"Savior of the Nations, Come"

Martin Luther does a grand job in the hymn of "Savior of the Nations, Come" of telling why Jesus came to earth. The description throughout the whole hymn always goes back to the human birth of Jesus showing the reader why He is needed so badly. Luther writes, "Captive leading death and hell-High the song of triumph swell!" which shows that Jesus came to lead unbelievers from hell and that was His work on earth! It was prophecied in John 1:1-4 that the Word of God would be made flesh and that His light would be divine. Jesus' victory is shown at the end of the hymn, because Luther first describes why He is on earth, then writes how Jesus has conquered sin. Every stanza went back to describe how wonderful it is that Jesus loves His children enough to leave His home and come to earth to save us. At the end Luther praises God by descibing Him with different names because He cares about His kids so much to send His son. What a wonderful gift!

Pastor Borghardt's Sermon

1. Christ is mentioned 23 times
2. make holy, slain, died, lives, took sin, set apart, died and rose again, came, make blessings, grabs you, holds closer, smiles, reigns on throne, calls home
3. Teaching God's word has changed over many years and the difference can be seen between Pastor Borghardt's and Edward's sermons.  Edward seemed to believe that scaring people from hell was the best way to preach the Gospel while Pastor Borghardt taught about what God as done and how He loves us. Edward did not mention a lot about what Christ actually did for us, like Pastor Broghardt did, which made the congregation want to believe God out of fear and not because they fully trusted Him.  Pastor Broghardt made Christ the action verb that helped people understand all God has done for us.