1. Faith is never something we have on our own, but it is something God’s Word of promise creates out of nothing.
  2. In Genesis 3, we see at the beginning of biblical history that all our problems started at a tree. Is it any wonder that in God’s infinite beauty He would poetically solve all our problems on another tree?
  3. Seasonally, the text forms a bridge to the ascent of Jesus to Mount Tabor and, ultimately, to Calvary, so we can receive the Gospel of God which saves us.
  4. How can you get a righteousness which exceeds that of the most works obsessed Israelites and Pharisees and scribes?
  5. Doing better is the only way to get those covenant blessings back. Since this is impossible there is seemingly no gospel in this text at all. That is, unless we remove ourselves from the picture.

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