When we considered the Covenant of Law given through Moses, we detected a major problem that we have with God’s law: we cannot keep it. In light of this fact, in Jeremiah 31:31-34, God announced a New Covenant that would transform our relationship to the law by providing what we all need – complete forgiveness for all our sins.
Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.
The personal letter Paul wrote to Philemon contains a beautiful picture of redemption through the work of Christ.
One of Paul’s purposes in visiting Rome was to receive help to get the gospel all the way to Spain.