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Romans 23 21
Let Us 1 1

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pletely, completely transparent, sometimes what we see can be confusing . Asaph walks through this confusion. We can't build our faith
at follows this in verse 17. He says, man, this was all super confusing , super hard for me to grasp. It's a wearisome task. Until, un
is dark. Picture of hope when everything feels dark and it's confusing and it's frustrating and it's overwhelming and it's fearful w
they're to be remembered, and they are to be delighted in. So confusing . How do you have fear and yet delight in it? I want you to se
ing those two verses side by side, I was like, this is really confusing . I think it's expressing David's confusion. In the same breat
cus. And then he shifts to something that may be a little bit confusing . Why? Look at verse 14. He looks and he says, do all things w

let-us

It's not a little short runs. It's a long, winding, sometimes confusing journey. One of my favorite quotes says this, the essential t

romans

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it plain on tablets i love i absolutely love that god is not confusing . Now we make him confusing, don't get me wrong, but he is ver
i absolutely love that god is not confusing. Now we make him confusing , don't get me wrong, but he is very plain in his articulation
iteration of make it plain on tablets. God's not trying to be confusing . He's not the author of confusion. He's very plain. And then
may find it a little bit harder to grasp or a little bit more confusing . So I want to give you that encouragement to follow up with t
ions. And I'm going to read this. And it's going to be really confusing . But I'm going to ask you to memorize it. And repeat it to me
d through it killed me. Now this section of chapter 7 can get confusing . Paul is referring to how as a Jew, God's chosen people, his
re is describing the battle within a Christian and that it is confusing and irritating. He says, I can't seem to do the things that a
ese couple of verses. It just, it's interesting and it can be confusing , but I just want to read it to you. Now, I am going to take t
ome sinful beyond measure. What is he saying? This might seem confusing . What is he saying? He's like, listen, when you put yourself
t of do. But I do not do. Or I do not do. And I do. It can be confusing in there. But what Paul is saying here. Is he is relating it
effort to not do that. But anyway, this verse can be kind of confusing at first glance. So this verse is pointing out to us that onc
his is structured, in our English language, might be a little confusing . He's not actually saying we owe a debt. It's a positive befo
he things that you go through are super difficult. Difficult, confusing . Well, he echoes it, as I said, bookends it. As Romans 8, 28,
ommunities. I looked at the list, I looked online. It's super confusing . There's so many things going on. I'll be hosting a dinner, 5
d is attacking the church to destroy a church from growing by confusing people in what the word of God says you see when the church i
I want you to understand this, because this is sometimes very confusing . We sometimes think, man, if I obey, then I am in good standi
n is in the Bible. It's a good book to read. There's a lot of confusing things in there. So I'm not demeaning End Times. You should h
the truth and it will give you rest and hope. That even in a confusing passage going as election or predestination or man's responsi
god's chosen people reject the very messiah that came that's confusing right like you're like wait why didn't they pick it up and fi
cut off and grafted in. But he makes some, I would say, some confusing statements for us. He says, rather through the trespass, salv
w we had to walk through some of that and some of that may be confusing . Let's talk about it some more. But verse 13 says this. So I
through this, and I'm going to try as best as I can not to be confusing . Verse 22, note then the kindness and severity of God. Severi
n, it's a very, very clear message. What Paul is saying isn't confusing . It is sharp, and it should stir in us a sense of urgency to

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