Holy Wednesday

Luke records our Lord’s first words while hanging on the cross, “Father, forgiven them, for they do not know what they do.” Even in the midst of His agony and suffering, He declares absolution; He pronounces the forgiveness of sins upon those who crucified Him.

Though He declares that everyone is forgiven and that He receives the wages for our sins, no matter how heinous our sins are, this forgiveness is not received by all. This is because it is received through faith, by trusting in Jesus as the Son of God, the very Messiah Who came for this precise purpose: to forgive sins.

To hear more, listen to this sermon from St. John's Lutheran Church of Oakes, ND!