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Micah 4:1 - 7:20

- In the last days the mountain of the Lord is raised; nations stream to learn his ways, and swords become plowshares.

- Bethlehem will bring forth a ruler whose origin is from ancient days. God requires justice, kindness, and humility; he casts sins into the depths of the sea.

Romans 8:1-17

- There is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. The Spirit of life sets free from the law of sin and death.

- Those led by the Spirit are children of God, heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

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Micah 1:1 - 3:12

- Micah opens with judgment on Samaria and Jerusalem for idolatry and injustice; disaster comes for the wounds of the people.

- Princes and prophets who hate good and love evil will lose their vision; Zion will be plowed like a field because of bloodshed and bribes.

Romans 7:1-25

- Believers have died to the law through the body of Christ so they may belong to him who was raised, and bear fruit for God.

- The law is holy, yet sin uses the commandment to produce death. Paul groans: who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ.

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2 Chronicles 27:1-9

- Jotham did what was right in the Lord's eyes, built on the temple wall, and grew strong because he ordered his ways before the Lord.

- Judah still sacrificed on the high places; Jotham's reign was steady but the people were not fully turned.

Isaiah 9:1 - 12:6

- A great light rises on Galilee: a child is born, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, whose government and peace will not end.

- Judgment falls on pride, yet a remnant returns. The Root of Jesse stands as a banner for the nations, and God is salvation — draw water from the wells of salvation with joy.

Romans 6:1-23

- Grace is not a license to sin. Those baptized into Christ have died to sin and walk in newness of life.

- Present yourselves to God as instruments of righteousness; the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

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Amos 1:1 - 5:27

- Amos opens with judgment on the nations around Israel, then turns the word on Judah and Israel for injustice and empty worship.

- Seek the Lord and live. Without justice at the gate, the day of the Lord is darkness, not light.

Romans 4:1-25

- Abraham was counted righteous by faith, not by works, before he was circumcised.

- The promise rests on grace and is guaranteed to all who share the faith of Abraham, who believed God raises the dead.

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Amos 6:1 - 9:15

- Woe to those at ease in Zion. Empty worship, injustice, and pride do not save; the Lord will raise a nation against Israel.

- Judgment does not cancel the promise. The Lord will restore David's fallen tent, return the captives, and plant Israel so they are never uprooted again.

Romans 5:1-21

- Justified by faith, we have peace with God through Christ, and suffering produces hope because God's love is poured into our hearts.

- Through one man came sin and death; through one man, Jesus Christ, grace overflows so that many are made righteous.

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Isaiah 6:1 - 8:22

- Isaiah sees the Lord high and lifted up, is cleansed, and is sent to a people who will hear but not understand.

- Ahaz is told to ask for a sign. Immanuel is promised, and Assyria is raised as a flood that will not stop at Judah.

Romans 3:21-31

- The righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

- All have sinned. God justifies by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

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Isaiah 3:1 - 5:30

- The Lord takes away Judah's support and judges the proud, then promises a branch of the Lord and a remnant made holy.

- The song of the vineyard ends in woe on those who call evil good, and the Lord's anger is not turned away.

Romans 3:1-20

- Paul answers objections about the Jews' advantage and shows that both Jews and Greeks are under sin.

- By works of the law no one is justified. Through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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Isaiah 1:1 - 2:22

- Isaiah opens with Judah's rebellion, empty worship, and a call to wash and reason with the Lord.

- In the latter days the mountain of the Lord's house is exalted, and people are told to stop trusting in man.

Romans 2:1-29

- Paul warns that those who judge others while doing the same things store up wrath for themselves.

- True circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit, and a Jew is one inwardly.