Hi, and welcome to
His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for coming apart to read
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God's Word with me today. Before
we read about God's message
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through Paul to
the church in Romans.
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Let's go to Him in Prayer.
Dear Jesus, thank you so much
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for your love and
your mercy and your grace.
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that we're reading about, and
help us to understand the role
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that grace plays in our life,
and how it should be something
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that we are daily thankful
for; because we could not live
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without it. Thank you
also for your mercies,
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which are new every morning.
Help us to never abuse your
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grace and mercy; but to take
it with thanksgiving and to draw
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closer to you because
of it. We love you. Amen.
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I'm reading again
from the book of Romans,
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in Chapter 11, and
we're starting with verse 27
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And this is the
King James Version.
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For this is my covenant unto
them, when I shall take away
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their sins. As concerning
the gospel, they are enemies
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for your sakes: but as touching
the election, they are beloved
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for the father's sakes. For
the gifts and calling of God
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are without repentance.
For as ye in times past
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have not believed God,
yet have now obtained mercy
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through their unbelief:
Even so have these also now
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not believed, that through your
mercy they also may obtain mercy
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For God hath concluded them all
in unbelief, that he might have
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mercy upon all. O the depths
of the riches both of the wisdom
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and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable are his judgments,
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and His ways past finding
out! For who hath known the mind
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of the Lord? or who
hath been his counselor?
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Or who hath first given to
him, and it shall be recompensed
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unto him again? For of him,
and through him, and to him,
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are all things: to
whom be glory for ever. Amen
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Continuing to read in
Romans, Chapter twelve.
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I beseech you, therefore
brethren by the mercies of God,
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that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
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acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service.
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Be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the
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renewing of your mind, that
ye may prove what is that good,
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and acceptable, and
perfect will of God. For I say,
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through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you.
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not to think of himself more
highly than he ought to think;
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but to think soberly, according
as God hath dealt to every man
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the measure of faith. For as we
have many members in one body,
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and all members have not the
same office: So we, being many,
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are one body in Christ, and
every one members one of another
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Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is
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given to us, whether prophecy,
let us prophecy according to
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the proportion of faith; Or
ministry, let us wait on our
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ministering: or that
teacheth, on teaching;
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Or he that
exhorteth, on exhortation:
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he that giveth, let
him do it with simplicity;
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he that ruleth, with diligence;
he that sheweth mercy,
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with cheerfulness. Let
love be without dissimulation.
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Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good.
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Be kindly affectioned one
to another with brotherly love;
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in honor preferring one another;
Not slothful in business;
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fervent in spirit; serving
the Lord; Rejoicing in hope;
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patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
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Distributing to the necessity
of saints; given to hospitality.
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Bless them which persecute
you: bless, and curse not.
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Rejoice with
them that do rejoice,
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and weep with them that weep.
Be of the same mind one toward
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another. Mind not high
things but condescend to men
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of low estate. Be not
wise in your own conceits.
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Recompense to no man evil
for evil. Provide things honest
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in the sight of all
men. If it be possible,
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as much as lies in you,
live peaceably with all men.
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Dearly beloved, avenge
not yourselves, but rather
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give place unto wrath: for it
is written, Vengeance is mine;
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I will repay, saith the Lord.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger,
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feed him; if he thirst,
give him drink: for in so doing
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thou shalt heap
coals of fire on his head.
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Be not overcome of evil,
but overcome evil with good.
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Reading from the
King James version,
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in the book of
Romans, chapter 13.
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Let every soul be
subject unto the higher powers.
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For there is no power but
of God: the powers that be
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are ordained of God. Whosoever
therefore resisteth the power.
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resisteth the ordinance
of God: and they that resist
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shall receive to
themselves damnation.
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For rulers are not a terror
to good works, but to the evil.
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Wilt thou then not
be afraid of the power?
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do that which is good, and thou
shalt have praise of the same:
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For he is the minister
of God to thee for good.
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But if thou do that
which is evil, be afraid;
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for he beareth
not the sword in vain:
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for he is the minister of
God, a revenger to execute wrath
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upon him that doeth evil.
wherefore ye must needs be
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subject, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience sake.
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For this cause
pay ye tribute also:
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for they are God's
ministers, attending continually
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upon this very thing. Render
therefore to all their dues:
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tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom;
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fear to whom fear;
honour to whom honour.
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Owe no man anything,
but to love one another:
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for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
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For this, thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not kill,
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Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness,
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Thou shalt not covet; and if
there be any other commandment,
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it is briefly comprehended
in this saying, namely
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Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.
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Love worketh no ill to
his neighbor: therefore love
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is the fulfilling of the
law. And that, knowing the time,
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that now it is high
time to awake out of sleep:
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for now is our salvation
nearer than when we believed.
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The night is far
spent, the day is at hand:
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let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness
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and let us put on the armour
of light. Let us walk honestly,
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as in the day; not in
rioting and drunkenness,
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not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife
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and envying. But put ye
on the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and make not provision for
the flesh, to fulfill the lusts
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thereof. - We're
reading from the book of Romans
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in the King James
version. Now chapter fourteen.
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Him that is weak in the faith
receive ye, but not to doubtful
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disputations. For one believeth
that he may eat all things:
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another, who is
weak, eateth herbs.
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Let not him that eateth
despise him that eateth not;
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and let not him which eateth
not judge him that eateth.
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For God hath received
him. Who art thou that judgest
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another man's servant? to
his own master he standeth
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or falleth. Yea, he shall
be holden up: for God is able
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to make him stand. One man
esteemeth one day above another:
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another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully
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persuaded in his own
mind. He that regardeth the day,
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regardeth it unto the
Lord; and he that regardeth not
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the day, to the Lord he doth
not regard it. He that eateth
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eateth to the Lord,
for he giveth God thanks;
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and he that eateth not,
to the Lord he eateth not,
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and giveth God thanks. For
none of us liveth to himself,
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and no man dieth to
himself. For whether we live,
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we live unto the
Lord; and whether we die,
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we die unto the Lord: whether
we live therefore, or die,
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we are the Lord's. For to this
end Christ both died, and rose,
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and revived, that he might
be be Lord both of the dead
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and living. But why
dost thou judge thy brother?
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or why dost thou set
at naught thy brother?
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For we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
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For it is written, As
I live, saith the Lord,
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every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess
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to God. So then every one of
us shall give account of himself
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to God. Let us not therefore
judge one another any more:
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but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock
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or an occasion to
fall in his brother's way.
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I know, and am
persuaded by the Lord Jesus,
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that there is
nothing unclean of itself:
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but to him that esteemeth
any thing to be unclean,
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to him it is unclean. But if thy
brother be grieved with thy meat
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now walkest thou not charitably.
Destroy not him with thy meat,
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for whom Christ died. Let not
then your good be evil spoken of
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For the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink;
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but righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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For he that in these things
serveth Christ is acceptable
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to God, and approved of men.
Let us therefore follow after
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the things which make for peace,
and things wherewith one may
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edify another. For meat
destroy not the work of God.
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All things indeed are pure;
but it is evil for that man
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who eateth with offence. It
is good neither to eat flesh,
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or to drink wine, nor any thing
whereby thy brother stumbleth,
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or is offended, or is
made weak. Hast thou faith?
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have it to thyself before God.
Happy is he that condemneth not
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himself in that thing which he
alloweth. And he that doubteth
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is damned if he eat,
because he eateth not of faith:
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for whatsoever is
not of faith is sin.
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We're continuing to read in
the book of Romans, chapter 15.
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We then that are strong ought to
bear the infirmities of the weak
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and not to please ourselves,
Let every one of us please
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his neighbor for
his good to edification.
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For even Christ pleased not
himself; but, as it is written,
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The reproaches of them
that reproached thee fell on me.
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For whatsoever things were
written aforetime were written
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for our learning, that we
through patience and comfort
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of the scriptures might have
hope. Now the God of patience
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and consolation grant you to
be likeminded one toward another
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according to Christ
Jesus: That ye may with one mind
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and one mouth glorify God, even
the Father of our Lord Jesus
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Christ. Wherefore receive ye one
another, as Christ also received
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us to the glory of God.
Now I say that Jesus Christ
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was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth
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of God, to confirm the
promises made unto the fathers:
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And that the Gentiles
might glorify God for his mercy;
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as it is written, For this cause
I will confess to thee among
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the Gentiles, and sing unto
thy name. And again he saith,
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Rejoice, ye Gentlies,
with his people. And again,
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Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles
and laud him, all ye people.
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And again, Esaias saith,
There shall be a root of Jesse,
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and he that shall rise
to reign over the Gentiles;
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in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Now the God of hope fill you
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with all joy and peace in
believing, that ye may abound
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in hope through the power of the
Holy Ghost. And I myself also
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am persuaded of you, my brethren
that ye also are full of
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goodness, filled with
all knowledge, able also
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to admonish one
another. Nevertheless, brethren
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I have written the more
boldly unto you in some sort,
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as putting you in mind, because
of the grace that is given
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to me of God, that I should
be the minister of Jesus Christ
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to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of God,
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that the offering up of the
Gentiles might be acceptable,
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being sanctified by the Holy
Ghost. I have therefore whereof
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I may glory through Jesus
Christ in those things which
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pertain to God.
Thank you for coming
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apart to read with me
today. And as a final thought,
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let's read again verse
13. Now the God of hope
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fill you with all joy and peace
in believing, that ye may abound
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in hope, through Christ Jesus.
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