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Trinity Lutheran Church


603 Classen Blvd.
Norman, Oklahoma 73071

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Lutheran Church Missouri Synod - Norman, Oklahoma

"In grateful response to God's grace and empowered by the Holy Spirit through Word and Sacraments, the mission of The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod is vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches, communities, and the world." -LCMS Mission Statement

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God's Institution of both Church & State

Pastor David Nehrenz

Dear Fellow Redeemed,

Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ during this Pentecost season!
 
The month of July is a
good time to remind ourselves of God’s institution of both the Church and the State. 
 
The State: Independence Day is July 4th and then later came the founding of our constitutional, democratic, federal republic - the United States of America. It was and is a great blessing for temporal life and grants us our civic freedoms.
 
God established the State as His “minister (servant)” as it says in Romans 13:1-7 ”The authorities that exist have been established by God...do what is right and he will commend you...he is God’s servant to do you good...he does not bear the sword for nothing...he is God’s servant (minister), an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer...the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.”
 
(The State is called “The Kingdom of the God’s Left Hand”- it has the office of the sword and rules by Civil Government)
 The Church: Established by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, it continues today in Word and Sacrament- the holy, catholic, apostolic church- and gives great blessings of eternal life and spiritual freedom.

God established the Church as His “minister” as it says in 2 Corinthians 4:1 “Since through God’s mercy we have this ministry...we do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord....” and in 5:18 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not counting men’s trespasses against them.” Also in 1 Corinthians 4:1 “Men ought to regard us as ministers/servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things (sacraments/mysteries) of God”
 
(The Church is called “The Kingdom of God’s Right Hand” - it has the office of the keys and rules by Word and Sacrament.)
 
Thank God for His good gifts to us in our nation and in our church! They are all by grace, we deserve none of them!  But God grants them to us as our merciful Heavenly Father! Therefore, let us pray for “all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” (1 Tim. 2:2)
 
The our Lord Jesus,!
                -Pastor Nehrenz



Vicar Jacob W. GaugertFrom
the Vicar

This past month classes were concluded for this academic year at OU.  That also means that the LSF activities have wound down to a close. It was an excellent year with the students... (Continued...)

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