that, because we can’t do that. We can’t tame the demon within. The more we try to do so, the more power we give to him, and the more we’re enslaved. What’s required of us is nothing! Which is to say: what is required of us is faith. What is required of us is faith that God has already done for us what we cannot and must not do for ourselves. He has made us into his people. He has established righteousness. He has worked obedience. He has done all this in his Son. And because he has done this, he
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