Your sonship may not be in doubt, but it's your fellowship that determines your nativity. Work on it (Genesis 3:8-11, 24; Luke 15:11-24; Philippians 2:12).

Your wealth is not in the amount of your possession, but in the value you're willing to exchange for your possession (Mark 10:21-25; Phil 3:7-8).

Never trust the profession and deceitful expression of love without its sacrifice (Psalm 69:8-9; 144:11; John 3:16).

True contentment is a practical lesson in restraint, in abundance or want, learned only in Christ (Matthew 11:29; Philippians 4:11-13).

Obedience is a crucible of fire that melts the dross off you for God's glory to shine through (Phil 2:12, 14-17; Dan 3:15-18; 1 Pet 1:22).

Post-reconciliatory distance from an unrepentant offender is a profitable defence against further wrongs (Ps 55:10-14, 20-21; 28:3 62:4; Col 3:12-15).

Spiritual vigilance, not human authority, is the only antidote against the dangers of success and the dynamics of sin (2 Samuel 11:1-17, 27; 12:7-11).

The believer's confidence rests not in immunity from suffering but in communion with the God who reigns over suffering (Psalm 91).

Woe to the shepherds who join forces with evil to oppress, and eat the weak and broken flock (Ezekiel 34:2-5; Isa 56:11; Eph 5:5).

The eternal Kingdom is not an exclusive race, but a commonwealth of nations, chosen and grafted into God's love (Romans 11:17; Rev 7:9).

Salvation is an incomplete accomplishment unless the saved participates in the life revealed in Christ (1 Cor 6:19-20; Phil 2:12-16; Col 1:10-11).

Unlike man, human praise does not increase God's glory, but recognizes it in celebratory worship (Ephesians 3:21).

Although judgment without mercy eliminates hope, mercy without judgment dissolves moral order. Beware! (Joshua 2:8-14).

The difference between information and revelation is the capacity to recognize and interpret words from divine perspective (Joshua 2:8-14).

God’s justice and mercy are coordinated dimensions of one righteous action; not competing forces (Joshua 2:8-14; Romans 9:14-19).

Wisdom is not mere accumulation of facts, but the ability to perceive reality from God's perspective (Joshua 2:8-11; Jeremiah 1:11-14).

Grace is not merely deliverance from judgment, it is entrance into vocation (Ephesians 2:4-5, 8-9; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10).

The culmination of the redemption work is not merely rescue from sin, it is a welcome into God's holy presence (Revelation 21:1-5).

How wonderful to know that the scriptural Canon is not a movement backward to Eden, but a glorious march to the New Jerusalem (Rev 21-22).

Spiritual vigilance, not human authority, is the only antidote against the dangers of success and the dynamics of sin (2 Samuel 11:1-17, 27; 12:9).

Grace surprises the foolish and natural mind to interpret divine election and God's sovereign will (Joshua 2:8-11; Romans 11:17; 1 Corinthians 1:27).

Discipleship is the mechanics of sincerely following Jesus and introducing someone else to follow likewise (John 1:35-42; Matt 11:28; Rev 22:17).

Ignorance and hard heartedness ultimately lead to darkened understanding and separation from God. Beware! (Psa 82:5; Rom 8:9; Eph 4:17-18).

He who rejects what God has approved is, himself, at risk of rejection and decommissioning (Acts 10:9-16; cf. Jo 13:8).