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have cast out devils? And in thy name done

many wonderful works?” And Jesus will say

to them, “I never knew you: depart from me,

ye that work iniquity.” All our good works,

even those done in the name of Christ,

cannot cleanse us of our sins. Only the

blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin, and

our only hope of a home in Heaven is to

recognize our depraved spiritual condition

and our need of cleansing of our sins by the

sacrifice and shed blood of God’s Son on the

cross of Calvary.

Psalm 8

Psalm 8 is the first of the foregoing psalms of

David that begins with David’s praise and

adoration of God for who God is. David

acknowledges God as the Creator of the

heavens and the earth and seems to

appreciate God’s favor on mankind in that

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