“Christ gave this commission [Mt. 28:19-20] to all the ages of His Church, for it was to the Church that He entrusted His Word as the right key to the kingdom of heaven. To His command, He added this promise: 'And behold I am with you always, to the end of the age.' The holy apostles have been dead for many centuries, ….” CFW Walther, sermon on Matthew 28:19-20, translated for January 7, in God Grant It (CPH, 2006, p. 101)
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