1. There is absence in that all we have is an empty tomb, but presence because, while the tomb is empty, Christ is alive with a gloriously transformed body and with us!
  2. Jesus is coronated on the Cross. It would be from Golgotha where Jesus will reign over the kingdoms of the earth.
  3. The Gospel is so clear, so simple, so pure in these verses that it is well worth heralding as is, without comment.
  4. God's is the greatest love expressed through the greatest risk, the only and ultimate sacrifice of God for a love that will endure forever.
  5. Woe to Paul if he did not because he would be missing out on the love of Christ and, by extension, love for his fellow man.
  6. This Spirit of love permits no Christian to exercise their freedom at the expense of another Christian still troubled by old associations.
  7. We still live in the hope of His coming, though many generations have come and gone in that hope. Why, though, does it make any difference?
  8. Sin has had its teeth wrenched out. Since Christ was raised from death, that ugly monster has no power over us.
  9. The word which justifies by bringing faith in baptism is the same powerful word that recreates, regenerates, and re-births a human being in baptism.
  10. We profess belief in the virgin birth of Jesus as not only part of the Christmas story, but a true part of the total story of redemption.
  11. Our reading presents for its readers both the anticipation of God’s Messiah and advent of God’s Messiah: Promises made and promises fulfilled.
  12. The will of the triune God is we are thankful for the goodness, grace, mercy, love, peace, and truth that flow from His works of creation and redemption.
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