From Ephesians 6:1-3, Proverbs 1:1-9, and Genesis 2:24, we put together an overall structure for parenting: the first stage of teaching first-time obedience, the second stage of teaching wisdom, and the third stage of independence. In every stage, both our children and we need to rely on God’s grace as the process exposes the bent of our hearts.
Because humans were dead in our sins, the only possible solution was for God to make us alive because of his grace.
The construction of the tabernacle foreshadowed greater dwellings of God, which he keeps building by plundering the nations.
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.
