Four short parables point to the surpassing value of the kingdom of God and the need to find it now.
Although many Jews did not believe the gospel and many non-Jews did, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
The opposite results of David’s and Saul’s desperate measures hold lessons about how to live in the world while not being of the world.
The church in Thessalonica not only followed worthy examples but also became one itself.
