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AUGUST 8
Romans 9:1–15
I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my
9 conscience also bearing me witness in the
Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and con- 9:4 Israelites. The descendants of Abraham
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tinual grief in my heart. For I could wish that through Jacob, whose name God changed to
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Israel (Gen.32:28).adoption.Not in the sense of
I myself were accursed from Christ for my providing salvation to every person born a Jew
brethren, my countrymen according to the (8:15–23; 9:6), but sovereignly selecting an
flesh, who are Israelites, to whom pertain the entire nation to receive His special calling,
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adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving covenant, and blessing and to serve as His wit-
of the law, the service of God, and the promis- ness nation (Ex. 4:22;19:6; Hos. 11:1; Is. 46:3,4).
es; of whom are the fathers and from whom, glory. The glory cloud (Shekinah) that pictured
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according to the flesh, Christ came, who is God’s presence in the Old Testament (Ex. 16:10;
over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen. 24:16,17; 29:42,43; Lev. 9:23). His glory was
But it is not that the word of God has taken supremely present in the Holy of Holies in both
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no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of the tabernacle and the temple,which served as
Israel, nor are they all children because they the throne room of Yahweh, Israel’s King (Ex.
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are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your 25:22;40:34;1 Kin.8:11).covenants. A covenant
seed shall be called.” That is, those who are is a legally binding promise,agreement,or con-
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the children of the flesh, these are not the tract. Three times in the New Testament the
children of God; but the children of the prom- word “covenants”is used in the plural (Gal.4:24;
ise are counted as the seed. For this is the Eph. 2:12). All but one of God’s covenants with
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word of promise: “At this time I will come and man are eternal and unilateral—that is, God
Sarah shall have a son.” promised to accomplish something based on
And not only this, but when Rebecca also had
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conceived by one man, even by our father Isaac actions of the promised beneficiary.The 6 bibli-
(for the children not yet being born, nor hav- Noah (Gen. 9:8–17); 2) the covenant with
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ing done any good or evil, that the purpose of Abraham (Gen. 12:1–3); 3) the covenant of law
God according to election might stand, not of given through Moses at Sinai (Ex. 19–31; Deut.
works but of Him who calls), it was said to 29;30);4) the priestly covenant (Num.25:10–13);
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her, “The older shall serve the younger.” As 5) the covenant of an eternal kingdom through
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it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I David’s greatest Son (2 Sam. 7:8–16); and 6) the
have hated.” New Covenant (Jer. 31:31–34; Ezek. 37:26; Heb.
What shall we say then? Is there unrigh- 8:6–13).All but the Mosaic Covenant are eternal
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teousness with God? Certainly not! For He and unilateral.It is neither,since Israel’s sin abro-
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says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom- gated it and it has been replaced by the New
ever I will have mercy, and I will have com- Covenant (Heb.8:7–13).
passion on whomever I will have compassion.”
DAY 8: Describe what Job was going through?
In Job 7:1,he said,“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?”He felt like a slave under
tyranny of his master,longing for relief and reward (vv.1,2);he was sleepless (v.3,4);he was loathsome
because of worms and scabs, dried filth and new running sores (v. 5); he was like a weaver’s shuttle,
tossed back and forth (v.6);he was like a breath or cloud that comes and goes on its way to death (vv.
7–10).In this discourse,Job attempted to reconcile in his own mind what God was doing.
Job’s Living Death 9. Hallucinations (7:14)
1.Painful boils from head to toe (2:7,13;30:17) 10. Decaying skin (13:28)
2. Severe itching/irritation (2:7,8) 11. Shriveled up (16:8; 17:7; 19:20)
3. Great grief (2:13) 12. Severe halitosis (19:17)
4. Lost appetite (3:24; 6:6,7) 13.Teeth fell out (19:20)
5. Agonizing discomfort (3:24) 14. Relentless pain (30:17)
6. Insomnia (7:4) 15. Skin turned black (30:30)
7.Worm- and dust-infested flesh (7:5) 16. Raging fever (30:30)
8. Continual oozing of boils (7:5) 17. Dramatic weight loss (33:21)

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