Abraham owning property in the Promise Land demonstrates his confidence that God will make good on His promises and provide; not only physical land, but a new heavens and new earth in which righteousness reigns.
In Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, not only are we given a glorious picture of the gospel, we are also shown that faith without obedience is dead. True faith is always confirmed by the fruit of good works.
Although the people of God are often filled with contradiction, God's covenant commitment to save and to sanctify through the Promised Son cannot be thwarted. Since this process is all of grace, believers must delight themselves in Christ in order to run with endurance the race set before them.
God's perfect judgment is the result of man's sin; but God demonstrates His perfect mercy in Christ's death on the cross and on-going intercession for those who believe, that they might make it all the way to glory.
The sign of the old covenant helps us understand the need for a circumcised heart that trusts in Christ alone, who fulfilled both the blessings and the curse of the law, and enables us by faith to walk blameless before God.
God sovereignly works in people's lives, not only to call them to Himself in salvation, but then equips them for the work of gospel ministry and faithfully sustains them until the glorious day of Christ's return
Jesus, the master teacher, taught the parable of the soil types so that we might understand the different responses to the gospel. By God’s grace, may we be those who bear eternal fruit for the Kingdom of God.
On a daily basis, believers in Christ are called to listen and obey the word of God, rather than their own thinking; knowing that there's a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of destruction.
In response to fear, God graciously reminds us of His past provision, seen most clearly in Christ's death on the cross, and confirms His future promise that the glory of heaven will be worth any present suffering.
God orchestrates all of history including an international military campaign in order to put on display our glorious kinsmen redeemer, priest, and king, who is willing and able to save us to the uttermost.