Lectionary: Series C (659)
  1. Jesus died for the people who put Him to death. Jesus rose for the people whose minds rejected the idea of a resurrection.
  2. The sacrifice of Jesus stands completed, once for all, and we believe in the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.
  3. The LORD vindicates His people in the midst of their misery and despair—for this He has come.
  4. The image on Palm Sunday is about something so primordial, so powerful and ancient, so deep, that it would shatter any kind of limits. It would break through any attempt to restrain it.
  5. In the middle of the cosmic, creedal story, Paul places us, you and me, and all of those who belong by faith to Christ.
  6. The Exodus always remains a continual and present reality for the people of Israel—it is always on their mind. It was and remained the big salvific event of the Old Testament, yet at the same time it points forward to what God will yet/continue to do to save His people.
  7. Paul puts everything he has gained by his religious life and training (verses 4-7) onto the scales opposite life with Christ and finds a real bargain.
  8. This living Word breaks and crushes. It comes down as crushing judgment on those who reject the Son. But it promises to heal and restore all those who fall on the Son broken, contrite, and in faith.
  9. In this time of brutal war and divisive conflict, here we have an especially profound word of gospel.
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