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And sow trouble reap the same. I will set him on high, because he has
9 By the blast of God they perish, known My name.
And by the breath of His anger they 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will
are consumed. answer him;
10 The roaring of the lion, I will be with him in trouble;
The voice of the fierce lion, I will deliver him and honor him.
And the teeth of the young lions are 16 With long life I will satisfy him,
broken. And show him My salvation.”
11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the cubs of the lioness are Proverbs 22:15
scattered. 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of
a child;
12 “Now a word was secretly brought to
me, The rod of correction will drive it far
And my ear received a whisper of it. from him.
13 In disquieting thoughts from the Romans 8:1–21
visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men, There is therefore now no condemnation
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, 8 to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do
Which made all my bones shake. not walk according to the flesh, but according
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15 Then a spirit passed before my face; to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in
The hair on my body stood up.
16 It stood still,
But I could not discern its appearance.
A form was before my eyes; 8:1 therefore. The result or consequence of
There was silence; the truth just taught. Normally it marks the
Then I heard a voice saying: conclusion of the verses immediately preced-
17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous ing it. But here it introduces the staggering
than God? results of Paul’s teaching in the first 7 chapters:
Can a man be more pure than his that justification is by faith alone on the basis
Maker? of God’s overwhelming grace. no condemna-
18 If He puts no trust in His servants, tion. Occurring only 3 times in the New
If He charges His angels Testament, all in Romans (5:16,18), “condem-
with error, nation” is used exclusively in judicial settings
19 How much more those who dwell in as the opposite of justification. It refers to a
houses of clay, verdict of guilty and the penalty that verdict
Whose foundation is in the dust, demands.No sin a believer can commit—past,
Who are crushed before a moth? present, or future—can be held against him,
20 They are broken in pieces from since the penalty was paid by Christ and righ-
morning till evening; teousness was imputed to the believer. And
no sin will ever reverse this divine legal deci-
They perish forever, with no one sion. those…in Christ Jesus. I.e., every true
regarding. Christian; to be in Christ means to be united
21 Does not their own excellence with Him.
go away?
They die, even without wisdom.’
Psalm 91:14–16 Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of
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sin and death. For what the law could not do
14 “Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him; in that it was weak through the flesh, God did
by sending His own Son in the likeness of sin-
ful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin
in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of
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the law might be fulfilled in us who do not
91:14 set his love upon Me. God Himself is walk according to the flesh but according to
the speaker in this section (vv. 14–16), and He the Spirit. For those who live according to the
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describes the blessing He gives to those who flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,
know and love Him.The word for “love”means but those who live according to the Spirit, the
a “deep longing”for God or a “clinging”to God. 6
things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded
is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and
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