Salvation (838)
  1. To “trust in God in trial” means we fight our battles by kneeling and praying to “the Holy One of Israel,” who works out our deliverance by himself.
  2. We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
  3. This is true discipleship. We live with Jesus, we hold on to Jesus, we suffer with Jesus, because Jesus brings a divisive peace that saves.
  4. We are loved by our heavenly Father. When the Creator and Giver of all good things is caring for you, suddenly, you are free to care for others.
  5. What Jesus promises is better than justice. Jesus promises grace.
  6. This is not just a pericope about hereditary sin and actual sins, nor is it providing a pattern for prayer. It is fundamentally about God our gracious Father and His promise to hear us, answer us, and provide for us.
  7. Pain and suffering; it can feel like punishment from an angry God, and we try to figure out the cause, to our own frustration.
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