{"product_id":"the-office-of-the-ministry-stewards-of-the-mysteries-of-god-poster","title":"Poster (12\" × 36\"): The Office of the Ministry: Stewards of the Mysteries of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Office of the Ministry: Stewards of the Mysteries of God\u003c\/strong\u003e is the sixth poster in the Ad Crucem doctrine series. It maps the Lutheran doctrine of the office of the ministry, showing that Christ, who made satisfaction for the sins of the world, instituted the office of preaching to give out that forgiveness through the Gospel, Holy Absolution and the Sacraments. Read it from top to bottom: arrows run from a doctrine to the doctrines that rest on it. Remove a box and everything below it loses its ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”\u003c\/em\u003e John 20:21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhat the poster maps\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Christ instituted:\u003c\/strong\u003e the sending of the apostles, the Keys, shepherds for the flock, the call through means, men able to teach, and the office given to men.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe keystone of the series:\u003c\/strong\u003e the vicarious satisfaction, Christ’s active and passive obedience, offered to God and purchased with blood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe office and its authority:\u003c\/strong\u003e instituted by God, and exercised in the stead of Christ.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe call and the work:\u003c\/strong\u003e rightly called, Word and Sacraments, absolution as the Keys exercised, and excommunication at the altar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat rests on it:\u003c\/strong\u003e certainty for consciences, and shepherds who give account.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe diagnosis, where the chain breaks:\u003c\/strong\u003e six errors, from the sermon put in place of the satisfaction and the office as delegated rights to the Keys put to a vote, women in the pastoral office and the pastor as manager, each shown cutting the chain at the link it removes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery box carries its Scripture references and key citations from Chemnitz’s \u003cem\u003eMinistry, Word, and Sacraments\u003c\/em\u003e, Scaer and the Lutheran Confessions. A study aid for pastors’ studies, classrooms, Bible classes and confirmation rooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 × 36 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMix and match the doctrine series:\u003c\/strong\u003e any 2 posters for $72, any 3 for $99, any 4 for $124, or any 5 for $145, the most that fit in one tube. Larger orders are priced the same way, tube by tube. The price drops automatically in your cart, or order posters 1 to 5 as one item with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/doctrine-poster-series-set-1\"\u003eSet 1\u003c\/a\u003e. The other posters in the series: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/what-rests-on-the-vicarious-satisfaction-poster\"\u003eWhat Rests on the Vicarious Satisfaction\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/holy-scripture-it-testifies-of-christ-jesus-poster\"\u003eHoly Scripture: It Testifies of Christ Jesus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-person-of-christ-true-god-and-true-man-for-us-poster\"\u003eThe Person of Christ: True God and True Man for Us\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/creation-and-the-fall-why-christ-had-to-die-poster\"\u003eCreation and the Fall: Why Christ Had to Die\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-lords-supper-given-and-shed-for-you-poster\"\u003eThe Lord’s Supper: Given and Shed for You\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/justification-by-grace-for-christs-sake-through-faith-poster\"\u003eJustification: By Grace, for Christ’s Sake, Through Faith\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ad Crucem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68093838983416,"sku":"ADC-OFFMIN-1236","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0416\/1221\/files\/office-of-the-ministry-poster-detail.png?v=1794612342","url":"https:\/\/www.adcrucem.com\/products\/the-office-of-the-ministry-stewards-of-the-mysteries-of-god-poster","provider":"Ad Crucem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}