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n. 17Russell Roiko

RockfordJuly 24, 2022Numbers 16:46-48LLC sermon archive

“Have you heard, dear brothers and sisters, something similar these past many years that we battled? Once a believer, always a believer. Once forgiven, always forgiven, so on. That kind of strange teaching that is so foreign, so contrary to the scriptures and to the teachings of the Spirit of God. Just one of many type of battles that the kingdom of God has faced And so these people with Korah said, blamed Moses. So…”

n. 18Loren Keplinger

LongviewJuly 24, 2022Romans 12:16-21LLC sermon archive

“if we remember this, that as believers, we are continually forgiven. But we want to remember these words, to always come back to that throne of grace, to always remember to take care of our matters, that we need those reminders, that we want to even this morning as we find ourselves sinful and doubting, that you can, dear brother and sister, uplift your heart even this morning and believe all sin and doubt forgiven.…”

“that these words of continual forgiveness were brought to our attention, that this matter, that one who is a believer, as we know, is heaven acceptable, that God indeed forgives our sins. But we know these words in our hearts earthly minds can be so quickly misunderstood, so quickly converted to that false understanding, that false understanding that is so common in other Christian faiths of this world, that once forgiven, always forgiven. that we…”

“earthly minds can be so quickly misunderstood, so quickly converted to that false understanding, that false understanding that is so common in other Christian faiths of this world, that once forgiven, always forgiven. that we don't want to use words, that we as humans can so easily misunderstand, that we can so easily begin to become confused with this way that we believe, that we as humans need that reminder That we need to remain…”

n. 22Vesa Tahkola SRK

LLC Summer ServicesJuly 5, 2019Romans 1:14-17LLC sermon archive

“Isn't it so that we need God's grace and forgiveness continuously in our everyday life? And we thank God for this, that he has brought this word of the gospel here. And when God can turn even bad matters to do his will. Ja alkuseurakuntaan tuli suorastaan vainoja. Ihmisiä tapettiin uskon vuoksi. And in the early congregation there were martyrs. People were killed for their faith. He joutuivat pakenemaan sieltä Jerusalemista. They had to flee…”

n. 23Valde Palola SRK

RockfordJuly 12, 2023Revelation 1:9-20LLC sermon archive

“where we have been promised every day all of our sins forgiven. And when it can be in this way, then God's kingdom will look like a golden candlestick. It is that mother in whose company and care I would like to journey. It's also secure to think that I don't need to understand with my mind everything. But I trust that when God speaks in the congregation through His Spirit, that it is for…”

n. 24Tapani Kinnunen SRK

LLC (presentation)March 18, 2023LLC sermon archive

“In which Christian church he daily and richly forgives me and all believers all our sins. And becoming a child of God is the most precious thing in our lives. Jesus teaches us about the most precious thing in our lives. The kingdom of heaven is like an oasis in the field. When a man found it, he covered it with soil again, and then he happily sold everything he owned and bought the field.…”

n. 26Arthur Harju

Roaring Fork ValleySeptember 15, 2019St. Luke 10:25-37LLC sermon archive

“Or hasn't it been to you, brothers and sisters, a comforting and uplifting feeling to be a child of God in his kingdom where you have realized how much God has loved you. He has loved you so much that he has forgiven your debt of sin. And he has continually forgiven through the preaching of the gospel, through the mouth of a brother or sister in God's kingdom. When we realize how much this…”

n. 27Keith Moll

MonticelloMay 14, 2021St. Mark 16:14-20LLC sermon archive

“Remain in this baptismal covenant. But we can also receive that daily washing. And that daily forgiveness for all of our sins. And then one is heaven acceptable. And Jesus says they shall be saved. But then he says he that believeth not shall be damned. regardless of whether one has been baptized, is that unbelieving priest had taught and believed. But when there is not living faith, there is not salvation, there is that…”

n. 28James Frantti

CokatoMay 2, 2021Psalms 119:105LLC sermon archive

“But fortunately, we travel under that kind of protection of God's grace, that God's continual grace covers that original sin. And not only that, but when we are traveling under the protection of God's grace, it also means that when we sin, God doesn't cast us off because we have sinned in thought or word or deed. We don't fall from faith every time sin besets. If that was the case, we could never leave…”

n. 29Duane Pirness

SaskatoonMay 14, 2023St. Matthew 6:5-15LLC sermon archive

“to be seen of others, to be noted for the great charity work they do or how they fast or how they can be seen to be praying, but rather this, that, because God has done so much for us. He has called us into our kingdom. He has forgiven us and continuously forgives us all our sins. that because of this work that he does and continues to do, we would therefore want to…”

n. 30John Lehtola

PhoenixApril 13, 2017St. Luke 22:14-22LLC sermon archive

“Not in the sense of absolution, but where Christ is present, there is the continual forgiveness of sins. And so what then is communion? It is, as Jesus said, do this in remembrance of me. And it's also a meal of thanks. Jesus, before he instituted the Lord's Holy Supper, when he took the bread, he said, gave thanks, and then he'd break it and gave it to his disciples. When he took the cup,…”

Randall Haapala

RockfordFebruary 18, 2018St. Matthew 4:1-11LLC sermon archive

“This term and how it's being used and spoken of bothers me. And it is continual forgiveness that we live in continual forgiveness. Oh dear ones, yes, we live in God's grace every waking moment of the day. But we still need to battle against sin and put sin away when it besets. The Bible speaks very clearly of putting sin away. In our catechism, it speaks about confession. That we confess those sins that…”

Randall Haapala

CokatoJanuary 17, 2021St. John 4:5-26LLC sermon archive

“A God that will continually remind us, continually forgive us when the heart is penitent. Because we have God's grace, It does not give us the liberty to live our lives how we want. How our flesh desires. But rather, when we believe the Gospel, it renews in us a new heart. A heart that desires to be obedient to God's holy and precious Word. Dear brother and sister, this is that divine power that…”

Terry Ruonavaara

Roaring Fork ValleyMarch 1, 2021Psalms 25:1-11LLC sermon archive

“Not that we are under continual forgiveness. We are always in need of continual forgiveness. And we know that God does grant this forgiveness when we desire to put sin away as we travel. When we desire to visit of the way and the journey. Speak of those temptations that we have and are able to hear that gospel that washes those matters away in the sea of grace and in this way we are…”

Michael Ylioja

OutlookAugust 13, 2023Ecclesiastes 7:1-3LLC sermon archive

“This is not a correct teaching. We need to battle sin and temptation daily. We can't hear our sins forgiven and believe our sins forgiven once and then have a free ride to heaven. No, this is not how God's kingdom or the way to heaven works. But yet, keeping faith or keeping this name of a child of God God is not a difficult thing to do. Saying that, but also there are…”

“A penitent sinner is always forgiven. And here in that last verse, that sorrow is better than laughter. Again, I think that's referring to sorrowing over sin. Or this past week, I've also thought of this gift of faith, how it's given to us freely, and how it's important to maybe not... focus too much on our fleshly portion and if we maybe would even use this thought of sorrowing over sin or sorrowing over…”

George Koivukangas

CokatoAugust 11, 2024Proverbs 28:11-14LLC sermon archive

“But that wasn't new, that they used that in a wrong way. We understand we live in continual grace of God. God's grace is here every moment of our life. And the Holy Spirit that dwells in us desires to hear the message of the gospel. And to believe from the bottom of our heart that our sins are forgiven. There was a heresy, as a matter of fact, a heresy over a hundred years…”

n. 31Richard Nevala

MenahgaJanuary 13, 2026The Acts 8:26-40LLC sermon archive

“And I guess in some ways they're correct because we live of the grace of God. By his grace, we're believers and we live faith. We have living faith. And we have living faith in our hearts we'll be saved. But then in forgiveness, we could say that theologically speaking, that I guess in theory, we could say that it's possible that we could live in living faith. And if we kept faith, we would…”

n. 32David Anderson

CokatoMay 7, 20231 Thessalonians 3:8LLC sermon archive

“But it was the Spirit that was different. Maybe it wasn't something that was so black and white. Maybe it wasn't a point of doctrine that we could understand or put a finger on. But it was a different spirit. And for me, being from Alaska, God cared for us up there. He sheltered us. And sometimes these events seemed as though they were far off for many of us up there. But I think…”

n. 45Neil Waaraniemi

MenahgaMay 12, 2024Romans 8:12-17LLC sermon archive

“to know where God's kingdom is. They believe that God's kingdom made an error, but they still gather with one they consider an erring congregation. One should be really troubled if there is not a testimony in God's kingdom for that one. It is not so important my recognition of God, what is most important is does He recognize me? And do His children find me to be a brother or sister in God's congregation?…”

“It is something for one who has fallen away to consider. Because if you're between two kingdoms, it is so that God's Spirit no longer dwells in you. we find ourselves to be erring travelers on this way. We often, though we would not want to, fall into sin and are disobedient to God's word. Thanks be to him for the advocate he has given to us. John writes, My little children, these things write…”

Corrected against the recording: the machine transcript mis-renders this as “made an heir.” The sermon says “made an error” — the sentence continues “but they still gather with one they consider an erring congregation.” The audio governs.

n. 89Samuel Roiko

Elk RiverAugust 19, 2024Revelation 10:9-11LLC sermon archive

“This speaks to how God's congregation and God's word are inseparable. … That is, is God's word above the congregation or is God's congregation above God's word? … That without God's word, it is impossible to have God's congregation. And God's congregation is never without God's holy word. As one older brother who has gone to his rest even pointed out … you can even take these Bibles that are written here and burn every single one of them and destroy off of smartphones every single Bible app. I added that part. He wasn't aware of that at that time when he spoke it. But yet God's word is still in God's congregation.”

The footnote gives no timestamp; the passage above is the opening of the sermon’s treatment of Revelation 10:9–11.

n. 93Eric Mattila

PhoenixDecember 6, 2021Revelation 22:6-21LLC sermon archive

“and begin to demand and be proud and say that God's Word says this. But if we begin to have an understanding that is different from the congregation of God, that is different from the voice of the Holy Spirit, we must submit our understanding. We must put our trust in the congregation, Mother, we must simply say that perhaps I don't truly understand what this portion means. For this mother is the one who…”

n. 94Jon Bloomquist

MenahgaJuly 14, 20221 Corinthians 11:17-19LLC sermon archive

“claims or accusations that has been made against us is that we have lifted God's congregation above God's word. I do not believe that and I guess that you don't believe that either. I think that what is really in question here is that they are not willing to accept but have rejected the understanding of God's word which is held by God's congregation. They have their own understanding of it that is what is…”