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Of the seven statements Christ uttered from the cross, two stand out as being extremely significant in confirming what was being accomplished through the atoning sacrifice of Christ. The question -My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?- gives us a sense of what was in -the cup- of God's wrathful judgment, which Jesus drank to its bitterest dregs on our behalf. The exclamation -It is finished - unquestionably assures us that the Savior's atoning sacrifice accomplished what was necessary in satisfactorily paying the debt owed for our sin.

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          Confession and Communion — can there be any more important aspects in the Christian life?  Indeed, our communion with God requires that we first confess our sins.  But to whom should we confess our sins?  And what is the basis through which we can be forgiven?  Before partaking of the communion elements, what does the Scripture mean by examining ourselves?  And do we simply partake in remembering Christ, or are we also receiving Him — and perhaps even re-presenting His sacrifice? These and...

Of the seven statements Christ uttered from the cross, two stand out as being extremely significant in confirming what was being accomplished through the atoning sacrifice of Christ. The question -My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?- gives us a sense of what was in -the cup- of God's wrathful judgment, which Jesus drank to its bitterest dregs on our behalf. The exclamation -It is finished - unquestionably assures us that the Savior's atoning sacrifice accomplished what was necessary in satisfactorily paying the debt owed for our sin.

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Die Handlung dieser von Melancholie und Trauer überschatteten Erzählung spielt zu Beginn dieses Jahrhunderts in Wien. Gezeigt wird die Einsamkeit des letzten Habsburgers und mit ihr der innere Stillstand, der in den Jahren vor Kriegsausbruch das Unheil von Sarajevo heraufbeschwor. Während der Kaiser sich vorkommt wie einer, der »schon nicht mehr dazugehört«, sucht Gräfin Leonie von Seilern, eine Dame der Wiener Gesellschaft, die Bekanntschaft des Henkers, um den Strick zu bekommen, mit dem ein Attentäter, dessen Todesurteil der Kaiser unterschrieben hat, gehenkt wurde. Der...