Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Andrew Preus, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Guttenberg, IA and St. Paul Lutheran Church in McGregor, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Mark 2:18-22. Jesus’ teaching on the forgiveness of sins has drawn questions and created scandal. Though the disciples of John and the Pharisees seem like an unlikely pair, they find common ground in questioning Jesus concerning His practice of fasting. Jesus calls both groups to remember what they had been taught concerning His coming as the Bridegroom. He is the LORD who has come in the flesh to the great joy of His people. In such joy, fasting can never be practiced as a way to earn righteousness before God. Instead, fasting and other bodily discipline is put into service of the Gospel so that man learns that he does not live by bread alone. To use fasting in the way of the Law would be to misuse the Law and lead to the destruction of the sinner. Instead, Jesus comes with the new wine of the Gospel, which brings joy to all who trust in Him. “The Gospe