The demand to have no other gods finds fullness in Jesus Christ whose heart was undivided in love for God, and who gives such hearts to all who believe.

There can be only one response for those on whom God in Christ has chosen to set His faithful love – they must exchange infidelity for obedient, wholehearted devotion to Him alone.

Despite the egregious apostasy of the nation, God’s eternal blessing is offered to any who fulfill God’s covenant by loving God, obeying His voice, and holding fast to Him, and such fulfillment is accomplished only by the obedience of faith in Jesus Christ.

 While the Law is pitted against grace in the New Testament, nevertheless even in its antithetical role, the Law ultimately shows us God’s saving grace to needy sinners.

Believers in Christ are poised to enter the land of promise, and so we must be prepared to engage the battle of perseverant faith while we hold the hope of an irrevocable inheritance.

In the face of death and judgment, God keeps His promise, raising up His people and leading them to rest through His Spirit filled leader. 

God’s covenant of grace through Jesus Christ is irrevocable and that grace stabilizes His people even amid life’s greatest challenges and the devil’s greatest assaults. 

(see also Romans 11:28-29 and Hebrews 4:14-16)

Believers have every reason to live in happy confidence because Jesus Christ rose victoriously from the grave for us.  This secures our justification, imparts new life in union with him & guarantees our bodily resurrection when he comes again.

Even while hanging on the cross, Jesus makes clear from His last words that His death alone brings eternal life to all who truly believe. 

Jesus Christ lived in perfect obedience to God for us. This satisfied the law's demand for perfection, qualified Him to die for our sings, and established the pattern for His people to follow.

Preached on Palm Sunday.