As Israel settles into the land God promised them, an event with potentially devastating consequences actually demonstrates joyful obedience and the desire to be faithful to the covenant-keeping LORD. The narrative serves as a great exhortation to...

The death and resurrection of Jesus inaugurated his cosmic authority over all earthly powers, and he vests it in his kingdom people to announce and demonstrate God's reign to all the nations so that evil and chaos might be done away with.

Jesus is the long-awaited Son of David who fulfills the promise of a King that would reign mercifully and would provide true rest and peace.

Jesus heals the sick while showing the necessity of faith to be a son of Abraham.

In liberating men from demonic oppression, Jesus demonstrates his authority over spiritual darkness and hints at the ultimate destiny of all principalities and powers that rebel against his reign.

Jesus is the promised Savior and the promised King.

Our Lord cares deeply about justice for his people.

We've been given everything we need for a life lived in obedience to our gracious Savior King.

Proper obedience to God's covenant faithfulness isn't just that we obey, but how we obey. Are we following with a trust in God's promises and relying on His steadfast love to give us an unfading inheritance?

True obedience finds its true foundation through trust in God's true promises.