1. His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
  2. “So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
  3. This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
  4. Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
  5. Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
  6. Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
  7. All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.
  8. The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.
  9. Fullness, truth, reality – all this God gives us as his gift in Christ.
  10. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  11. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  12. The lesson of Malachi reveals God’s love for his people. When the people ask for proof of God’s love, he reminds them of their election.