This week’s lesson emphasizes Jesus’ all-sufficient sacrifice. Unlike the sacrifices under the old covenant, which had to be offered repeatedly, year after year, Jesus’ sacrifice was once for all.
Paul encourages the Corinthian believers with the hope of their future glorified bodies and their call to be ministers and ambassadors of reconciliation.
As 2 Samuel opens, David is mourning the deaths of Saul and Solomon. These passages reveal a lot about David’s designation by God as a man after His own heart. Despite all that Saul had done to him, David never lost his love and respect for the man and the title he held as king.
