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Stump, Joseph

"An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism"

The Christian's life is a daily
repentance and a daily believing that God for Christ's sake graciously
pardons all our transgressions and shortcomings. [Luke 11:3, 4, Rom
8:32+]
AND THE SINS OF ALL BELIEVERS. All who lead a life of daily repentance
and faith are daily and abundantly forgiven.
2. _THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING_. The work of
the Holy Spirit in me will not be completed until the last day.
HE WILL RAISE UP ME AND ALL THE DEAD AT THE LAST DAY. The bodies of all
men shall be raised from the dead and re-united with the souls from
which they were parted at death. [John 5:28, 29+, Acts 24:15+] These
bodies will be essentially the same which we had on earth, but they will
be immortal and incorruptible. [I Cor. 15:42] The bodies of the
believers will be endowed with new and glorious properties, like the
body of Christ after His resurrection. [I Cor. 15:42-44, Phil. 3:21+]
They will be fit tabernacles for the glorified souls to inhabit through
all eternity. They will be spiritual bodies, freed from all the
imperfections and limitations to which they were subject on earth.


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