God does not want you to mock Jesus but to - because he died for you - trust him as your saviour. Why? Do not mock him because of the distance of time or culture. The mockers in Jesus' time also got it wrong. The dying of Jesus does not point to him not being able to save. Rather, his dying was the very act by which he is able to save.

We need to know about Jesus in order to know God. Why? Jesus was God's plan. He is God's king - who has authority over all things, even to reconcile us to God. He is to be our king, and he will bring us to God.

We live in a day and age where when it comes to religion and spirituality, everyone is right. All paths lead to heaven, so you can pick and chose as you like, right? Israel had the same problem in the book of Judges. But Jesus says that the only religion that brings lasting hope and life is following Him.

Psalm 1 is a poetic prophecy that uses various images – roads, trees, streams – to describe the character and destiny of the person who meditates on the Law of the Lord. Understood as prophecy, this psalm finds its fulfilment in the one truly righteous man, Jesus Christ, but it also tells us that he is the source of eternal life for all who follow him.

God wants all to be saved. He desires godliness for all, to spread geographically and generationally. Hence, we pray.

Teaching the law well leads to the glory of God. You avoid licentiousness. And you emphasise grace. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst."

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God's vision for the gospel is to grow the saints and reach the lost. To work to this end, God lays down two markers for the church. What to do? Teach the truth. Why do it? The goal is love.

Endure hardship as discipline. God is treating you as his children. His discipline will produce a harvest of righteousness and peace. The Queensland Government is proposing legislation to legalise Voluntary Assisted Dying.

Jesus gives dignity through the resurrection. Through Jesus, we do not need say goodbye our 'one wild and precious life'. The Queensland Government is proposing legislation to legalise Voluntary Assisted Dying.