How would John the Baptist have understood Christ’s use of Isaiah 61? Read closely, the passage points to true, heavenly freedom rather than earthly deliverance, with Christ consistently redirecting attention from temporal blessings to eternal ones.
This review series opens with its purpose stated plainly: reminding the church of Luther’s and Calvin’s rediscovery of justification by faith alone, against the backdrop of the Roman Catholic mass. At its heart is the finality of Christ’s finished work, which alone secures our freedom.
Paul says love ‘does not act unbecomingly,’ a claim grounded not in mere manners but in the person of Christ. The law can command obedience, but it can never produce it. Only the gospel of Christ’s liberty frees us to truly love.