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.
The tenth plague was the death of the firstborn of Egypt, which was also the salvation of the people of Israel.
The conclusion to the first half of Ephesians is a prayer for believers to have strength to know Christ’s love.
As Paul demonstrated in his trial before Governor Felix, Christians must testify about Christ with our words and with our lives.
