly begins to
4:29	hint at what God is going to do later
4:32	when Christ ultimately suffers and dies
4:34	for our sins the prophet Isaiah says
4:37	this God has laid on him Jesus the
4:40	iniquity of us all you see what happens
4:44	in our atonement is that God takes our
4:48	sin collectively places it on the
4:51	sinless Spotless Lamb of God who takes
4:53	away the sin of the world
4:54	but then the other half of the exchanges
4:57	is that those who are brought to
4:59	penitent faith in Christ through the
5:01	means of Grace whether it be through the
5:03	preached gospel or through the waters of
5:05	baptism and there they but there by
5:08	given faith that what ends up happening
5:10	is is that Christ’s sinless
5:12	righteousness is then placed on them
5:16	that’s the Great Exchange and baptism is
5:18	not some mere symbolic aquatic ritual
5:22	isn’t that how they put it in Monty
5:24	Python you know some quack aquatic
5:25	ritual you know they throw a sword at
5:27	you and stuff like that yeah you get the
5:29	idea baptism isn’t anything like that
5:30	baptism is something actually legit in
5:33	fact one of the things I do with my
5:35	catechumens is I walk them through
5:39	the clearest texts regarding baptism and
5:42	we put together a confession of what the
5:45	scriptures say about baptism so I take
5:48	him to Acts chapter 2 and in Acts
5:50	chapter 2 Peter preaches that great
5:52	sermon and at the end of it the people
5:54	go Brothers what shall we do and Peter
5:57	says repent and be baptized in the name
5:59	of Jesus every one of you for the
6:01	Forgiveness of your sins you’ll receive
6:03	the gift of the holy spirit for the
6:05	promises for you and for your children
6:07	and so I work with my catechumens and I
6:10	say all right so let’s kind of put this
6:11	together if I would say baptism is for
6:13	the Forgiveness of sins it’s for the
6:15	receiving of the holy spirit that it’s
6:17	for adults and it’s for children have I
6:20	said anything different than what the
6:22	Bible says they go no no that’s not
6:24	that’s what what the text says all right
6:26	so then I take him to acts 22 when Paul
6:29	the Apostle Paul is having his
6:31	conversion experience you’ll note that
6:33	the Jesus confronted Paul who was Saul
6:36	of Tarsus at that time while he was
6:38	heading to Damascus is to round up
6:40	Christians in order to beat them well
6:42	beat Faith out of them and really show
6:45	them that they shouldn’t be believing in
6:47	Jesus Jesus confronts him blinds him
6:49	he’s blind for three days and then sends
6:51	a fellow by the name of ananias and when
6:53	ananias shows up he preaches the gospel
6:56	and he says what are you waiting for
6:57	rise and be baptized washing away your
7:00	sins and so I asked my students well if
7:03	I were to say that baptism is for the
7:04	Forgiveness of sins the receiving of the
7:06	holy spirit is for adults it’s for
7:08	children your sins are washed away have
7:10	I said anything different than what the
7:13	scriptures say
7:14	and they say no you’re saying exactly
7:17	what the text says and then I take them
7:20	to our epistle text for today which is
7:22	from Romans chapter 6 and I read out a
7:25	large portion of it here listen to what
7:26	the words say in Romans 6. what shall we
7:29	say then are we to continue in sin so
7:31	that Grace May abound isn’t it great
7:34	Jesus likes to forgive Sinners and I
7:36	like to sin that’s awesome so we should
7:38	just sit up like sin like all the more
7:40	no did your mama drop you on your head
7:44	no okay by no means how can we who died
7:48	to sin still live in it you sit there
7:52	and go
7:52	wait a second when did we die to sin
7:55	listen to what it says do you not know
7:57	that all of us who have been baptized
7:58	into Christ Jesus we were baptized into
8:02	his death
8:04	we were therefore buried with him by
8:06	baptism into death in order that just as
8:08	Christ was raised from the dead by the
8:10	glory of the father we too might walk in
8:12	newness of life for if we have been
8:14	United with Jesus in a death like his we
8:18	shall certainly be United with him in a
8:20	resurrection like his we know that our
8:22	old self was crucified with him in order
8:25	that the body of sin might be brought to
8:26	nothing and so that we would no longer
8:29	be enslaved to sin for the one who has
8:32	died has been set free from sin and
8:35	those who’ve been baptized by me here at
8:38	Khan’s finger I always like to sit them
8:40	down and have a chat with them before
8:41	they get baptized and I like to tell
8:42	them by the way you’re not going to
8:44	survive the event you’re not going to
8:46	survive the ordeal you’re actually going
8:47	to die every single person I’ve baptized
8:50	they’re dead all right they’re we’re
8:53	murdering them all up in here well you
8:55	get the idea I’m a serial killer right
8:59	because in our baptisms we die
9:02	but now if we for no one who has died
9:06	for the one who has died has been set
9:07	free from sin and if we’ve died with
9:10	Christ we believe that we will also live
9:12	with him so then I asked my catechumens
9:14	this question all right I say so all
9:16	right if I were to say baptism is for
9:17	the Forgiveness of sins the receiving of
9:19	the holy spirit it’s for adults it’s for
9:20	children your sins are washed away
9:22	you’re baptized into Christ’s death
9:24	you’re buried with Christ the person who
9:26	is baptized dies in a set free from sin
9:29	have I said anything different
9:32	than what the scriptures say and this I
9:35	in fact Brenda can attest to this in my
9:37	catechism class this week we did this
9:40	exact thing because we’re talking about
9:42	baptism right so I asked him this
9:44	question they all go nope you’re not
9:46	saying anything different than what the
9:48	scripture says and consider then our
9:51	epistle text from last week there was a
9:53	portion of it that I kind of left out
9:55	and uh let me put it this way not that I
9:58	left the reading out but there was an
10:00	emphasis that I didn’t quite make and I
10:03	saved it for this week I kind of
10:05	previewed it at the church council
10:07	meeting this this week but listen again
10:09	to our epistle text from last week from
10:11	Galatians chapter 3. here’s what it says
10:13	now before Faith came we were held
10:17	captive under the law imprisoned until
10:19	the coming Faith would be revealed
10:22	so then the law was our Guardian until
10:25	Christ came in order that we might be
10:28	justified by faith but now that faith
10:31	has come we’re no longer under a
10:33	guardian for in Christ Jesus you are all
10:35	sons of God through faith now here’s the
10:38	missing bit if you’re not familiar with
10:40	how things worked in the ancient world
10:43	and especially the ancient near East
10:46	um let me ask you kind of this so you
10:48	you are a father you have children you
10:51	have an estate and who which of your
10:54	children is the one that gets the whole
10:56	thing
10:57	your firstborn son
11:00	right okay second born son what does he
11:03	get
11:04	honorable mention okay right he gets
11:07	like nothing and we have lovely parting
11:09	gifts for you uh but they get nothing
11:11	they get absolutely nothing so here’s
11:13	the thing in the ancient near East it
11:16	was never the second son that was put
11:18	under a guardian it was always the
11:20	firstborn son because the firstborn son
11:23	was the one who was going to inherit the
11:25	whole kit and caboodle that being the
11:28	case here here’s a little bit of the
11:30	subtext by saying that we were all put
11:32	under our Guardian scripture is making
11:35	it clear that everybody in Christ male
11:38	and female by the way Jew and Greek
11:40	slave and free all of them that they are
11:43	being treated by God as first born Sons
11:50	let that sink in for a second and then
11:53	something else happens here in this text
11:55	for as many of you as were baptized into
11:58	Christ you have put on Christ
12:02	say what you’ve what put on is Christ a
12:06	garment you know like put a little Jesus
12:09	on yeah yeah I need a little more Jesus
12:12	than most people do but that’s you know
12:14	that you know size double XL for Chris
12:16	Roseboro of Jesus right but the whole
12:19	point here is it says that we’ve put on
12:21	Christ What on earth does that mean what
12:24	does it mean to put on Jesus and here’s
12:27	where we’re going to use a little bit of
12:29	help we’re going to go back into the
12:31	Book of Genesis and we are going to look
12:34	at a much misunderstood and poorly
12:37	taught portion of scripture as it
12:39	relates to Jacob and Esau right you’re
12:43	all familiar with Jacob and Esau let me
12:45	let me recount for you how this how
12:47	their birth came about because they were
12:49	twins obviously not identical so these
12:51	are the generations of itsoc and that’s
12:53	how you pronounce his name by the way
12:55	it’s it’sok it’s not Isaac it’s itzak
12:57	Abra amsan Abraham father itzak Isaac
13:01	was 40 years old when he took Rebecca
13:03	the daughter of bathuel the Arabian of
13:06	padam Aram the sister of Laban the
13:08	aramean to be his wife and itsok prayed
13:11	to Yahweh for his wife because she was
13:13	Barren and she didn’t have kids for 20
13:16	years right so he prayed and Yahweh
13:20	granted his prayer and Rebecca his wife
13:22	conceived and the children struggled
13:25	together within her and she said if this
13:27	is if this is thus why is this happening
13:30	to me so she went to inquire of Yahweh
13:33	and Yahweh said to her two nations are
13:35	in your womb two peoples from within you
13:38	shall be divided the one shall be
13:40	stronger than the other the older Shall
13:43	Serve the younger
13:47	foreign
13:50	the older Shall Serve the younger now
13:53	who told her that Yahweh we don’t know
13:56	who the human being was that was the
13:58	prophet acting here maybe it was Abraham
14:00	but the text doesn’t say so when her
14:02	days to give birth were completed behold
14:04	there were twins in her womb the first
14:07	came out red and all his body was like a
14:10	hairy cloak this kid obviously was
14:12	taking testosterone in the womb and they
14:14	all called his name Esau which means red
14:16	and afterward his brother came out with
14:19	his hand holding Esau’s heel so his name
14:21	was called
14:23	means heel Grabber okay has the
14:25	implications that he’s a deceiver and
14:27	Itzhak was 60 years old when she bore
14:30	them okay the boys grew up Esau was a
14:33	skillful Hunter a man of the field well
14:35	Yahoo was a quiet man dwelling intense
14:37	and itsock loved Esau because he ate of
14:40	his name but Rebecca loved Jacob and
14:43	here’s where everybody messes up because
14:45	they sit there and go well obviously the
14:46	problem here is that we have a
14:47	dysfunctional family where we’ve got a
14:50	mama’s boy and we have a boy who’s like
14:52	strong and Mighty and and really male
14:54	like and his dad favors him and stuff
14:56	like that that’s not the issue the issue
14:58	is is that Rebecca has heard the word of
15:01	the Lord and she believes right she
15:05	believes what God has said and she’s
15:07	going to even stake her own life and
15:10	risk being cursed for following through
15:13	so that God’s word is fulfilled fast
15:16	forward then after Isaac it’s sorry
15:19	after Esau sells his Birthright to itsoc
15:22	for a bowl of soup who does that right
15:25	who does that that’s kind of a foolish
15:27	thing to do then we get to them this
15:29	account again much misunderstood
15:32	here’s how it goes when it sock was old
15:35	his eyes were dim so that he could not
15:37	see he called Esau his older son and
15:40	said to him my son and he answered him
15:42	here I am and he said behold I am old I
15:45	say this to myself every time I look in
15:47	the mirror behold I am old I do not know
15:50	the day of my death now therefore take
15:52	your weapons your quiver your bow go out
15:55	into the field and Hunt game for me
15:57	prepare for me delicious foods such as I
15:59	love bring it to me so that I may eat
16:02	that my soul may bless you before I die
16:06	uh-oh we got a problem here okay uh
16:09	itsock is not behaving according to the
16:12	word of Yahweh
16:13	that God spoke to Rebecca before the
16:16	boys were born he wants to give him the
16:20	blessing
16:22	but the older will serve the younger
16:26	now Rebecca was listening when itsak
16:28	spoke to his to Esau so when Esau went
16:31	into the field to hunt for game and
16:33	bring it Rebecca said to her son Yakov I
16:36	hear that your father I heard your
16:37	father speak to your brother Esau bring
16:39	me game prepare for me delicious food so
16:41	that I may eat it and bless you before
16:43	Yahweh before before I die now therefore
16:46	my son obey my voice as I command you go
16:49	to the flock bring me two good young
16:51	goats so that I may prepare from them
16:54	delicious food for your father such as
16:56	he loves and you shall bring it to your
16:58	father to eat so that he may bless you
17:00	before he dies said to Rebecca his
17:03	mother behold my brother Esau is a hairy
17:05	man I’m a smooth man perhaps my father
17:09	will feel me and I shall seem to be
17:11	mocking him and bring a curse upon
17:13	myself and not a blessing his mother
17:15	said to him let your curse be on me my
17:17	son only obey my voice go bring them to
17:21	me
17:22	now here’s I mean this is ultimately
17:24	deception that is going on here I mean
17:27	deception of the highest magnitude we’re
17:30	we’re deceiving dad to steal a blessing
17:35	and Rebecca’s in on it and it’s just it
17:38	all seems so wrong but then again
17:42	God said that the older will serve the
17:46	younger one’s acting in faith and one is
17:48	acting contrary to the word of God and
17:50	Rebecca is acting in faith so yaakov
17:53	went uh so so he went and took them
17:55	brought them to his mother his mother
17:57	prepared delicious food just as his
17:59	father loved then Rebecca took the best
18:02	garments of Esau her older son you can
18:04	almost think of them as like vestments
18:06	is Esau a type of Christ
18:09	oh you betcha because he’s the one who
18:13	ends up getting the curse while yaakov
18:15	gets the blessing right keep this in
18:17	mind all right so Rebecca took the best
18:20	Garment of Esau herola’s son which which
18:22	were with her in the house put them on
18:24	Yahoo her younger son and the skin of
18:27	the young goats she put on his hands and
18:29	on the smooth parts of his neck
18:31	and then she put the delicious food and
18:34	bread which she had prepared into the
18:36	hand of her son yaakov
18:37	so he went into his father and said my
18:41	father and he said here I am who are you
18:45	my son yaakov said I am I am Esau you’re
18:50	first born right
18:52	I have done as you’ve told me now sit up
18:55	and eat of my game that your soul that
18:57	your soul may bless me
18:59	but Itzhak said to his son how is it the
19:01	two found it so quickly my son and he
19:04	answered because Yahweh your God granted
19:06	me success then itsak said to Yakov
19:09	please come near that I may feel you my
19:12	son to know whether you are really my
19:14	son Esau or not
19:16	so Yahoo went near to itsak his father
19:19	who felt him and said the voice is
19:22	yaakov’s voice but the hands are the
19:24	hands of Esau
19:26	then he did not recognize him because
19:28	his hands were hairy like his brother
19:30	Esau’s hands
19:32	so he blessed him he said are you really
19:35	my son Esau he answered I am
19:39	then he said bring it near to me that I
19:42	may eat of my son’s game and bless you
19:45	so he brought it near to him he ate and
19:48	he brought him wine and he drank then
19:51	his father itsak said to him come near
19:53	and kiss me my son so he came near and
19:55	kissed him and itsock smelled the smell
19:57	of his garments and blessed him and said
20:00	see the smell of my son is the smell of
20:03	a field that Yahweh has blessed may God
20:06	give you of the Dew of heaven and of the
20:09	fatness of the earth and the plenty of
20:11	grain and wine let peoples serve you and
20:14	Nations bow down to you be Lord over
20:16	your brothers that your mother’s sons
20:19	May bow down to you curse be everyone
20:21	who curses you and blessed be everyone
20:23	who blesses you
20:26	it worked
20:28	right it worked now come back to our
20:32	epistle text from last week
20:34	in our epistle text we hear again these
20:37	words as many of you as were baptized
20:40	into Christ you have put on Christ
20:45	you see that whole story of Jacob and
20:47	Esau
20:48	is kind of a in the types and shadows a
20:52	picture of what happens with each and
20:54	every one of us when we are baptized we
20:57	are baptized into Christ’s death and
20:59	into his resurrection our sins are
21:01	forgiven but Paul here says that we put
21:03	on Christ and think about just how
21:06	important that is to put on Jesus and
21:09	because you standing before God the
21:11	father in your clothes in your
21:14	righteousness which isn’t any
21:16	righteousness at all you aren’t going to
21:18	get a blessing from God the Father
21:20	you’re going to get a curse and God the
21:23	Father chooses to be like itzak blind in
21:26	this way so we put on Jesus we are
21:30	clothed in his sinless righteousness
21:32	remember he was clothed in our
21:35	iniquity on the cross we are clothed in
21:38	his sinless righteousness we put on
21:40	Christ and God the father says is that
21:43	you my son Jesus and you say yes it’s
21:47	I’m Jesus and God says you sound like
21:50	rose bro
21:52	you sound just like rose bro but I’m
21:55	Jesus come near to me and he comes near
21:57	and he takes it with you go wow you
21:59	smell just like Jesus and he touches you
22:01	you feel just like Jesus sounds like
22:04	Roseboro but it’s Jesus so what does God
22:07	the Father do He blesses us you see
22:10	that’s how the Great Exchange works we
22:14	have put on Christ and as a result of it
22:17	rather than receiving the curse we
22:20	receive the blessing and Jesus he’s our
22:23	older brother and what did our older
22:25	brother receive from the Father the
22:28	curse right and this we know is true
22:31	because Galatians goes on to say that
22:33	cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree
22:35	you see Jesus is cursed so that we can
22:37	be blessed
22:39	hmm all right so coming back to our list
22:43	if I were to say that baptism is for the
22:46	Forgiveness of sins the receiving of the
22:47	holy spirit is for adults it’s for
22:49	children your sins are washed away
22:50	you’re baptized into Christ’s death
22:52	buried with Christ the person who’s
22:54	baptized dies and is set free from sin
22:57	and that person puts on Christ
23:00	have I said anything different than what
23:02	the scriptures say
23:04	Colossians chapter 2 goes on to describe
23:06	our baptism as receiving the
23:08	circumcision of Christ which is
23:10	performed by the very Hands of Christ
23:12	and that we are raised with Christ
23:13	through faith and Made Alive together
23:15	with Christ that’s what Colossians 2
23:17	says and all of our transgressions are
23:20	forgiven Titus Chapter 3 makes it clear
23:22	that baptism is not a human work at all
23:25	you see for when the goodness and loving
23:27	kindness of God our savior appeared he
23:29	saved us not by works done by us in
23:32	righteousness but through the washing of
23:34	regeneration which is what baptism is a
23:36	washing of regeneration and of course I
23:39	always like to ask my catechism students
23:41	so if your sins are forgiven you’ve
23:44	received the Holy Spirit your sins are
23:45	washed away you’ve been baptized into
23:47	Christ’s death and Resurrection you’ve
23:49	been buried with Christ you’ve died and
23:52	been set free from sin and you’ve put on
23:53	Christ and you’ve received the
23:55	circumcision performed by Christ and
23:57	you’ve been raised with Christ Made
23:58	Alive together with him all of your
24:01	trespasses are forgiven and you’ve been
24:03	washed in the waters of regeneration are
24:06	you going to hell or are you going to
24:07	heaven are you saved or are you Damned
24:11	you’re saved and so you’ll note that
24:14	this is not a small thing in fact I then
24:18	always like to ask this question at the
24:20	end we’ve said all the things same
24:22	things that scripture says so let me
24:24	throw a curveball at you if I were to
24:27	then say to you well baptism is the
24:28	thing that you do to show the world that
24:30	you’ve made a decision for Jesus
24:32	have I said the same thing as scripture
24:35	no no scripture says that not even one
24:41	so brothers and sisters as we again
24:43	consider Jesus’s baptism we must be
24:48	reminded of the fact that the sinless
24:49	Spotless Lamb of God had no reason at
24:52	all well at least that we can understand
24:55	for him to submit himself to a sinner’s
24:57	baptism because he’s committed no sin
25:00	and that is all a foreshadowing of the
25:03	fact that he would bear your sin and
25:05	mine on the cross that he would die in
25:08	our place be cursed so that rather than
25:11	receive from God the curse of Eternal
25:13	damnation we would instead be treated as
25:17	first born Sons each and every one of us
25:20	and that in the world to come each and
25:23	every one of us first-born Sons would
25:26	all receive the entire inheritance is it
25:30	any Wonder then that in Christ there is
25:32	neither Jew nor Greek slave nor free
25:33	male nor female we’re all one in Christ
25:37	it is a great mystery but it also
25:40	provides us with great comfort so the
25:42	fact that Jesus the sinless Spotless
25:45	Lamb of God submitted himself to a
25:46	sinner’s baptism reminds us of the fact
25:49	that when we were baptized we have put
25:51	on Christ and have been forgiven of all
25:53	of our sins so let us not despise these
25:56	promises that are given in the waters of
25:58	baptism but instead hold firmly to them
26:02	so that we may stand before Christ on
26:05	the day of judgment and hear well done
26:07	good and faithful servant because all of
26:09	our sins have been washed away the only
26:12	thing left are the good works that he’s
26:13	created for us to do in Jesus name amen

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