The Future of the World Powers, Israel, and the Kingdom of Messiah (9:1-14:21).

Theme: Our proper response to God's mercy is to give ourselves to Him in love and live holy lives in this world.

Theme: Those baptized with Jesus into His death are to now live as those raised with Him to newness of life.

Theme: God's saving grace is revealed to us through the conversation Jesus had with the two men who were crucified with Him.

Theme: We are to prove ourselves to be God's people in this world by how we respond to the frustrating challenges around us.

Theme: Our proper response to God's mercy is to give ourselves to Him in love and live holy lives in this world.

Theme: God will sometimes allow us to be tested by the ungodly in order to show what's really in our hearts.

Theme: We must be alert to how pride hardens our hearts and closes our ears to God's will for our lives.

Theme: In this passage, we find - in God's sanctification of the firstborn - a picture of Christ.