1. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  2. It’s the notion of mercy that leads us to the atonement, and it is the atonement that provides a foundational basis for the justification of sinners.
  3. In Jesus, the most totalizing summary of the law becomes the gospel of the one made perfect through obedience.
  4. The preacher of this text should follow the logic of the text, the divinely inspired genius of Saint Paul, and get out of the way.