We discussed earlier how the Scriptures show us that the Mediator has to be God, and that because of this his sufferings and intercession carry infinite worth and his people are brought safely to salvation.

‘For I come to declare that great and most comfortable article of our Christian religion and faith, the resurrection of our Lord Jesus.

A useful and influential way of approaching the work of Christ was given particular prominence by Lutheran orthodoxy.

The Lord Jesus cannot be assessed apart from his miracles — indeed, he can only be properly understood by close attention to them.

Earlier we touched on the nature of the gospel at some length; it is worth pausing to register its heart again here, allowing the impression to settle afresh.

A full survey of Christ’s earthly teaching career lies beyond our scope here.

What do you think of when someone calls God holy?

God’s blessedness is not something external or added to him, but arises from the fact that he is in himself the sum of all goodness and perfection.

Difference-holiness means that God is not like us but is utterly unique: he stands outside us and over against us as the objective reality to whom we must respond.

Making complex subjects simple is a genuine good – at least to the extent that it is possible.

It is significant that God – YHWH in the Hebrew Old Testament – is first known as ‘Providence’ (YHWH-JIREH), within the explicit context of redemption history, as he supplies a lamb for Abraham to sacrifice instead of Isaac (Gen 22:14, 8). 

All the goodness that there is in this beautiful world is caused by the perfect goodness of God.