-God's Love for Us Christ Represents Us The Holy Spirit Recreates Us God Reconciles Us Christ Substitutes for Us

God Comforts Us With a Promise to Redeem Us--- -God's promise of redemption is testified to by--- -God's promise of redemption is assured by--- -God's promise of redemption is motivated by--- -God's promise of redemption offers-

A Quick Look at Psalm 1----The negative instruction------The positive instruction------The blessing for obedience---- -The Invitation of Psalm 73--v. 3-15, Invitation to Recognize-

--Tempted to Change the Message----Tempted to Despise Our Weakness----Tempted to Use the Wrong Scales

--Similarities, and continuity----Differences, and why the new is better

--Pride and the Self----But Worse Than All... Low Self-Esteem... Really-----Forgetting Self and Focusing On Christ

--The Impact of the Gospel -12-13-----The Smell of the Gospel -14-17-

--Church Discipline - the need for it----Church Discipline - the goal of it

Sometimes Boasting Is Not Bad--Sometimes Explanations Are Not Excuses--Sometimes the Path to Mutual Joy Is through Pain

Background-- More Than Just a Greeting -1-2--- Comfort for the Uncomfortable -3-11-