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Welcome to episode two of the thinking fellows. We're making a transition along the Lochi method here from sin to law.

This is the order that the Lochi presents. And are there other good particular reasons why we

would follow this order and not deviate from it? I think it's a natural stepping stone

from talking about sin to talking about what your state

before God is in sin.

You know, how do we, if we, if we're talking about this idea that there is something

out there called sin and we are sinners, how do we know it?

How is that measured against us?

How is it revealed? All those types of things come out and

when we talk about those things the Bible uses language for that and the language it uses we

call the law or it calls a law and we recognize that it calls it calls it the law so that's

our natural jumping off point there I wanted to start out with a question

to both of you guys. So when we say, particularly in a Lutheran context, and then maybe we'll

talk about how this is, you know, historically how this has been viewed, maybe how it's viewed

by other religions and other denominations. But in Lutheranism, when we say the law, what is it? What are we talking about

when we say the law? Well, if you had to reduce it like that, it would be that which accuses

Lex Sempericusatat, the law always accuses. And in our writings, it is enough to point out the

decalogue as the primary example of it. We don't think that's all of it. When we get into

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