# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1152
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- (3) God's
Gifts

(4) Assurance God’s Word never ret

of Victory

Matthew 28: 18-20;
1:16

INTERSYNODICAL AND
DOCTRINAL MATTERS

The Lord always bestows His gifts

generous and abundant
pastors after His o mere. He

John 14:26; 16: 23-24

John 17; Ephesians 9:25-27; 2:14-29. 9

Acts 1:8; Ephesians 4: :
12—14; Acts 6:1-7; John 13,19-15, °MNS 12:4-8; 1 Corinthians

Isaiah 55: 10-11; 2 Ti :
38-40; Galatians 2: 20; 1 Corinne John 5: 24;

wn heart who Preach God’s

Sives to the

Timothy 1:9; Romans

8:31-32; Acts 2:

3:9; 2 Corinthians 6:1,

(2) Univers ‘t, THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTRATIONS
avers All members of the Church are

of all the members of the Church. .

; to visit the sick

tressed; to seek, admonish, rebuke orev
to judge and remove false teaching;
of the spirit in the bond of peace

forgive, and restore the erring;
to endeavor to keep the unity
3 to speak in defense of all the

on the Church in g

INTERSYNODICAL AND DOCTRINAL MATTERS 511

ch. Christian congregations and synods take counsel and

‘ate with each other in seeking God-pleasing and effective

‘$0 perform the work the Lord has assigned to all members

Church.

The blessings of this ministry are meant for all races
and conditions of men. From these blessings no one
bi may be excluded, since no one is excluded from the
veness spoken by God to the world in the death and resur-
rection of His Son Jesus Christ. Christian love, having its source
x that forgiving love of God, is spontaneous and unrestricted and
knows no barrier of race, class, or color, even as Christ is the
Propitiation not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the whole

world.

1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 5:9-10; 2 Corinthians 2:10.

Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12; 14:29; Jeremiah 23: 9-40; Ephe-
sians 3:14-21; 4:1-6; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 4:1-6.

2 Corinthians 5:19; Colossians 1:19-22; 1 John 4:7-21; Hebrews
9:26; Acts 17: 24-28; 1 John 2:2.

iv. THE CHURCH AND THE HOME
God has ordained and blessed the estate of marriage
and has established the relation of mutual helpfulness
and love between husband and wife. Marriage is intended by God
to be a lifelong union. “What God hath joined together let not
man put asunder,” Matthew 19:6.
(2) Parents In love and wisdom God has blessed the marriage
and Children state with the privilege and responsibility of parent-
hood. “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth,” Genesis 1:28. “Children are an heritage of the Lord,”
Psalm 127:3. Parents are responsible for their children and should
rear them in the fear and admonition of the Lord. God has estab-
lished the home as the foundation of society and the training school
for Christian character. Over against the sins of impurity, infidelity,
neglect, and all other causes that may lead to divorce, the Church
emphasizes the sacredness of the home and the blessedness of the
parent-child relationship. ‘
(3) Christian The Church under the impulse of Christ’s Gospel coun-
Home sels the youth, encourages Christian companionship,
upholds purity of life, and teaches God’s will regarding
courtship and marriage. The Church upholds the all-inclusive

(1) Marriage

character of the home, where the old.and the new generations meet.

together in love and esteem. To rear children in the fear of God
and to care for aged and infirm members of the family remain the
responsibility of the family.