As God’s beloved people were in very difficult circumstances and doubting God, the LORD spoke to them in Malachi 1:1-5 a simple message: I love you. After they challenged his love, God proved it, but not nearly as extravagantly as he has proved his love to us.
Continuing the final conversation with his disciples in John 14:15-31, Jesus told them how to show their love for him and of the gifts...
Adam was a type of Christ, each having the same role as the representative of his people, but with opposite outcomes.
Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.