Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Increase in Us True Religion - Part 1\n Matthew 5:17-18\n 07\/13\/2026\n\n\n 17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law\n or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them\n but to fulfill them.\n 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth\n pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from\n the Law until all is accomplished. (ESV)\n\n The prayer this week was translated from the Latin into\n English in the mid-1500s.[1] Although the words seem outdated,\n the prayer still applies today. It is God who fills our hearts\n with love, grace, and mercy. True religion is holding firmly to\n Christ Jesus as our Savior from sin, death, and the power of the\n devil.\n Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all\n good things, graft into our hearts the love of Your\n name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all\n goodness, and of Your great mercy keep us in the same;\n through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and\n reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and\n forever.\n\n\n The Gospel lesson comes from the Sermon on the Mount where\n Jesus teaches us that we, of our own strength, cannot fulfill\n God's holy Law. Rather, our hope is in Christ, Himself.\n\n Jesus said:\n Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the\n Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to\n fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven\n and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass\n from the Law until all is accomplished.\n\n\n This week we will look at the true religion of Christ versus\n the false religion of this world.\n\n May our Lord grant us His mercy that we fear, love, and\n trust in Him above all things. Amen.\n ____________________\n\n 1. Reed, L. D. (1947). The Lutheran liturgy: A study of the\n common service of the Lutheran Church in America.\n Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, p. 478<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 13, 2026 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5053,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5052\/revisions\/5053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}