There is no justification by the works of the law

Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.

Matthew 22 sees Jesus address Jewish legal debates. In the process, he makes disticntions between the Law and Gospel.

How the ancient view of "guts" is a lively metaphor of promise

Every Christian should understand what it means to have a Great High Priest

Jesus is always interceding for us

When I finished this book, I loved the Bible, and the Bible’s author, even more. And I can’t imagine a better endorsement than that.

God resolves his wrath through the unexpected giving of his Son.

God's Son comes to deal with the infestation of sin, but in an unforeseen twist of grace, he’s the only one who goes under the knife.

The God who abundantly restores is still in the business of total restoration, even today. Even now the God of heaven restores dead sinners to life.

This is an excerpt from “The New Testament Devotional Commentary: Volume 1: Matthew, Mark, Luke” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2021).

We must be careful in how we use Bible verses to establish Scriptural truth both to others and to ourselves.