This exposition moves from an opening prayer into a plainspoken, pastoral unpacking of Scripture’s corrective power. It frames God’s Word as “God-breathed,” life-giving, and useful not only to teach truth but to rebuke, correct, and train believers for righteous living. Using the Peter-and-the-temple-tax episode as a lens, it shows Jesus claiming his identity as the true temple, refusing the requirement that would imply his need for atonement, and then voluntarily supplying the payment—symbolically paying the tax himself through the miracle of the fish with a coin. That miracle becomes the pivot: Jesus is both the place of worship and the perfect sacrifice, paying the penalty that humans cannot.

The exposition then reminds listeners of the law’s threefold function—curb, mirror, and guide—so that correction by God’s Word is not merely punitive but formative. Correction restores orientation to Christ, exposes the human tendency to drift into self-reliance or attractive but dangerous false teaching, and points back to the cross where the penalty is paid. Because Jesus has paid in full, believers are declared children of the heavenly Father, freed from earning salvation and freed for service. The call is practical: receive God’s correction humbly, confess sin, accept the assurance of forgiveness, and then live differently—engaging in teaching, rebuke, correction, and mutual care as a community shaped by grace. The talk balances theological seriousness (atonement, the sufficiency of Christ, Scripture’s authority) with pastoral tenderness—correction is loving and aims to equip the church for every good work. It closes with confession, assurance of forgiveness in Christ, and an invitation to communal prayer and mutual support, emphasizing that grace does not license complacency but empowers transformed, cooperative discipleship.