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What If God's Grace Was Never Meant to Be Earned? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  4,
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  6,
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  15.
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  From
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  the
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  message
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  David
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  confirms
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  this
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  way
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  of
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  looking
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  at
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  it,
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  saying
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  that
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  the
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  one
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  who
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  trusts
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  God
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  to
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  do
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  the
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  putting
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  everything
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  right
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  without
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  insisting
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  on
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  having
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  a
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  say
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  is
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  the
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  one
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  fortunate
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  man.
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  Fortunate
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  those
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  whose
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  crimes
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  are
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  whisked
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  away,
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  whose
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  sins
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  are
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  wiped
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  clean
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  from
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  the
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  slate
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  fortune
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  of
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  the
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  person
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  against
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  whom
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  the
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  Lord
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  does
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  not
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  keep
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  score.
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  Do
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  you
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  think
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  for
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  a
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  minute
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  that
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  this
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  blessing
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  is
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  only
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  pronounced
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  over
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  those
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  of
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  us
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  who
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  keep
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  our
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  religious
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  ways
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  and
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  are
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  circumcised?
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  Or
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  do
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  you
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  think
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  it's
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  possible
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  that
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  the
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  blessing
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  could
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  be
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  given
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  to
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  those
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  who
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  never
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  even
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  heard
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  of
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  our
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  ways,
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  who
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  are
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  never
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  brought
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  up
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  into
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  disciples
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  of
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  God?
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  We
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  all
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  agree,
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  don't
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  we,
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  that
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  it
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  was
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  by
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  embracing
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  what
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  God
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  did
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  for
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  him
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  that
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  Abraham
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  was
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  declared
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  fit
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  before
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  God.
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  Now
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  think,
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  was
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  that
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  declaration
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  made
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  before
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  or
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  after
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  he
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  was
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  marked
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  by
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  the
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  covenant
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  rite
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  of
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  circumcision?
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  That's
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  right,
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  before
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  he
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  was
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  marked.
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  That
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  means
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  that
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  he
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  underwent
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  circumcision
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  as
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  evidence
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  and
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  confirmation
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  of
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  what
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  God
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  had
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  done
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  long
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  before
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  to
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  bring
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  him
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  into
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  this
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  acceptable
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  standing
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  with
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  himself,
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  an
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  act
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  of
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  God
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  he
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  had
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  embraced
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  his
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  whole
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  life.
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  And
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  it
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  means
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  further,
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  that
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  Abraham
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  is
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  father
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  of
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  all
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  people
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  who
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  embrace
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  what
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  God
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  does
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  for
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  them
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  while
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  they
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  were
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  still
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  on
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  the
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  outs
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  with
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  God,
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  as
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  yet
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  unidentified,
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  as
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  God's
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  in
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  an
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  uncircumcised
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  condition.
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  It
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  is
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  precisely
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  these
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  people
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  in
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  the
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  condition
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  who
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  are
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  called
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  set
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  right
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  by
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  God
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  and
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  with
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  God.
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  Abraham
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  is
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  also,
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  of
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  course,
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  father
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  of
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  those
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  who
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  have
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  undergone
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  the
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  religious
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  rite
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  of
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  circumcision,
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  not
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  just
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  because
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  of
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  the
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  ritual,
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  but
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  because
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  they're
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  willing
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  to
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  live
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  in
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  the
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  risky
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  faith
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  embrace
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  of
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  God's
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  actions
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  for
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  theirs,
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  the
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  way
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  Abraham
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  long
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  lived
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  before
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  he
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  was
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  marked
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  by
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  circumcision.
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  That
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  famous
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  promise
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  God
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  gave
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  Abraham
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  that
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  he
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  and
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  his
• 3:10
  children
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  would
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  possess
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  the
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  earth
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  was
• 3:12
  not
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  given
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  because
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  of
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  something
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  Abraham
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  did
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  or
• 3:14
  would
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  do.
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  It
• 3:15
  was
• 3:16
  based
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  on
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  God's
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  decision
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  to
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  put
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  everything
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  together
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  for
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  him,
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  which
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  God
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  then
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  entered
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  when
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  he
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  believed.
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  If
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  those
• 3:22
  who
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  get
• 3:23
  what
• 3:23
  God
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  gives
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  them
• 3:24
  only
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  get
• 3:24
  it
• 3:24
  by
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  doing
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  everything
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  they
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  are
• 3:25
  told
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  to
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  do
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  and
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  filling
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  it
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  all
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  out,
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  the
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  right
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  forms
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  properly
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  signed,
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  that
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  eliminates
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  personal
• 3:31
  trust
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  completely
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  and
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  turns
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  the
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  promise
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  into
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  an
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  ironclad
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  contract.
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  That's
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  not
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  a
• 3:38
  holy
• 3:38
  promise,
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  that's
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  a
• 3:39
  business
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  deal.
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  A
• 3:42
  contract
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  drawn
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  up
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  by
• 3:43
  hard
• 3:43
  nosed
• 3:43
  lawyer
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  with
• 3:44
  plenty
• 3:45
  of
• 3:45
  fine
• 3:45
  print.
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  Only
• 3:46
  make
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  sure
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  that
• 3:47
  you
• 3:47
  will
• 3:47
  never
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  be
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  able
• 3:48
  to
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  collect.
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  But
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  if
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  there
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  is
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  no
• 3:51
  contract
• 3:51
  in
• 3:51
  the
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  first
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  place,
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  simply
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  a
• 3:54
  promise
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  and
• 3:55
  God's
• 3:56
  promise
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  of
• 3:57
  that
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  you
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  can't
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  break
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  it.
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  Well
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  friends,
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  let's
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  get
• 4:03
  into
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  this,
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  this
• 4:05
  episode
• 4:06
  here,
• 4:06
  this,
• 4:07
  this
• 4:07
  teaching
• 4:08
  here
• 4:08
  today.
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  And
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  I
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  just
• 4:11
  would,
• 4:11
  I'm
• 4:11
  reading
• 4:12
  from
• 4:12
  the
• 4:12
  message
• 4:12
  translation
• 4:13
  by
• 4:13
  Eugene
• 4:14
  Peterson
• 4:15
  and
• 4:15
  he
• 4:15
  really
• 4:15
  has
• 4:15
  a
• 4:15
  way
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  just
• 4:16
  cutting
• 4:16
  through
• 4:16
  all
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  religious
• 4:17
  nonsense,
• 4:17
  the
• 4:18
  fog
• 4:18
  and
• 4:18
  getting
• 4:19
  right
• 4:19
  to
• 4:19
  the
• 4:19
  heart
• 4:20
  of
• 4:20
  things.
• 4:20
  And
• 4:20
  I,
• 4:21
  I
• 4:21
  love
• 4:22
  that.
• 4:22
  So
• 4:22
  let's
• 4:22
  get
• 4:22
  into
• 4:23
  it.
• 4:23
  Paul's
• 4:24
  making
• 4:24
  this
• 4:24
  really
• 4:25
  compelling
• 4:25
  argument
• 4:25
  in
• 4:26
  Romans
• 4:26
  4.
• 4:27
  He's
• 4:27
  pointing
• 4:27
  back
• 4:27
  to
• 4:28
  Abraham
• 4:28
  and
• 4:28
  to
• 4:28
  David
• 4:29
  and
• 4:29
  he's
• 4:29
  asking
• 4:30
  the
• 4:30
  question,
• 4:31
  I
• 4:31
  still
• 4:31
  think
• 4:31
  it
• 4:31
  matters
• 4:32
  today.
• 4:32
  He
• 4:32
  says,
• 4:33
  look,
• 4:33
  when
• 4:34
  God
• 4:34
  declared
• 4:34
  Abraham
• 4:35
  right
• 4:35
  and
• 4:35
  good
• 4:35
  and
• 4:35
  accepted,
• 4:36
  was
• 4:36
  that
• 4:36
  before
• 4:37
  or
• 4:38
  after
• 4:38
  Abraham
• 4:38
  had
• 4:39
  done
• 4:39
  the
• 4:39
  religious
• 4:40
  things?
• 4:41
  Before
• 4:41
  or
• 4:41
  after
• 4:42
  circumcision?
• 4:44
  And
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  answer
• 4:44
  is
• 4:44
  before
• 4:45
  God
• 4:46
  embraced
• 4:46
  Abraham,
• 4:46
  before
• 4:47
  Abraham
• 4:47
  had
• 4:47
  checked
• 4:48
  a
• 4:49
  single
• 4:50
  religious
• 4:50
  box.
• 4:52
  So
• 4:53
  then
• 4:54
  Paul
• 4:54
  drives
• 4:54
  the
• 4:54
  point
• 4:55
  further.
• 4:55
  He
• 4:56
  says
• 4:56
  God's
• 4:56
  famous
• 4:57
  promise
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  Abraham
• 4:58
  that
• 4:58
  he
• 4:59
  and
• 4:59
  his
• 4:59
  children
• 4:59
  would
• 4:59
  possess
• 5:00
  the
• 5:00
  earth
• 5:01
  wasn't
• 5:01
  based
• 5:01
  on
• 5:02
  anything
• 5:02
  Abraham
• 5:02
  did
• 5:02
  or
• 5:03
  would
• 5:03
  do.
• 5:03
  It
• 5:03
  was
• 5:03
  based
• 5:03
  on
• 5:04
  God's
• 5:04
  decision.
• 5:06
  Then
• 5:06
  Paul
• 5:06
  drops
• 5:06
  this
• 5:07
  line
• 5:07
  that
• 5:09
  kind
• 5:09
  of
• 5:09
  gets
• 5:09
  to
• 5:09
  me.
• 5:10
  He
• 5:10
  goes,
• 5:10
  if
• 5:10
  those
• 5:11
  who
• 5:11
  get
• 5:11
  what
• 5:11
  God
• 5:12
  gives
• 5:12
  them
• 5:12
  only
• 5:12
  get
• 5:13
  it
• 5:13
  by
• 5:13
  doing
• 5:13
  everything
• 5:14
  they
• 5:14
  are
• 5:14
  told
• 5:15
  to
• 5:15
  do
• 5:16
  and
• 5:16
  filling
• 5:17
  out
• 5:17
  all
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  right
• 5:17
  forms
• 5:18
  properly
• 5:18
  sign,
• 5:19
  that
• 5:20
  eliminates
• 5:20
  personal
• 5:20
  trust
• 5:21
  completely
• 5:22
  and
• 5:22
  turns
• 5:22
  the
• 5:22
  promise
• 5:23
  to
• 5:23
  do
• 5:23
  an
• 5:23
  ironclad
• 5:24
  contract.
• 5:26
  He
• 5:27
  says
• 5:27
  that's
• 5:27
  not
• 5:27
  a
• 5:27
  holy
• 5:28
  promise,
• 5:29
  that's
• 5:29
  a
• 5:29
  business
• 5:30
  deal.
• 5:31
  So
• 5:31
  that's
• 5:31
  what
• 5:31
  we're
• 5:31
  going
• 5:31
  to
• 5:32
  unpack
• 5:32
  for
• 5:32
  a
• 5:32
  couple
• 5:32
  points
• 5:33
  to
• 5:33
  ponder.
• 5:34
  The
• 5:34
  first
• 5:34
  one
• 5:35
  is
• 5:35
  this.
• 5:35
  God's
• 5:36
  grace
• 5:36
  has
• 5:37
  always
• 5:37
  been
• 5:37
  wider
• 5:37
  than
• 5:38
  our
• 5:38
  categories.
• 5:39
  Paul
• 5:39
  is
• 5:40
  writing
• 5:40
  to
• 5:40
  a
• 5:40
  community
• 5:40
  that
• 5:40
  was
• 5:41
  deeply
• 5:41
  divided
• 5:41
  over
• 5:41
  who
• 5:42
  was
• 5:42
  in
• 5:42
  and
• 5:43
  who
• 5:43
  was
• 5:43
  out,
• 5:44
  who
• 5:44
  had
• 5:44
  the
• 5:44
  right
• 5:44
  credentials,
• 5:45
  who
• 5:46
  followed
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  right
• 5:46
  rituals.
• 5:47
  And
• 5:48
  Paul
• 5:48
  says,
• 5:48
  look
• 5:49
  at
• 5:49
  Abraham,
• 5:49
  the
• 5:49
  father
• 5:49
  of
• 5:50
  the
• 5:50
  whole
• 5:50
  faith.
• 5:51
  And
• 5:51
  God
• 5:51
  accepted
• 5:52
  him
• 5:52
  before
• 5:52
  any
• 5:52
  of
• 5:52
  that.
• 5:54
  You
• 5:54
  know,
• 5:55
  I
• 5:55
  think
• 5:55
  about
• 5:55
  this
• 5:56
  in
• 5:56
  my
• 5:56
  own
• 5:56
  life.
• 5:57
  My
• 5:58
  wife
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  I
• 5:58
  have
• 5:58
  raised
• 5:59
  three
• 6:00
  children
• 6:01
  who've
• 6:01
  grown
• 6:02
  into
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  amazing
• 6:02
  adults.
• 6:04
  And
• 6:04
  one
• 6:05
  thing
• 6:05
  we
• 6:05
  learned
• 6:05
  about
• 6:05
  raising
• 6:06
  our
• 6:06
  kids
• 6:07
  is
• 6:07
  that
• 6:08
  love
• 6:08
  is
• 6:09
  not
• 6:09
  conditional
• 6:09
  on
• 6:10
  their
• 6:10
  performance
• 6:12
  or
• 6:12
  when
• 6:12
  I
• 6:12
  see
• 6:13
  my
• 6:13
  granddaughters
• 6:13
  performing
• 6:14
  in
• 6:15
  a
• 6:15
  dance
• 6:16
  recital
• 6:16
  or
• 6:16
  something.
• 6:17
  And
• 6:18
  and
• 6:18
  there's
• 6:19
  a
• 6:19
  lot
• 6:19
  of
• 6:20
  fun
• 6:20
  with
• 6:20
  that.
• 6:21
  I'm
• 6:21
  not
• 6:21
  thinking
• 6:21
  whether
• 6:22
  they've
• 6:22
  earned
• 6:23
  perfection
• 6:24
  on
• 6:24
  their
• 6:24
  performance.
• 6:25
  What
• 6:25
  they
• 6:26
  all
• 6:26
  they
• 6:26
  have
• 6:26
  is
• 6:26
  my
• 6:27
  affection.
• 6:28
  That's
• 6:29
  what
• 6:30
  it's
• 6:30
  all
• 6:30
  about.
• 6:33
  God's
• 6:33
  love
• 6:33
  is
• 6:34
  never
• 6:34
  meant
• 6:34
  to
• 6:34
  be
• 6:34
  gated
• 6:35
  behind
• 6:35
  Credentials
• 6:37
  the
• 6:37
  right
• 6:37
  background,
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  right
• 6:38
  religious
• 6:39
  pedigree.
• 6:40
  Grace
• 6:40
  by
• 6:40
  definition,
• 6:41
  arise
• 6:41
  before
• 6:41
  we're
• 6:42
  ready
• 6:42
  for
• 6:42
  it.
• 6:43
  A
• 6:44
  second
• 6:44
  point
• 6:44
  to
• 6:44
  ponder
• 6:46
  Promise
• 6:46
  is
• 6:46
  not
• 6:46
  the
• 6:47
  same
• 6:47
  as
• 6:47
  contract
• 6:48
  and
• 6:48
  this
• 6:49
  might
• 6:49
  be
• 6:49
  the
• 6:49
  most
• 6:49
  liberating
• 6:50
  thing
• 6:50
  about
• 6:50
  this
• 6:50
  whole
• 6:51
  passage.
• 6:52
  Paul
• 6:53
  draws
• 6:53
  a
• 6:53
  sharp
• 6:53
  line
• 6:53
  between
• 6:54
  the
• 6:54
  promise
• 6:54
  and
• 6:54
  a
• 6:55
  contract.
• 6:55
  A
• 6:55
  contract
• 6:56
  says
• 6:56
  you
• 6:56
  perform
• 6:57
  and
• 6:57
  I'll
• 6:57
  deliver.
• 6:58
  A
• 6:58
  promise
• 6:59
  says
• 6:59
  I've
• 6:59
  already
• 6:59
  decided.
• 7:00
  Come
• 7:00
  as
• 7:00
  you
• 7:01
  are.
• 7:02
  I
• 7:02
  do
• 7:02
  a
• 7:03
  weekly
• 7:03
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• 7:03
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• 7:04
  people
• 7:04
  impacted
• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:05
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• 7:06
  with
• 7:06
  hope
• 7:06
  and
• 7:06
  humor
• 7:07
  and
• 7:07
  I
• 7:08
  can
• 7:08
  tell
• 7:08
  you
• 7:08
  when
• 7:08
  someone
• 7:08
  is
• 7:09
  sitting
• 7:09
  in
• 7:09
  a
• 7:09
  chemo
• 7:09
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• 7:10
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• 7:10
  waiting
• 7:10
  for
• 7:10
  a
• 7:10
  scan.
• 7:11
  The
• 7:11
  last
• 7:12
  thing
• 7:12
  they
• 7:12
  need
• 7:12
  is
• 7:12
  a
• 7:12
  God
• 7:12
  who's
• 7:13
  checking
• 7:13
  the
• 7:13
  fine
• 7:13
  print.
• 7:15
  They
• 7:15
  need
• 7:15
  a
• 7:15
  God
• 7:15
  who's
• 7:16
  already
• 7:16
  decided
• 7:16
  to
• 7:17
  be
• 7:17
  with
• 7:17
  them.
• 7:19
  That's
• 7:20
  the
• 7:20
  God
• 7:20
  that
• 7:20
  Paul
• 7:21
  is
• 7:21
  describing
• 7:21
  here.
• 7:22
  Not
• 7:22
  a
• 7:22
  hard
• 7:23
  nosed
• 7:23
  lawyer
• 7:24
  with
• 7:24
  an
• 7:24
  ironclad
• 7:25
  contract,
• 7:26
  but
• 7:26
  a
• 7:26
  promise
• 7:27
  maker
• 7:28
  whose
• 7:28
  word
• 7:29
  doesn't
• 7:29
  depend
• 7:29
  on
• 7:29
  our
• 7:29
  ability
• 7:30
  to
• 7:30
  hold
• 7:30
  up
• 7:30
  our
• 7:30
  end.
• 7:32
  When
• 7:32
  we
• 7:32
  turn
• 7:33
  faith
• 7:33
  into
• 7:33
  a
• 7:33
  checklist,
• 7:35
  we
• 7:35
  believe
• 7:35
  the
• 7:35
  right
• 7:36
  things.
• 7:36
  We
• 7:36
  say
• 7:36
  the
• 7:37
  right
• 7:37
  words,
• 7:37
  follow
• 7:37
  the
• 7:37
  right
• 7:38
  rules.
• 7:39
  We've
• 7:39
  turned
• 7:39
  the
• 7:39
  promise
• 7:40
  into
• 7:40
  a
• 7:40
  business
• 7:40
  deal
• 7:42
  and
• 7:42
  Paul
• 7:42
  says
• 7:42
  that
• 7:43
  actually
• 7:43
  eliminates
• 7:44
  trust.
• 7:45
  Remember,
• 7:45
  real
• 7:46
  faith
• 7:46
  is
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  risky,
• 7:47
  open
• 7:48
  handed
• 7:48
  embrace
• 7:48
  of
• 7:49
  a
• 7:49
  God
• 7:49
  who's
• 7:49
  already
• 7:49
  moved
• 7:50
  towards
• 7:50
  us.
• 7:52
  Now
• 7:52
  let's
• 7:52
  talk
• 7:52
  about
• 7:52
  an
• 7:53
  actions
• 7:53
  tip.
• 7:54
  Identify
• 7:54
  one
• 7:55
  area
• 7:55
  of
• 7:55
  your
• 7:55
  life
• 7:55
  where
• 7:55
  you've
• 7:56
  been
• 7:56
  treating
• 7:56
  it.
• 7:57
  Your
• 7:57
  relation
• 7:57
  with
• 7:58
  God.
• 7:59
  Like
• 7:59
  a
• 7:59
  contract
• 8:00
  instead
• 8:00
  of
• 8:00
  a
• 8:00
  promise.
• 8:02
  Maybe
• 8:02
  it's
• 8:02
  feel
• 8:03
  like
• 8:03
  you
• 8:03
  kind
• 8:03
  of
• 8:03
  have
• 8:04
  to
• 8:04
  earn
• 8:04
  God's
• 8:04
  love.
• 8:05
  Or
• 8:06
  maybe
• 8:06
  it's
• 8:06
  a
• 8:06
  place
• 8:06
  where
• 8:06
  you're
• 8:07
  keeping
• 8:07
  scorn
• 8:07
  yourself
• 8:08
  or
• 8:08
  someone
• 8:08
  else.
• 8:09
  Name
• 8:10
  it,
• 8:10
  write
• 8:10
  it
• 8:10
  down
• 8:11
  and
• 8:11
  then
• 8:12
  deliberately
• 8:12
  release
• 8:13
  it.
• 8:13
  Say
• 8:14
  it
• 8:14
  out
• 8:14
  loud
• 8:14
  if
• 8:14
  you
• 8:14
  need
• 8:14
  to.
• 8:15
  This
• 8:16
  is
• 8:16
  a
• 8:16
  promise,
• 8:16
  not
• 8:17
  a
• 8:17
  contract.
• 8:18
  And
• 8:18
  then
• 8:19
  let
• 8:19
  the
• 8:19
  truth
• 8:19
  settle
• 8:20
  in
• 8:20
  about
• 8:21
  whatever
• 8:21
  anxiety
• 8:22
  or
• 8:22
  shame
• 8:22
  or
• 8:22
  score
• 8:23
  keeping
• 8:23
  you
• 8:23
  might
• 8:23
  be
• 8:23
  doing
• 8:24
  you'll
• 8:25
  be
• 8:25
  carrying
• 8:25
  around.
• 8:25
  Just
• 8:26
  let
• 8:26
  it
• 8:26
  go.
• 8:27
  It's
• 8:27
  a
• 8:28
  promise,
• 8:29
  not
• 8:29
  a
• 8:29
  contract.
• 8:32
  Come
• 8:32
  back
• 8:32
  and
• 8:32
  have
• 8:32
  a
• 8:32
  prayer
• 8:32
  in
• 8:33
  just
• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:33
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• 8:33
  you
• 8:34
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• 8:34
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• 8:34
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• 8:34
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• 8:34
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• 8:36
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• 8:38
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• 8:39
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
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• 8:40
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• 8:41
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• 8:42
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:43
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• 8:44
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• 8:45
  God,
• 8:45
  thank
• 8:46
  you
• 8:46
  that
• 8:46
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• 8:46
  not
• 8:46
  a
• 8:46
  hard
• 8:47
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• 8:48
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• 8:48
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• 8:49
  thank
• 8:49
  you
• 8:49
  that
• 8:49
  your
• 8:49
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• 8:50
  shows
• 8:50
  up
• 8:50
  in
• 8:50
  our
• 8:50
  lives
• 8:51
  before
• 8:51
  we
• 8:51
  had
• 8:52
  any
• 8:52
  idea
• 8:52
  of
• 8:53
  what
• 8:53
  to
• 8:53
  do
• 8:53
  with
• 8:53
  it.
• 8:54
  For
• 8:54
  those
• 8:54
  of
• 8:55
  us
• 8:55
  who
• 8:55
  spent
• 8:55
  years
• 8:55
  trying
• 8:55
  to
• 8:56
  earn
• 8:56
  what
• 8:56
  you've
• 8:57
  already
• 8:57
  freely
• 8:57
  given,
• 8:58
  would
• 8:58
  you
• 8:58
  loosen
• 8:59
  that
• 8:59
  grip
• 8:59
  today?
• 9:01
  For
• 9:01
  those
• 9:01
  of
• 9:01
  us
• 9:02
  who
• 9:02
  feel
• 9:02
  like
• 9:02
  we're
• 9:02
  on
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  outs,
• 9:03
  Too
• 9:03
  messy,
• 9:03
  too
• 9:03
  doubtful,
• 9:04
  Too
• 9:04
  far
• 9:05
  from
• 9:05
  the
• 9:05
  religious
• 9:06
  center,
• 9:07
  would
• 9:07
  you
• 9:07
  remind
• 9:07
  us
• 9:07
  that
• 9:08
  Abraham
• 9:08
  was
• 9:08
  right
• 9:08
  there
• 9:09
  too
• 9:10
  and
• 9:10
  you
• 9:10
  called
• 9:10
  him
• 9:11
  yours?
• 9:11
  Anyway,
• 9:12
  meet
• 9:12
  us
• 9:13
  in
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  chemo
• 9:13
  chairs,
• 9:14
  on
• 9:14
  the
• 9:14
  hiking
• 9:14
  trails,
• 9:15
  in
• 9:15
  living
• 9:16
  rooms
• 9:16
  where
• 9:16
  grandkids
• 9:17
  are
• 9:17
  laughing,
• 9:18
  in
• 9:18
  quiet
• 9:19
  places
• 9:19
  where
• 9:20
  we're
• 9:21
  not
• 9:21
  sure
• 9:21
  we're
• 9:21
  enough.
• 9:22
  We
• 9:22
  trust
• 9:23
  your
• 9:23
  promise
• 9:24
  today,
• 9:25
  not
• 9:25
  because
• 9:25
  we
• 9:26
  fill
• 9:26
  out
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  right
• 9:26
  forms,
• 9:27
  but
• 9:27
  because
• 9:27
  you've
• 9:28
  already
• 9:28
  decided
• 9:29
  that's
• 9:30
  more
• 9:30
  than
• 9:30
  enough.
• 9:32
  Amen.
• 9:44
  My
• 9:45
  friend,
• 9:45
  I
• 9:45
  am
• 9:46
  delighted
• 9:46
  you
• 9:47
  chose
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  join
• 9:48
  me
• 9:48
  for
• 9:48
  today's
• 9:48
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• 9:49
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• 9:57
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• 9:58
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• 9:58
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• 9:58
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  Dr.
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