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Collision Documentary and What is Apologetics pt. 1

Mark 10:35-52

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Old Testament: Genesis 15:1–6Psalm: Psalm 33:12–22; antiphon: v. 20Epistle: 1 John 4:16–21Gospel: Luke 16:19–31Introit: Psalm 13:1–4; antiphon: vv. 5–6Gradual: Psalm 41:4, 1Verse: Psalm 7:1
Faith Trusts in Christ for Life Eternal When the beggar Lazarus died, he was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. For he was truly Abraham’s seed. Like Abraham, he believed in the Lord, and the Lord “counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). The name Lazarus means “God is my help.” The unnamed rich man, on the other hand, did not love and trust in God. For he evidently cared little for the beggar at his gate. And “he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). He who loved and trusted in possessions and prestige died and was in torments in Hades (Luke 16:19–31). Repentance and faith are worked only through Moses and the prophets—that is, the Word of God, for it points us to Christ. Only through His death and resurrection are we brought the comfort of life everlasting.
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Mark 10 Continued 

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Old Testament: Isaiah 6:1–7Psalm: Psalm 29; antiphon: v. 2Epistle: Romans 11:33–36Gospel: John 3:1–17Gospel: John 3:1–15Introit: Psalm 8:1–2a, 3–5; antiphon: Liturgical TextGradual: Liturgical TextVerse: Liturgical Text
The Holy Trinity Reveals Himself to Sinners When Isaiah beheld the glory of the Lord, he cried out “Woe is me!” For the sinner cannot stand in the presence of a holy God and live (Is. 6:1–7). But God the Father lifted up His Son Jesus for us on the cross, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. This eternal life of Christ is given us according to the Holy Spirit’s good pleasure in Baptism. “Unless one is born [again] of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). To sinners in fear of death, the messengers of God place on our lips the living body and blood of Christ and speak His words of absolution, “Your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for” (Is. 6:7). Having received forgiveness and life from the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit, we join with the angels in praising the blessed Trinity, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts!” (Is. 6:3). “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen” (Rom. 11:33–36).
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Esther and Malachi