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  • While there is much to be learned from this text, I draw your attention especially to two points. The first relates to our place as ministers of the Gospel, and the second to the importance of placing our faith and hope in Christ Jesus and His ministry of Word and Sacrament.

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  • As Jesus offered living water to the woman at the well in Samaria, He offers it to all who had come to the temple in search of God’s mercy and blessing. He offers it to you and to me, as well!

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  • What Jesus taught was not some new doctrine; it was and is the same doctrine taught and revealed throughout the Holy Scriptures.

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  • When we depart this life, can we say with Simeon, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel”?

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  • Far more than a quaint story, these verses from Luke, chapter two, describe a historical event that occurred at a real time in history and in a real place in this world. It was the fulfillment of all those ancient prophecies that promised the Seed of the woman who would crush the head of the serpent and the one who would redeem His people from their sins (Gen. 3:15; Ps. 130:7-8).

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