In John 13:18-38, we pick up the conversation between Jesus and his disciples over dinner. After he had washed their feet, he announced that one of them would betray him. Once Judas had gone out into the night, Jesus gave his followers of every age the New Commandment: to love each other as he loved us.
Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
G0d's choice of Saul to be Israel's first king anticipated the eventual arrival of the coming King and also Christians' royal calling.
The Israelites’ demand for a king is a good reminder to us to trust in the Lord, the only one who can profit and...