1. Great things are contained in these seemingly unimportant words: "Behold, your king." Such boundless gifts are brought by this poor and despised king.
  2. All human wisdom, righteousness, and holiness are made futile in that which belongs to God’s kingdom.
  3. Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.
  4. For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
  5. Confession is not another ecclesiastical bludgeon but is instead a gift. There we can tell the truth about ourselves, knowing that Christ has only mercy for us in response.
  6. Luther had a living Word from God intended to land squarely among sinners.
  7. Christ powerless on the Cross is where the false definitions of glory theologies are exposed and everything is turned upside down.
  8. The firestorm of the Reformation which turned Europe upside-down was not Luther’s doing. It was the Word, and the Spirit working through it.
  9. Luther’s confessions and writings during that time demonstrated the diagnosis of the problem he faced had always been the same.
  10. God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.
  11. Because Jesus has set us free, we enjoy a freedom of movement in His world, under His grace, that loosens our tongues to sing His praise.
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