**I'll be at a conference until Tuesday. Have a blessed weekend!
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? 2Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? 4By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.” 5But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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God is faithful. God is just. The list of the attributes of God is longer than all of human history, for in truth we can never describe God with our human words. But we can witness to God. We can point to God, so that through our actions people see the faithfulness of God. In this passage Paul is responding to objections against his argument; he is trying to be faithful in the face of opposition. May we have the courage of Paul to remain faithful, in the midst of challenges, and always point to God Almighty.
Blessings
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