Mary Reads Scripture

Romans 4:9-12

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9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, 12and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.

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Additional Scripture:
Genesis 13:14-18
Genesis 15:5-6
Genesis 17

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Revelations 19:17-18
17Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, “Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 18that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.”

Romans 4:1-8

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1What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? 2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.  3For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 4Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. 5But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

Romans 3:27-31

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27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.  29Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also, 30since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Romans 3:21-26

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21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:20-23

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20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:19-23

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19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.  20Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:9-18

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9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10As it is written: 

There is none righteous, no, not one;
11There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.
13Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit;
The poison of asps is under their lips;
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17And the way of peace they have not known.
18There is no fear of God before their eyes.
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Additional Scripture Passages:
Psalm 19:3 (Greek Text)
Psalm 13:3 (Greek Text)
Psalm 5:9 (Hebrew Text)
Psalm 10:7 (Hebrew Text)
Psalm 140:3 (Hebrew Text)
Proverbs 1:16 (Hebrew Text)
Isaiah 59:7-8 (Hebrew Text)
Psalm 36:1 (Hebrew Text)

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This week on Mary Reads Scripture, I’d like to talk about some things that have been on my heart in terms of my method for discussing Scripture on this podcast. I hope you will find this episode both challenging and encouraging! I will return to my regular discussion of Romans next week. In the meantime, I’d like to offer up this passage from Job for your reflection. If you find this passage challenging, then my encouragement to you is to go and read all of Job. Read it again and again until you are wise, because wisdom is for everyone! 

Job 1:8-12
“8Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?’

9So Satan answered the Lord and said, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing?  10Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.  11But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!’

12And the Lord said to Satan, ‘Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.’

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”

Romans 3:9

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“9What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.”
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Additional Scripture Passages:
Proverbs 19:3 (Septuigent Text)
“The folly of man lays waste his ways; and God blames his heart.”

Acts 25:6-8
“6And when he had remained among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he (Festus) commanded Paul to be brought.  7When he had come, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood about and laid many serious complaints against Paul, which they could not prove,  8while he answered for himself, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in anything at all.”