After and because God has given Christians everything we need to live, we should make every effort to supply what our faith needs in order to grow (2 Peter 1:5-11).
This first parable from Matthew provides the key to understanding all the parables and to entering the kingdom of God.
Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
In this section of Daniel, there is the clearest declaration in the Old Testament of the resurrection and eternal life.