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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: this Sacrament. Now examine further the efficacy and benefits on
account of which really the Sacrament was instituted; which is also its
most necessary part, that we may know what we should seek and obtain
there. Now this is plain and clear from the words just mentioned: This
is My body and blood, given and shed FOR YOU, for the remission of
sins. Briefly that is as much as to say: For this reason we go to the
Sacrament because there we receive such a treasure by and in which we
obtain forgiveness of sins. Why so? Because the words stand here and
give us this; for on this account He bids me eat and drink, that it may
be my own and may benefit me, as a sure pledge and token, yea, the very
same treasure that is appointed for me against my sins, death, and
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