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Romans 3:4

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No! God will continue to be true even when every person is false. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [26]} say:

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I will share my knowledge with everyone.\par God made me and I will prove\par that God is fair.\par

“Job, do you think that I am not fair?\par You say that I am guilty of doing wrong\par so that you will appear innocent!\par

The Lord is good!\par His love is forever.\par We can trust him forever and ever!\par \par \par

Yes, even when I was afraid and said,\par “All men are liars!”\par

From the very beginning,\par all your words could be trusted, Lord.\par And your good law will last forever.\par

God, I bow down toward your holy temple.\par I praise your name,\par your true love,\par and your loyalty.\par You are famous \{for the power of\}\par your word.\par Now you have made it even greater!\par

I did the things you say are wrong.\par God, you are the One I sinned against.\par I confess these things so people will know\par I am wrong, and you are right.\par Your decisions are fair.\par

People can’t really help.\par You can’t trust them to really help.\par Compared to God,\par they are like nothing,\par like a gentle puff of air!\par

\{God,\} please be true to Jacob, {\cf2\super [82]} \par Be kind and loyal to Abraham, {\cf2\super [83]} \par like you promised our ancestors {\cf2\super [84]} \par a long time ago.\par

The Son of Man {\cf2\super [142]} came eating \{like other people\} and drinking wine, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine. He is a friend of tax collectors {\cf2\super [143]} and other bad people.’ But wisdom is shown to be right by the things it does.”

He will come and kill those farmers! Then he will lease the land to some other farmers.”

The person that accepts what he (Jesus) says has given proof that God speaks the truth.

So I ask, “Did God throw out his people?” No! I myself am an Israelite (Jew). I am from the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [114]} from the family group of Benjamin.

So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their mistake brought salvation to the non-Jews. This happened to make the Jews jealous.

So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? No! Faith causes us to be what the law truly wants.

So what should we do? Should we sin because we are under grace (kindness) and not under law? No!

No! We died to (quit living) our old sinful lives. So how can we continue living with sin?

Does this mean that something that is good brought death to me? No! But sin used something that is good to bring death to me. This happened so that I could see what sin is really like. It happened to show that sin is something very, very bad. And the command was used to show this.

You might think that I am saying that sin and the law {\cf2\super [54]} are the same thing. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin means. I would never have known what it means to want something wrong. But the law said, “You must not want \{things that belong to other people\}.” {\cf2\super [55]}

So what should we say about this? Is God not fair? We cannot say that.

Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take the parts of Christ and join those parts to a prostitute {\cf2\super [37]} !

But if you can believe God, then you can believe that what we tell you is never both “Yes” and “No.”

We Jews came to Christ to be made right with God. So it is clear that we were sinners too. Does this mean that Christ makes us sinners? No!

This gift is from God, and it is very important to me. Why? Because if law could make us right with God, then Christ did not have to die.

I hope I will never boast about things like that. The cross (death) of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for boasting. Through Jesus’ death on the cross the world is dead {\cf2\super [80]} to me; and I am dead to the world.

“The Rock (the Lord)—his work is perfect! Why? Because all his ways are right! God is true and faithful. He is good and honest.

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

When I come, I will talk about what Diotrephes is doing. He lies and says evil things about us. But that is not all he does! He refuses to help those brothers \{who are working to serve Christ\}. Diotrephes also stops those people who want to help the brothers. He makes those people leave the church (group of believers).

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}

“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:




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