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Podcast: Wrestling with Theology
Episode: Confessional Corner: Proper Repentance (SA III III 1-24)
Description: "Whenever the Law alone exercises its office, without the Gospel being added,there is nothing but death and Hell, and one must despair, as Saul and Judasdid [1 Samuel 31; Matthew 27:5]. St. Paul says, through sin the Law kills.[See Romans 7:10.] On the other hand, the GOspel brings consolation andforgiveness. It does so not just in one way, but through the Word and theSacraments and the like, as we will discuss later. As Psalm 130:7 says againstthe dreadful captivity of sin, 'with the LORD is ... plentiful...