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The new "teaching" of the LCMS "leadership" is that
lay people who pray to Jesus at their meals, in restaurants, on their
death beds, in the battle field, in their cars, prayed in planes that went
down on 9-11, and prayed in the Twin Towers before they jumped from the
fire, etc. were not worshipping God.
According to Luther, anyone who claims that prayer is not an act of
worship has broken the first three commandments.
"The First Commandment demands faith, that you believe that God is a
Helper in due time, as Ps. 9:9 declares. The Second demands confession and
prayer, that we call upon the name of God in danger and give thanks to
God. The Third, that we teach the truth and defend and preserve sound
doctrine. These
are the true and only forms of worship of God, which God demands . .
." LW1:328-329
President Kieschnick cannot be removed from office, because the Synod's
Commission on Constitutional Matters, which the president appoints, has
ruled that the President is immune from all doctrinal charges while in
office.
President Benke and President Kieschnick take this position in order to
prove that Benke did not worship when Benke prayed with Moslems, Jews,
Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists clergy in Yankee Stadium in violation of
Article VI.2 of the LCMS Constitution.
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