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‘\w Aren’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w ago|strong="G4253"\w* \w raised|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w insurrection|strong="H5376"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w four|strong="G5070"\w* \w thousand|strong="G5070"\w* \w Bandits|strong="H1416"\w* \w out|strong="G1806"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wilderness|strong="G2048"\w*?’<pb/>


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‘\w No|strong="G3756"\w*,’ \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w Tarsus|strong="G5018"\w* \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w Cilicia|strong="G2791"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w citizen|strong="G4177"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G4172"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w note|strong="H3045"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G1189"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w permission|strong="G2010"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.’<pb/>


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\w While|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w getting|strong="H7075"\w* \w close|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*, \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w midday|strong="H6672"\w*, \w suddenly|strong="G1810"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w flashed|strong="G4015"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w round|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.


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\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1475"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* <J>“\+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w Saul|strong="G4549"\+w*, \+w why|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w are|strong="G3588"\+w* \+w you|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*?”</J>


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“\w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w replied|strong="G3004"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* <J>“\+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w am|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w Jesus|strong="G2424"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w Nazareth|strong="G3480"\+w* \+w whom|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w are|strong="G1510"\+w* \+w persecuting|strong="G1377"\+w*.”</J>


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\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w saw|strong="G2300"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* speaker’s \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* “\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*?” <J>“\+w Get|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w up|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w go|strong="G4198"\+w* \+w into|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w Damascus|strong="G1154"\+w*,”</J> \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, <J>“\+w and|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w there|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w will|strong="G5101"\+w* \+w be|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w told|strong="G3004"\+w* \+w all|strong="G3956"\+w* \+w that|strong="G3739"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w have|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w been|strong="G2962"\+w* \+w appointed|strong="G4160"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w do|strong="G4160"\+w*.”</J>


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\w In|strong="G1519"\w* consequence \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w dazzling|strong="H6703"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G1689"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1689"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w companions|strong="G3588"\w* \w held|strong="H2388"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w*, \w until|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w reached|strong="G1519"\w* \w Damascus|strong="G1154"\w*.


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\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* <J>“\+w Make|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w haste|strong="G4692"\+w* \+w and|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w leave|strong="G1831"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\+w* \+w at|strong="G1722"\+w* \+w once|strong="H6471"\+w*, \+w because|strong="G1360"\+w* \+w they|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w not|strong="G3756"\+w* \+w accept|strong="G3858"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w testimony|strong="G3141"\+w* \+w about|strong="G4012"\+w* \+w me|strong="G1473"\+w*.”</J>


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\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* <J>“\+w Go|strong="G4198"\+w*; \+w for|strong="G3754"\+w* \+w I|strong="G1473"\+w* \+w will|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w send|strong="G1821"\+w* \+w you|strong="G4771"\+w* \+w to|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\+w* \+w far|strong="G3112"\+w* \+w away|strong="G1821"\+w*”.’</J><pb/>


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\w Up|strong="G1869"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w point|strong="H6856"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w*, ‘\w Kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*! \w A|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellow|strong="G5108"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2520"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*!’


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\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w commanding|strong="G2753"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* \w ordered|strong="G2753"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3148"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Fort|strong="H1785"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w directed|strong="H5090"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w examined|strong="H3947"\w* \w under|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* lash \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w* \w find|strong="G1921"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w outcry|strong="H6818"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2476"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w scourged|strong="H5217"\w*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w standing|strong="G2476"\w* \w near|strong="G4314"\w*, ‘\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w legal|strong="H1779"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w scourge|strong="G3147"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w citizen|strong="H5997"\w*, unconvicted?’


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\w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w centurion|strong="G1543"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*. ‘\w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*?’ \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*. ‘\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w citizen|strong="H5997"\w*.’


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\w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commanding|strong="H6680"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w* \w went|strong="G4334"\w* \w up|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w citizen|strong="H5997"\w*?’ <pb/>‘\w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*,’ \w replied|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w*.


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‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* \w price|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w position|strong="H3678"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w citizen|strong="H5997"\w*,’ \w said|strong="G5346"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*. ‘\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w birth|strong="G1080"\w*,’ \w rejoined|strong="H0413"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w examined|strong="H3947"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w immediately|strong="G2112"\w* \w drew|strong="G2532"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w officer|strong="H5631"\w*, \w finding|strong="H4672"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Paul|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Roman|strong="G4514"\w* \w citizen|strong="H5997"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w alarmed|strong="H0927"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1210"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w fixed|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Council|strong="G4892"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w*: <pb/>‘\w Brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w ordered|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w life|strong="G4176"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w clear|strong="H5352"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w*, \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.’


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\w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* Ananias \w ordered|strong="G2004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w*;


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\w Paul|strong="G3972"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*: <pb/>‘\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w strike|strong="G5180"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w whitewashed|strong="G2867"\w* \w wall|strong="G5109"\w*! \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2521"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w try|strong="G2919"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w accordance|strong="G2596"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w defiance|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w order|strong="G2753"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w struck|strong="G5180"\w*?’


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\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3004"\w* \w standing|strong="G3936"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3588"\w*, ‘\w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* insulting \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w high|strong="G2316"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*?’<pb/>


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‘\w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w*, \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*,’ \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, ‘\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* – <pb/>“\w Of|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ruler|strong="H4910"\w* \w of|strong="G2992"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G1492"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w ill|strong="H2470"\w*”.’<pb/>


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(\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Sadducees|strong="G4523"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w such|strong="G1161"\w* \w thing|strong="G3004"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* resurrection, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w neither|strong="G3383"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w Pharisees|strong="G5330"\w* \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w both|strong="G1161"\w*.)


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<n>Some later manuscripts add: After he said these things the Jews left, all the while engaging in a heated debate among themselves.</n><pb/>


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w faith|strong="H0539"\w* “\w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w regarded|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.”


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\w Scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* – “\w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w sake|strong="G1752"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w killed|strong="G2289"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w*, \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w regarded|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w to|strong="G2289"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="G4967"\w*.”


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\w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w Word|strong="G3056"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w descended|strong="H3381"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*;


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\w nor|strong="G3761"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Abraham’s|strong="H0085"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*; \w but|strong="G3761"\w* – “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Isaac’s|strong="H3327"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.”


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* – “\w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.”


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\w Nor|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*. \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Rebecca|strong="G4479"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*.


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\w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* – “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w*, \w again|strong="G1519"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w* – “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w purpose|strong="H6098"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w raised|strong="G1825"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w dealings|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*.”


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\w Perhaps|strong="H0194"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* – “\w How|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* blamed? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* withstands \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w purpose|strong="G5101"\w*?”


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\w Has|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w potter|strong="G2763"\w* \w absolute|strong="H0653"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w clay|strong="G4081"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w lump|strong="G5445"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w common|strong="H1121"\w*, \w use|strong="G2192"\w*?


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\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* – \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* – \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*!


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2046"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* – ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* people’, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w execute|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w sentence|strong="H4941"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*, \w fully|strong="H4390"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w delay|strong="H0309"\w*.”


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\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* foretold – “\w Had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* \w some|strong="G5613"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w resemble|strong="H1819"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w And|strong="G4102"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w*? \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w obedience|strong="H3584"\w*, \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w secure|strong="H0982"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w stumbled|strong="G4350"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* stumbling-block.


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\w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* – “\w See|strong="G3708"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* stumbling-block \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w* – \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w prove|strong="H5254"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hindrance; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w shame|strong="G2617"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w writes|strong="G1125"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w results|strong="H6529"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practice|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w results|strong="H6529"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w finds|strong="H4672"\w* \w expression|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*: “\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?’” (\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w*)


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“\w or|strong="G2228"\w* ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w depths|strong="H8415"\w* \w below|strong="H8478"\w*?’” (\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*).


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\w As|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w passage|strong="H4569"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* – “\w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w shame|strong="G2617"\w*.”


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\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* invokes \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w asked|strong="G3767"\w*, \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w invoke|strong="H2142"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w learned|strong="H3925"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*? \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*? \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w unless|strong="G3756"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w proclaims|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*?


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\w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G1437"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G1125"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w his|strong="G5613"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*? \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* – “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G5611"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w bring|strong="G2097"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w Still|strong="H5750"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w may|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w heed|strong="G5219"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w asks|strong="H7592"\w* – “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w teaching|strong="H8451"\w*?”


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\w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* “\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* possible \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*?” \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w*, \w for|strong="G1519"\w* – “\w Their|strong="G2532"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w* \w spread|strong="G1831"\w* \w through|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ends|strong="G4009"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*.”


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\w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* “\w Did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w*?” \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w there|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* – “\w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w stir|strong="H5782"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w rivalry|strong="H7068"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w which|strong="G1484"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w*; \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w an|strong="G1909"\w* undiscerning \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w arouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w your|strong="G1909"\w* \w anger|strong="G3949"\w*.”


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w boldly|strong="H7311"\w* – “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*; \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* inquiring \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* – “\w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w stretched|strong="G1600"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w disobey|strong="H0854"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* contradict.”<pb/>


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\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w Has|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*?” \w Heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w forbid|strong="G1096"\w*! \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israelite|strong="G2475"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*, \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.


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\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Have|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w story|strong="H4605"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* – \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* appeals \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?


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“\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w pulled|strong="H5265"\w* \w down|strong="G2679"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w altars|strong="G2379"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w left|strong="G5275"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w eager|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G2212"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*.”


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\w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w divine|strong="G5538"\w* \w response|strong="G5538"\w*? “\w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w kept|strong="G2641"\w* \w for|strong="G3756"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w seven|strong="G2035"\w* \w thousand|strong="G2035"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w bowed|strong="G2578"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w knee|strong="G1119"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*.”


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\w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w found|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w remnant|strong="G3005"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w selected|strong="H0977"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w*.


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\w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w obedience|strong="H3584"\w*. \w Otherwise|strong="G1893"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w cease|strong="H7673"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w*.


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\w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w follows|strong="H3652"\w* \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w Why|strong="G5101"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w secure|strong="H0982"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeking|strong="G1934"\w*, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w selected|strong="H0977"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w secure|strong="H0982"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.


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\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* callous; \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1125"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* – “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* deadness \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* – \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* – \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.”


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\w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkened|strong="G4654"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w backs|strong="G3577"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bend|strong="G4781"\w*.”


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