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The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt
The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt
Concordia Theological Monthly
By His one sacrifice Christ has obtained an eternal salvation, which requires nothing to supplement it. By His sacrifice our sins are expiated once and for all, and our iniquity is atoned. In the very center of our Christian faith stands this Jesus Christ, who on the great Day of Atonement of the New Testament died and shed His blood for us. But even though Christ sacrificed Himself only once, even though the real work of redemption and reconciliation is completed, yet Christ has not relinquished His high-priestly office. The Epistle to the Hebrews throughout directs our attention to the …
The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt
The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt
Concordia Theological Monthly
The sacerdotal office of Christ reaches into the very heart and soul of our Christian faith. Christ's sacrifice, blood, and death alone provide for us true comfort in life and death. The doctrine of the sacerdotal sacrifice of Christ is the great truth with which Christian preachers arc constantly operating. Luther once remarked that a Christian preacher plays constantly on this one string. From it he may, of course, elicit a great variety of tunes and sounds. It is not necessary always to say the same things in the same words. Looking into the Scriptures, we find one and the …