1. Paul is writing as a man who has already lived a life of law-keeping while denying the resurrection.
  2. The smallest amount of Holy Spirit-created faith defeats every antichrist belief we hold.
  3. Moses is no Jesus but he, like us, is saved by Him. The law cannot enter the promised land, and yet the true and greater promised land is occupied by nothing but lawbreakers.
  4. Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.
  5. This is the patient love of God. He is stubborn about the salvation of sinners. He will not be rushed even if his name is mocked, and the trustworthiness of his promises are called into question.
  6. Here is someone to love; they’re not a Christian. They’re not very clean and don’t seem to care. Love them. Let your life become intertwined with theirs. Let it cost you something.
  7. Jesus is proclaiming the good news that he has come to put an end to laboring to be loved by God.
  8. Repentance means to turn or change your mind. It is not a turn from sin to righteousness. It is a turn from sin to the righteous Son of God who has defeated all sin.
  9. David is unable to find an example to accurately compare the purity that flows from God washing a sinner. The winter snow is the best example David can come up with, but it still falls short.
  10. Lack of effort isn’t the sworn enemy of fruit-bearing. Self-sufficiency is.
  11. As we judge and demand payment from one another, we fashion a world not only skeptical of forgiveness, grace, and mercy... but downright opposed to it.