# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S866
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PUBLICATION MATTERS 283

Reflect upon the first part of the Blessed Sacrament and what
_ it means when the Savior says: “This is My body, which, is given
for you.” In.the first place, the Savior says, J am giving the body
- which was given, Or sacrificed, for you, that is, evidently, for your
~ benefit, for your salvation. That, in general, is certainly what
~ Jesus is pledging to you and what He wants you to believe with all
your heart. But when Jesus does not definitely. state, in the first

part, the purpose for which His sacred body was sacrificed, that
y from the fact

means, that He is giving you the privilege to suppl
that His body was sacrificed for you, anything that His promises
warrant and what you at any time need the most, as, for instance,
that Jesus’ body was sacrificed to save you, or to reconcile you to
God, or that you might be sure of His, love and forgiveness, OF
, that sin, death, hell, and the devil have been conquered for you, OF
that heaven has been won for you. The exceedingly glorious fact
is that none of the blessings which were won for you by the Sav-
jior’s atoning sacrifice are excluded here under the wide-open state-
ment that the Savior’s body was sacrificed for you.

Then in the second part of the Sacrament the Savior makes
a statement which gives relief from all sin, whence all grief and
eternal damnation has come to man, namely, that the blood in the
Sacrament pledges the forgiveness of all sin. Then Luther says
with Scriptural warrant, “where there is forgiveness of sin, there
is also life and salvation.” The full salvation pledged a second

time in the Blessed Sacrament.
In regard to another matter concerning the Small Catechism

‘I am glad and thankful to God that the committee

I wish to say,
on Catechism felt compelled to quote the Third Commandment

from the Scriptures, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy”;
which is also the correct understanding of Luther's “Fejiertag.”
God in His mercy grant that at this convention we correct
what has been wrong SO long. ,

Do not blame me for my zeal in this matter. It means so much
to us; it is so important.

Wishing the convention many triumphs this year in the name
of our glorious Savior, in honor of His sacred Word, and for the
welfare of His holy Church,

Very sincerely yours in His service,
Juurus Nicxet, Pastor
Sr. Joun’s LUTHERAN CHURCH
(near Perham, Minn., R.1)

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