A Righteous Branch

Shhh. I know the others are requesting for Malcolms. We still have some DFA problems. And the others also. I can't think of any names, unless, again, I worship service more than him, number 258. I need to add Will Tushka to the list. Will Tushka. I just wrote that last night. T-U-S-H-A-A, I think. Yeah. Will Tushkin. Will Tushkin, is that right? Remember him in your prayers? What's his situation? He had cancer and it went away and now it's coming back again. It's fighting again. It often does. Him number 258. I see.

I'm in the depths of My savior is Jesus my lord He gave my burden away He will hold me up when I shall be blue He gives me strength as my king He hides my soul and come Holy grounds, with fields full as with thine, I sing thy praise true. Glory to God, for such a Redeemer as thine! Behind my soul, in the cleft of the rock that shadows the dark, thirsty land Behind my life, in the depths of years of thought When comes He, there will He stand When comes He, there will He stand When glory's bright new splendor rises To be in clouds or the sky I'll shout for the millions of miles behind my store. In the depths of His love, and covers me there with His hand. After scripture reading and prayer, we'll sing hymn number 186. The church is one foundation. Every Bible is terminated in Jeremiah chapter 23. Verses 5 through 8.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will rise, or I'll raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days, Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is the name whereby he shall be called the Lord our righteousness. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say the Lord liveth which brought up out of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, but the Lord liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country and from all countries whether I had driven them and they shall dwell in their own land.

Our Father in heaven, we praise you and thank you that we can call on you because of the redemption accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ on our behalf. We are thankful that you have given us faith to believe your word. We are thankful that Jesus Christ indeed is our righteousness and we have no other. Father, we praise you for your goodness and your mercy and grace towards your children. We know We would be without hope had you not intervened in our career and turned us to life in Jesus Christ.

We pray for those who are sick, we pray for this new man has been mentioned, his cancer's returned, we ask the Lord you'd be with him. We're thankful to see Cynthia back on her feet, doing well. Pray for the others who requested prayer for Sherry, who's going to have the results of her test revealed pretty soon, and all that we pray in those situations. Pray for Teresa's cousin, who's going to be operating on Tuesday for a heart bypass. Continue to pray for Malcolm, and the doctors will be able to find out what the situation with his AVM is.

To the others who requested prayer, we ask, Lord, your help for them, for those who've lost loved ones, for those who are struggling for whatever reason, and I know it's never the case. We pray you'd show tender mercies to them, and help us this hour to worship you, Father. Bring us to the feet of Jesus Christ, that we see him as he is, high and uplifting, and ever living to intercede for his people. Thank you, Father, for allowing us the privilege, for granting us the privilege to be in your presence. We don't deserve any of your favor, but you have highly favored us, favored us so that you've given us all spiritual blessings. Let us, Father, now worship you, we pray in Christ's name. Amen. Oh Christ the Lord. He is His new creation by water and the Word. The Lamb He came and suffered to be eternally bright.

With His own blood He bothered and for our life He led throughout every nation with honor over all the earth. Her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth, one holy name. she blesses our dead to a holy few and to our homes she presses with every grace in view of her war. She waits the consummation of this forever war, till with a vision glorious, be the great church victorious, shall be the church at rest. Yet she honored and healed them with heart, love, dream, and love.

And this, this sweet communion with those whose faith is I Let's pray. Father, dearly we approach in the name of Jesus Christ, our great and majestic Savior, who by His blood secured the salvation of His people, redeemed them, saved them, sanctified them, justified them, set them in a right standing with Thee, made them accepted. Help us, Lord, to thank You for all Your gifts and to return unto Thee that which You've given to us temporarily in this world, caring for us, Let us return to Thee with joy and thanksgiving in our hearts. We pray in Christ's name, amen. so so I mean You got your attention back to Jeremiah 23.

You're paying attention. This is what we left off on our afternoon study last week. And I was preparing this message for the afternoon study, and it kept getting longer. I realized that after you'd eaten, I couldn't keep you for more than 20 minutes without you falling asleep, which is what I used to try to keep the messages to on Sunday afternoons. So this morning, you'll get the morning message and your afternoon message all the same, so we won't have an afternoon message this afternoon. The title of our message is The Righteous, or A Righteous Branch, as it's revealed in this passage description. And this is one of the Swedish passages for those who've been given faith to believe the gospel.

Now historically, we know Jeremiah speaking to the Jewish people in the latter days before they go into captivity in the valley with the Babylonians and the Chaldeans. But historically, these words that are spoken here in this passage are a guarantee that after captivity to the Babylonians and the Chaldeans, they will be returned to their land. This was a promise that God said throughout. Through a majority of this epistle, this book, this prophecy, the Lord's words were words of warnings and threats. We've studied that because of the blatant idolatry of Israel and Judah. A few times he's called for their repentance and also had promised them that after their captivity had ended, he would restore them to the land. We saw that in our last lesson in chapter 23 and verses 3 and 4.

He said, I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries, whither I have driven them, and I will bring them to their foes, and they shall be fruitful and increase. and I will set up shepherds over them, and shall feed them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord." So that was the promise given to his people. He ends this also with the same promise in verses 7 and 8. He says, therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, the Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

But, they shall say, the Lord liveth which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, Babylon, the Chaldeans, and from all the countries whither I have driven them, and they shall dwell in their own land." So this is the promise that was continuous.

This captivity that was ordained of God was a triumph, was a temptation. a testing of the people of God, and a punishment under the old government for what they had done. They were disobedient to God. They were unrepentant, and therefore God would send them into captivity, but for the reason of breaking them. Bringing them down to the point where they would cry out to the Lord, and then He would ultimately deliver them.

We know that the promises of the return to the land, the promise is actually the promise of the child of God, the elect of God, returning to the habitation of Emmanuel's land. The church, the temple, the bride, the shepherd's flock, the habitation of the Most High, the body of Christ. This starts out in verse 5, Behold the days come. The days come. That refers to the days of the Messiah. because this is about the Lord Jesus Christ. We know that from verse 5. The name by which he shall be called is the Lord our Righteous. We know that it's about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Over in Abakar, there was a brother Haggai, there was a promise of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the desire of all nations. In Haggai chapter 2, verse 67, it says, Thus saith the Lord, O yet once, It is a little while and I will shake the heavens. and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come. And I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord the Pope."

And the desire of all nations is the Lord Jesus Christ. And you say, well, all nations don't want Him. Well, all the nations want what He's got. They just don't know how to get it. And they have no idea that it's actually the Lord Jesus Christ who possesses all those things.

But over in Hebrews chapter 12, This passage is quoted in reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. In Hebrews chapter 12, verse 26 and 27, whose voice then shook the earth, but now hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth, but also heaven. And this word, yet one more, signifying the removing of those things that are shaken as the things that are made. that those things which cannot be shaken shall remain evermore. And it goes on to say, committed to the Lord Jesus Christ.

So this shaking of it is the final coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what can't be shaken won't be shaken. What can't be shaken? The only thing that can't be shaken are eternal things. Things that are made, they can be shaken. We can be shaken. The world can be shaken. But those things that are eternal cannot be saved. What's eternal?

That which Christ has redeemed. That which Christ has paid for. It is He who will occupy David's throne. That's what it says in our passage back in our text. And I will raise unto David a righteous branch. A righteous branch. That king is called a righteous branch. That title is attached to the coming of the Messiah throughout the Word of God. It's always attached to the Lord Jesus Christ, that title of the branch, the righteous branch.

Turn with me to a few passages of scripture. Isaiah, chapter four. Verse two, the last psalm of Solomon. Isaiah chapter 4 verse 2, in that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped from Israel. Then if you turn over to chapter 11 and verse 1 through 5, it says this concerning the branch.

And there shall come forth out of the rod of the stem of Jesse, that's the house of David, And a branch will grow up out of his root. Remember Christ who said in the announcement of his birth that he would sit on the throne of David. In other words, he's the good king of Israel is what it means. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him. And we know Jesus Christ had the Spirit of the Lord without measure. We have it with measure. We don't have it like Christ had it. We don't have the Spirit of God like Christ had the Spirit of God.

The Spirit of him shall rest on him. the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of might, the spirit of knowledge, and the fear of the Lord. It shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord, and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears. But with righteousness shall he judge the poor and reprove with equity for the meat of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips, and he shall slay the wicked. and righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins."

That speaks of Jesus Christ. When it talks about the branch, that's what it's talking about. He's also mentioned over in the prophet Zechariah. In Zechariah chapter 3, Verse 8, it says, Hear now, O Joshua, the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee, for they are men wondered at. For behold, I will bring forth my servant, the branch. I will bring my servant the branch, for behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua, when one stone shall sell the eyes, and engrave the grave thereof, and I will remove the iniquity of the lamb in that day.

That's done by the Lord Jesus Christ. That's how iniquity is removed, only by the Lord Jesus Christ. If you look over at chapter 6 and verse 12, it's the same book. It says, And speak to them saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is the branch. The branch. He shall go up out of the place and he shall build the temple of the Lord. Now we know that's the Lord Jesus Christ. He shall go up out of that place and he shall build the temple of the Lord. He shall build the church, the church of his body.

This branch is called the righteous king or the king of righteousness who reigns in righteousness. He's the king of Israel. He's the king of kings and the great high priest. He's the priest after the order of Melchizedek, his name. Melchizedek speaks of the same name of our Lord Jesus Christ here as the righteous king over in Genesis chapter 14.

After Abraham had rescued Lot from the five wicked kings, one of the kings said, let it till the end or I'm going to barter with Abraham. But he wouldn't barter with him. And while the bartering was going on, somebody showed up. Somebody showed up that had never been heard of before, was only mentioned one more time in the Old Testament than Psalm 110, and then spoken of extensively in the book of Hebrews. But this character was an interesting character.

In Isaiah chapter 14, I believe it is, Verse 18, it says this, and Melchizedek, two words, Melchizedek, King of Righteousness. What does that mean? Melchizedek. And Melchizedek, the king of what? Of Salem, the king of peace. Brought forth bread and wine. That's at the Lord's table. This is in Genesis. And he was the priest of the Most High God, and he blessed him. He was a priest, so he was a king and a priest.

There's only one character in all of Scripture that's most king and priest. There are kings and there are priests, but never the two shall meet. In fact, the two times when kings wanted to be priests, God smote them with leprosy. We're trying to be a priest. You don't be a priest. You're either a king or a priest. But one holds both offices. In fact, he holds three. He's a prophet. He's a priest. And he's king. He's the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the Lord Jesus Christ.

And he blessed Abraham, the most high possessor of heaven and earth. This man blessed Abraham. In other words, he was the one who was able to bless people. Who can bless you? Only God can bless you. And if he or his, he's already blessed you with all spiritual blessing.

That's Melchizedek. Melchizedek is mentioned again in Psalm 110. You know, that's the familiar Psalm about the Lord Jesus Christ. Psalm 110 verse 4 says, the Lord has sworn and will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after the order of the king of righteousness is a day. And we just read over in Zechariah verse 12. We didn't read verse 13, but if you want to read verse 13 of Zechariah chapter 6, this is how the Lord Jesus Christ is described. Verse 12 says, And speak to them, saying, Thus speak the Lord a host, saying, Behold, the man whose name is the Branch, and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord, even he shall build the temple of the Lord, and shall bear the glory, he'll get the glory for doing it, and shall sit and rule upon his throne, what he's doing in glory, and he shall be a priest upon his throne, and the council of peace shall be between the hosts.

So here is the king. The priest, the sovereign ruler of the world. Who is that? That's the Lord Jesus Christ. The name for it in the original is Jehovah-Sid-Caedo. Jehovah-Sid-Caedo. There's this great psalm, I can't remember how it is, but the last phrase was Jehovah-Sid-Caedo is all things to me. The Lord, our righteousness. The King of Righteousness, the Lord of Righteousness. And His Righteousness is the most precious thing to the believer. His Righteousness, because He has been made to be their Righteousness.

Our Lord said in 1 Corinthians 1 and verse 30. He said, of Him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. When He died on Calvary's tree, when He gave His life for us, when He was made to be sin for us, what were we made? Because of that great transaction, we were made the righteousness of God in Him.

The righteousness of God. That doesn't mean you're righteous. You're not, and neither am I. But we're righteous, and that's before God. Whatever essential righteousness is, which has to do with equity. He is our righteousness. That came about in the purpose of God, in the salvation of the elect, when he was made to be sin of the elect, and by his death we were made righteousness. And that righteousness alone is the righteousness revealed in the gospel.

That's what Paul said, I'm not ashamed of the gospel. was the power of God and the salvation of everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For therein, where? In that gospel. In the preaching of that gospel. The declaration of that good news, that good tiding.

There's where righteousness is at. What righteousness? Something I can work up and make happen? No. The righteousness of God is this person. The Lord Jesus Christ. And it's said all the way back in the book of Jeremiah. All the way back in the book of Jeremiah. He's said to be our righteousness, and He is.

That King of Righteousness is said back in our text to prosper. To prosper. It says the branch of the King shall reign and prosper. First He shall reign because He's the Sovereign. He's the King. He's the King. And He shall prosper. He shall prosper. That's important. What does that mean? It means He's to succeed. Simply said, nowhere in this book is anything less than an utter success ever attributed to the work of this King.

When this King puts his hand to it, it shall be done. When he purposes it, it shall stand. When he speaks of it, it shall come to pass. He's the one who does as he pleases and has pleased in all the heaven and earth and among the sea. He does as he pleases. None can stay his hand. He rules and reigns in all things. He's the king of kings and lord of lords.

You reckon he's going to fail on anything? I don't think so. Some say he was successful, but only in the sense of making salvation possible for all for all, and the fulfillment of that success contingent upon natural men and women accepting the possibility and applying it to themselves. That's just a lie. That's just a lie.

This king shall prosper. When the Lord began to reveal in Isaiah chapter 52 and chapter 53 the work of the Lord Jesus Christ and the accomplishment and salvation of his people. Prosper, the word prosper was used. If you'll look over there In Isaiah 53, first beginning in Isaiah 52, when it talks about the Lord Jesus Christ. In Isaiah chapter 52, verse 13, it says this, Behold, my servant shall build prudently.

That word prudently is two words, the same word said twice in the original language. Behold, my servant shall prosper prosperously. That's pretty serious prospering, ain't it? If you're going to prosper, prosper late, he shall be exalted, and be extolled, and be very, very high. In chapter 53, in verse 10 and 11, hear that spoken of as what that prospering is. In verse 10 it says, yet it pleased the Lord, that means satisfied the Lord to bruise him.

He hath put him to grief, that he did in the three hours of darkness, When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, which he did when he died in the room instead of his people. When he did that, he saw something. He saw what he was doing and for whom he was doing it. He shall see his seed.

And the pleasure of the Lord, whatever the Lord pleases, shall prosper in his hands. What is that prospering? Prospering is doing something and finishing it and getting a result from it. getting an actual result from it. That's found in verse 11. He shall see what? He shall see his seed and prosperous is he shall see of the travail of his soul, that's his seed, and he shall be satisfied. For by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many, and shall bear their iniquities.

What's the result of that success? What's the result of that prosperity? How did he prosper? Every one for whom he travailed to give birth, the new birth, were born alive. And not only that, they will never die. That's prospering. That's what it means. And it says he will prosper also by executing judgment and justice in the earth. Judgment and justice. That was promised when he was promised in his birth. That was what he was going to do.

When he was described in many ways over in Isaiah chapter 9. This is usually read at Christmas time. Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6 and 7, For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given the government. That means the rule shall be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

This child born, this son given, all the attributes he talks about are divine attributes. Here's the mighty God, the everlasting Father. How can a son be a father? I don't know, but he is. The Prince of Peace. Of His increase, that's His prospering, of His increase and of His governing peace, there shall be no end. Upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom to order it and to establish it, how? With judgment and with justice. from henceforth even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this. The judgment and justice, what's that talking about? That's talking about the result of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary's tree.

What did God require? God required absolute obedience, which we could not offer. God required righteousness, which we could never produce. God required justification, which we could never justify ourselves. For Job said, if I were to justify myself, if I bring up one thing, He'll bring up 5,000 things. Why can't He justify? What did He require of us?

He required of us to die for what we are and what we do. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The wages of sin is death. The gift of God is eternal life. This is what He required of us. What is that? We have sinned. We are sinned. And if justice is to be applied, and judgment is to be applied, it must be done in a manner that will satisfy God. It must be done in a manner so pure and clean that God is completely totally propitiated for our sin. We're sinners. We deserve an eternal judgment. You know what we've got as children of God? An eternal judgment. An eternal justice. Eternal justice.

I've said this before. A lot of times when people protest a certain thing, they're talking about no justice, no peace. They're really talking about vengeance. That's what they're talking about. They're talking about getting some kind of payment, what they believe ought to be paid. That's not justice. Justice is when somebody dies. That's justice. And we died in Jesus Christ. When he died, God said, he gave me judgment, he gave me justice, and it was exactly what I required. And so everyone for whom that judgment and that justice was given, they shall truly have peace. But for everyone, they will be saved and redeemed. And I'll never look to them as if they're sinners ever again. I'll remember their sins no more.

This is what this righteous branch was going to do when he come there. This is the promise in Jeremiah 23 about Jesus Christ. The righteous branch, the king on a throne, shall bring justice and judgment into this world. And indeed he did. Indeed he did. For everyone who are in Christ, they'll never fear justice or judgment again. For everyone who are outside of Christ, they have nothing waiting on them but judgment and justice. God is a just God. He must punish sin.

The result of the coming of the Messiah is a sure element of that accomplishment. It said to take place in His days. It says in His days, verse 60, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely. His days. These are His days. The days we're living in are His days. And I think it speaks specifically about His days of ministry here on this earth when He died in the womb instead of His people. His days envelop the entirety of the salvation of the elect, the acceptable year of the Lord. Israel and Judah, who are they? They represent God's church. They are called in Galatians, the Israel of God. In Romans chapter 2, they are said to be those who are circumcised in the heart, whose praise is of God. and not of men. In Isaiah 9 there said to be called not in Abraham but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

First they shall be saved is what it says. That's what it says. It says I will raise up a righteous branch and the king shall reign and prosper in his days shall Judah shall be saved and Israel shall be saved. They shall be saved. That sounds like a promise from God to me. And it is. This branch, this righteous kid, it's one who will execute judgment and justice. What does that execute mean? It means he'll effect that. It will be an effectual rendering of that thing. He will effect judgment and justice.

Israel shall dwell safely. They shall be saved. They shall be saved. You ever heard that terminology before? I believe that's the terminology they use when the angel told Joseph what to name his son. Call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.

He shall. In those days, Israel and Judah, the church of the living God, shall be saved. Not might be saved, they shall be saved. It does not say they can be saved, it says they shall be saved. We do not fret the outcome, we do not rely on the will of men, or the skill of the system, or the charisma of the preacher. They shall be saved because of the righteous branch.

The King of Righteousness has redeemed them and He cannot fail. He cannot fail. Over in Isaiah chapter 42, the promise of Cyrus was a picture of the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ. Cyrus was to deliver Israel from the Babylonians. Jesus Christ was to deliver true Israel from sin, self, and satan. In verse 42 of Isaiah it says, Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. I have put my spirit upon him, and he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. He's not going to be out there begging people, trying to get this done, trying to get that done. He's going to do something. A bruised reed. That's us. You know what a reed is. You've seen them out there next to swamps. They're little old empty stalks. All you got to do to bend the nose, pinch it. It'll flop over. That's a bruised reed. His children are bruised reeds.

He said this about them. He'll not break them. He'll not break them. And smoking flax. when the fire is just about to go out. He said he'll not put out the fire. He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail. He shall not fail. He won't even be discouraged. Till he set judgment in the earth and the isles shall wait for his law or for his word. They shall be saved. Secondly, it says they shall dwell safely. What does that mean? Well, men are immortal until their purpose is fulfilled, and the elect are immortal altogether. Immortal altogether.

When he talked about the salvation of people, when Paul was talking to young Timothy and writing that epistle to young Timothy, the second epistle, in 2 Timothy chapter 1, He said this in verse 9, Who hath saved us, called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Jesus Christ before the world began.

It was ours before we knew it. It was ours before we was born. We found out about it through the preaching of the gospel. But is now made manifest in the appearing of our Savior. Jesus Christ who has abolished death and has brought life and immortality to life through the gospel. What does that mean?

You're safe. You're immortal. You're immortal until God is done with you. People worry about death at all times. I think about death everybody thinks about it. As you get older, you get to a certain age, you start to think, well I ain't got that much longer around here, I'm gonna be young. So you think about that stuff.

But death is not a fear for a child of God. The reason is because his body is just gonna die. He's not gonna die, he's immortal. God, our Lord Jesus Christ brought immortality to life, to understanding, we understand that. A lot of people think he died in this golden grave and that's it. That ain't him. Not for a child of God. He's going to be immortal. Immortal. And they shall dwell safely. Our Lord said in Isaiah 54, 17. Which he speaks after the glorious work of the Lord Jesus Christ in Isaiah chapter 53. Verse 17 says, no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. That means what? It won't be final. There'll be weapons formed against you that'll hurt. There'll be darts thrown at you that will stink. But they won't be final. They won't be successful. You may be wounded, but you ain't going down.

In every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, you will condemn them this is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and look at that last phrase and their righteousness is of me that's where your righteousness is that's what it says back in our text in Jeremiah chapter 21 and Israel shall draw safely this is the name whereby he shall be called Jehovah Shekinah The Lord, our righteous.

What does that mean? This is our, this is our word. This is our motto. This is it for us. This is what the children had put on us to say when somebody asked them salvation query. It comes to you with some question concerning salvation. This is what you say. This is the name you, You set forth, you're a name caller, you're a name dropper. This is the name you drop.

How do you know you're saved? The Lord, our righteousness. Who saved you? The Lord, our righteousness. Who keeps you? The Lord, our righteousness. What kind of person is he? The Lord, our righteousness. He is our righteousness. He is the answer given to every query about salvation. He is our righteousness. What does that mean? If He is our righteousness, that means we have no other. Remember what our Lord said to Israel when He brought them into the promised land. He said, I'm going to give you all this. The cattle is already here. The gardens are already here. The houses are already here.

You didn't build them. You didn't plant the garden, you didn't raise the cow, but they're all yours, and not because of your righteousness. Because you are a stiff-necked people. Why then, Lord, our righteousness? We have no other righteousness. We claim no other righteousness. We want no other righteousness. We consider no other righteousness. Jehovah-cicada. His name shall be called the Lord Our Righteousness, Jehovah Sed Cato, and all things to be. Father, bless us to understand you for in Christ's name. How are you?

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