In Romans 8:14-17, Paul helps us see that there is an immense amount of power and intimacy in our receiving “the Spirit of adoption as sons.”

By faith, those who are in Christ are both free from their past sin by union with his death and free to live for him by union with his life.

Our affection for Christ must be greater than the things he has done for us and the work he has called us to do!

God shows us incredible mercy by calling us to his gospel of grace by its power and then purposing us to partner with him to share it with the world!

God disciplines Jonah in order to correct his heart for the lost. Do we have a heart for the lost? Or are we too running away from our holy mandate?”

Jonah stands alone as the prophet whose doubts turned to disobedience and thus leads us to recognize the difference between doubting God’s call and disobeying God’s command.

The author of Jonah wants us to remember that “God’s chosen people are meant to be a blessing to the nations and offer intercession so that God’s covenant blessing can go out to the them.”

Markus Barth says, “the logic of the argument [of the Divine Armor] is this: if these arms are spiritual, and if they are sufficient for God and Jesus Christ—they will certainly be good enough for the saints.

Tim Mackie says: “The gospel of Jesus enters the first-century situation and transforms it. We read Ephesians faithfully when we read it to gain wisdom for how the gospel seeks to enter our situation and transform it!”