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  • God’s miraculous restoration of the people after exile through unity and cooperation
  • The Pharisee’s self-righteousness shows the danger of putting ourselves at the center, not God
  • True confession is acknowledging God’s lordship, not merely listing sins
  • Luther’s first thesis: repentance is the ongoing life of believers, not just formal penance
  • People often highlight Scripture easy to accept and ignore the challenging parts
  • Wrestling with Scripture and God’s truth leads to transformation through submission
  • God’s grace sustains believers through repeated failures and the long journey of faith