1. Isaiah uses commands and rhetorical questions to invite Israel to have faith in the future deliverance of God and to trust in the finished work of His “suffering servant.”
  2. Joseph could not give them the complete assurance they required. They needed someone greater than Joseph, and so do we!
  3. There is no problem with Christians developing different practices, cultural traditions, and the like. The problem arises when these become the badge of belonging, when they become the badge of righteousness.
  4. Peter asks the kind of question asked by those who keep records, who keep score. Which reminds me that we are a score-keeping people.
  5. When God’s strong Word is wedded to beautiful human words it makes for a potent one-two punch that fells the Devil and raises the saints.

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