1 Samuel 16:7 "...For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.”

Daniel 3:17 "If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king."

1 Samuel 16:1 The LORD said to Samuel, '...Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.'

1 Samuel 16:1 "The LORD said to Samuel, 'How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel?'

John 1:16-17 "For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."

The activities of Jesus as revealed in scripture.

Matthew 4:23 "And he went throughout all Galilee... proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease..."

Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever."

The centrality of Jesus.