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The logoV  that God speaks is alive and full of power: active, operative, energizing, and effective. Heb 4:12
For: Dec 9: The Lord’s Prayer
The Sacraments: Intro   	Readings        Memorization in Bold    
• What is a sacrament?
•How many such sacraments are there?
• Why are we to treasure the sacraments, when water, bread, and wine are such common elements?
•Chain your own verses for each section.  Use bible.cc  	
• Sacrament
• Mystery
• Baptism
• Lord's Supper
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P raise
R epentance
A ppreciation
Y ou
E veryone
R esolve

Word enclosed	SS	A sacrament is a sacred act
A.  instituted by God,
B.  in which God Himself has joined His Word of promise to a visible element,
C. and by which He offers, gives, and seals the forgiveness of sins earned by Christ.
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Hymn: LSB 720

1 We walk by faith and not by sight,
No gracious words we hear
From Him who spoke as none e’er spoke,
But we believe Him near.
2 We may not touch His hands and side,
Nor follow where He trod;
But in His promise we rejoice
And cry, “My Lord and God!”
3 Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;
And may our faith abound;
To call on You when You are near
And seek where You are found.
4 For You, O resurrected Lord,
Are found in means divine:
Beneath the water and the Word,
Beneath the bread and wine.
5 Lord, when our life of faith is done,
In realms of clearer light
We may behold You as You are
With full and endless sight.			
	Mon  
   .    	Note: The word sacrament comes to us from the Latin Bible, where it translates the Greek word mystery. At first this word described all the saving truths of the faith, such as the Trinity, the incarnation, the redemption, the church (see for instance 1 Cor. 4:1, Eph. 5:32, and I Tim. 3:16). Later it was narrowed down to our present sense.
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	Tue	By this definition there are two sacraments: Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Note: Sometimes Holy Absolution is counted as a third sacrament, even though it has no divinely insti tuted visible element (Large Catechism IV 74; Apology XIll 4).
Acts 2:38 
1 Cor. 10:16 
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	Wed	"The sacraments and all the external things ordained and instituted by God should be regarded not according to the gross, external mask (as we see the shell of a nut) but as that in which God's Word is enclosed" (Large Cat. IV, 19).
1 Cor. 1:28. 
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	Thurs	Bible narrative: By God's promise the plain Jordan River had the power to cure Naaman's leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-14).
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