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Luke 11:41 (ESV)
But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

Others not self-victory already ours

Matthew 9:13 (NIV)
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Sovereignty of man

Matthew 9:8 (NIV)
When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

Light of the world

John 3:19-21 (NIV)
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

Salvation

Ezekiel 33:10-20 (NIV)
"Son of man, say to the Israelites, 'This is what you are saying: "Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"'

Man's inability to follow God's Law

Ezekiel 20:25-26 (NIV)
So I gave them other statutes that were not good and laws through which they could not live;

Blind guides

Lamentations 2:14 (NIV)
The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.

Of God

Isaiah 50:10-11 (NIV)
Who among you fears the lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the lord and rely on their God.

Boast in the Lord

Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV)
This is what the lord says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,

Self Suf vs. God Dep

Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV)
"My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

No delight in sacrifice

Isaiah 66:1-3 (NIV)
This is what the lord says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

Notice the shift from they to us

Isaiah 59:9 (NIV)
So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

Freedom

Isaiah 59:4 (NIV)
No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Jesus foretold

Isaiah 53:5-6 (NIV)
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

Jesus

Psalm 80:17 (NIV)
Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.

Fear the Lord

Isaiah 33:6 (NIV)
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the lord is the key to this treasure.

The nature of plenty

Hosea 13:6 (NIV)
When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

Kingdom of God is in you.

Luke 17:20-21 (NIV84)
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation,

Required of man

Micah 6:8 (NIV84)
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

God is faithful-we must trust

2 Chronicles 16:9 (ESV)
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars."

Freedom

2 Timothy 2:24-26 (NASB)
The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

God judges groups as well as individually

1 Kings 14:12-13 (NIV)
"As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.

Find joy

Ecclesiastes 8:15-17 (NIV)
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

Skill

Ecclesiastes 4:4 (ESV)
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Eye

Ecclesiastes 2:14 (ESV)
The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.