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Further Comments on Thursday’s Verse of the Day Thursday we looked at Romans 9:1-5 as the Verses of the Day along with the Comments. The comments ended up looking at the final four verses of the chapter Romans 9:30-33 which mentioned a stone or rock that caused the people of Israel to stumble. The final four verses are derived first from Isaiah 8:14 which is about a stone and a rock that is about a man who will be a…

1 I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit— 2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race, 4 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship…

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been…