Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
It’s one thing to say we believe, another to demonstrate it with what we do with our possessions and our abilities.
Two parables directed against the religious leaders indicated why they would lose their management of the kingdom, and why others would take their place.
God’s choice of Saul to be Israel’s first king anticipated the eventual arrival of the coming King and also Christians’ royal calling.
