Theme: The value of human life is shown in the five stages of the redeemed man's or woman's existence before God.

Theme: We should pray that God—by His grace—would give us what we need to experience His fullness in us.

Theme: Faithfulness to the gospel requires that we remain steadfast in the face of opposition for as long as possible.

Theme: As this passage shows us, the gospel was rejected by the Jewish people, and the preaching of it was transferred—for a time—to the Gentiles.