Key Point: Through the gospel of Jesus Christ, God transforms mortal, hell-bound sinners into immortal, heaven-bound saints who proclaim the gospel.

1. The gospel gives the hope of the resurrection (vv 1-11)

2. The rejection of this hope (vv 12-34)

3. The clarification of this hope (vv 35-49)

4. The victorious mystery of this hope (vv 50-58)

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

Key Point: Being God’s people guarantees others will scheme both secretly and openly to harm us. So how will we respond?

1. The opposition is identified (vv 7-10)

2. The opposition weaponizes the history, identity and purpose of God’s people (vv 11-16)

3. The opposition is empowered (vv 17-22)

4. The opposition experiences success (vv 23-24)

Key Point: When God's people obey Him , they draw the attention of others who plot against them and their obedient activity.

1. The opposition to God's people is exposed (vv 1-3)

2. The opposition attacks God's people (vv 4-5)

3. The opposition plots against God's people (v 6)

Key Point: The goodness of God towards His people stimulates us to do good works.

1. The work of obedience (vv 8-9)

2. The work of praise (vv 10-13)

Key Point: When people are elevated and God is demoted, God's people are distracted from obeying Him as He intends.

1. The problem of misguided unity (vv 1-2)

2. The problem of being driven by fear (vv 3-5)

3. The problem of second place obedience (vv 6-7)

Key Point: God alone determines who are His people, and He delivers them out of captivity by assembling them to Himself.

1. The people God assembled (vv 1-67)

2. The work of the people God assembled (vv 68-68)

3. The dwelling place of the people God assembled (v 70 cf. v 1b)

Key Point: God glorifies Himself by first assembling people to Himself and then calling them to specific works to make Him known.

1. God glorifies Himself through His faithfulness (v 1a)

2. God glorifies Himself through His Sovereignty (vv 1b-4, 7-11)

3. God glorifies Himself through His people (vv 5-6)

Key Point: When Christian husbands primarily submit to Jesus both we and our wives thrive to the glory of God.

1. Christian husbands willingly submit to Jesus (v7a cf. 2:13)

2. Our submission is seen in how we live with our wives (v 7b)

3. Our submission is seen in how we honor our wives (v 7c)

4. Our submission affects our prayer life (v 7d)

Key Point: We are to love others sacrificially just as Jesus has loved us.

1. The new commandment is demonstrated by Jesus' love for His church (v 34b)

2. We live out the new commandment by loving one another sacrificially (v 34a,c-35b)

3. Loving one another as Jesus loved us demonstrates that we are Christ's disciples (v 35a)