The Christians in Colosea have come to genuine faith in Jesus … but false teachers have crept in and have been offering a "counterfeit" Gospel. Paul assures them that what they have is the truth.

Different responses to the King. Saul and others refuse to acknowledge David as King. Jonathan, the rightful heir, can see that David will be king. This passages challenges us about how we live with Jesus as our king..

God is able to rescue his people by his chosen one - an unlikely saviour facing an invincible enemy using an unusual weapon. True with David ... and with the death of Jesus on the Cross.

Saul is rejected by God for his repeated disobedience. His is proud and thinks that he can decide how to act as King. Israel needs the same kind of king that we need ,.. a king who leads by example.

God had made provision to have a King ... but God didn't want them to have a king "just like the nations around them". But sadly that is the kind of King Israel want and get.

It is not God's people who use God to achieve our purposes. We are God's people and exist for his purposes. We are not able to manipulate God to achieve our ends. We should live and work for his ends.

God is the one who knows what we are like, knows what we need ... and raises up a saviour to rescue us.

The writer of this Psalm express his confidence that no matter what we face we can have confidence that God has things under control.

The disciples certainly weren't expecting Jesus to rise again from the dead ... but when they saw him alive ... the pieces fell into place. Things that Jesus said that they didn't understand all became clear.

Luke records the account of the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus and what stands out in his account s the innocence of Jesus, the insults that were directed to him and the irony that the king is being crucified.