Love in response to grace (how do we deal with the fact that this looks very similar to 5-6?)
Alternative Big Point:
Golden calf incident, so could point out that God is the god of second chances.
God gives fresh starts.
Route to Christ:
Highlight the attribute
Follow the action
Follow the plan
Gospel angle:
Plenty of options
The big push in all of this is to get the main point from the OT and not bolt an NT passage onto it.