From the Pastor

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:31-36

You should not wonder: is this Gospel for me? Yes, it is for you! It is for every nation, tribe, language, and people. It is for all who are stuck in sin and death and cannot set themselves free. The Gospel is for sinners.

For the Son has come and set you free. And if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed - both now and forever. For though the day of judgment is coming, for you it has, in fact, already come. Your Savior has spoken His “not guilty” upon you here, for He has taken your condemnation to the cross.

What remains for you now is forgiveness and life. Life in Him - true life. The life of the Gospel. An eternal Gospel which gives eternal life.

Now, it may not always look like the Gospel is winning, or that it’s even working at all, and that’s okay. We do not know the plan of God, how He is building, and how He is pulling down so that He may build.

But that He is working and building, have no doubt! On this you have His Word, and the witness of generations past. And most of all, you have the witness of the cross - the place where, above all places, it looked like Satan had won; but which was, in fact, the place of his defeat. For there, death did not win - life won. 

So, come on Sunday and receive again that life. Receive Him who has done - and continues to do - such great things for you. Come and join the “angels and archangels and all the company of heaven” - all those who have gone before us - at the feast of our Lord. Come and feast on Him who loved you then, who loves you now, and who will love you forever. Come, He is here for you.

See you Sunday!

+Pastor Gaub