Genesis 17:7 "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you."
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"...the God who has revealed Himself by visible marks, who has given the Word of promise and has instituted the sacraments, is the true God and Savior whom we are able to take hold of and to understand."
Not satisfied with this sign of grace, the Son of God left the church His body and His blood as a testament. He wanted us to eat His body and to drink His blood in this life unto eternal life, in order that there might remain no doubt that the salvation accomplished by the suffering and death of the Son of God belongs to us and not only—as we used to think under the papacy when we were corrupted by the doctrine of the pope—to Peter, Paul, Mark, and other servants of God who were distinguished by outstanding qualities."
"Abraham had circumcision as the sign of this promise. We have Baptism, which was instituted with a far more magnificent form; for we are baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Not satisfied with this sign of grace, the Son of God left the church His body and His blood as a testament. He wanted us to eat His body and to drink His blood in this life unto eternal life, in order that there might remain no doubt that the salvation accomplished by the suffering and death of the Son of God belongs to us and not only—as we used to think under the papacy when we were corrupted by the doctrine of the pope—to Peter, Paul, Mark, and other servants of God who were distinguished by outstanding qualities."
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