1. The Word and the Spirit go together. The Spirit, the breath of God, illumines and makes alive through the Word of God; both written and external, that is, preached and sacramented.
  2. Paul is talking about military-level allegiance here, the strongest kind of allegiance sworn to a king.
  3. This ministry of the Gospel, this standing in the stead and by the command of our Lord Jesus Christ, is demanding business and is entirely unsuitable for the weak-willed or those who compromise with the zeitgeist of the day.
  4. Love for the brethren should be the hallmark of the Christian Church. It is basic to our witness to an unbelieving world .
  5. We need to know the Christian faith—such as it does not capitulate with Zeitgeist—always comes with a price of being maligned, persecuted, marginalized, blamed, you name it.

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