Abraham’s example proves that the only way to be right with God is through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works, ritual, law, or the what we can now see.
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 LORD uses leaders to deal with threats to the welfare of his people, and he is the God who delivers them.
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.