What's Going on Here? Confession & Absolution
Romans 6:1-11
Pastor Bob Hiller
1/10/2016
Series:
What's Going on Here?
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/v2USe4bVuOw
Isaiah 6:7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."
1. Worship is a ____________ encounter with the triune God where he ____________ our sin, ____________ us to a new life, and ____________ us with ____________.
2. In baptism, the entire ____________ ____________ gave Himself to you and made you His own.
3. Coming to God in ____________ can be ____________.
4. In baptism God both ____________ all your sin and ____________ to be a ____________ God for you.
Scripture Readings
Isaiah 43:1-7
Romans 6:1-11
Luke 3:15-22
Continue the Conversation
To help you apply the sermon here are some questions to talk over with your friends and family.
1. When were you baptized? What, if anything, do you do to remember your baptism?
2. How does the promise of forgiveness given in baptism comfort you in the face of your sin, the world's temptations, and the devil's attacks?
3. How does the promise of forgiveness free you from the fear of God? Why do you think it is important to hear that promise from someone else?
4. Forgiveness comes to us through the Pastor's mouth in the Divine Service during confession and absolution, but it is not bound there. How can you share this forgiveness in your home, work, etc.?
