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Walther's Argument Essay

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C.F.W Walther in his first evening lecture concerning the proper distinction of the law and the gospel said, “As Abraham sent Hagar into the desert with a loaf of bread and a jug of water, so the Law hands us a piece of bread and then thrusts us into the desert.” As Paul outlined in verse 30, the blind following of the law does not cause us to inherit the freedom and grace of God, but rather it cause us to be thrown out from the promise of eternal inheritance. In modern America, we do not encounter Judaizers zealously attempting to convince us that the gospel of Christ requires us to continue in the practices of the Old Covenant, but their idealistic spirit remains. Do we ever sit back down in our pews after communion and think to ourselves,

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