Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions

Scripture Text: Mark 5:33–34

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From the Word: 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came fearing and trembling, and bowed down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." (Mark 5:33–34)

From the Confessions: The Small Catechism, Confession of Sin

What sins should we confess?

Before God we should acknowledge ourselves guilty of all kinds of sins, even those of which we are not aware, as we do in the Lord’s Prayer. To the confessor (pastor), however, we should confess only those sins which we know and which trouble us.

Pulling It Together: Who was this woman, so afflicted that she hemorrhaged for a dozen years? She would have felt unclean and, no doubt, been considered unclean by others. After twelve years, she was used to people keeping their distance. Yet, she dared to approach Jesus.

What afflicts you? What have you wrestled with all these years? Come near the Lord. Approach with the faith of that woman. Dare to reach out to the one who saves.

Prayer: Forgive me, Lord, a sinner. Amen.

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