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But if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

A stumble with a purpose

What then? Did Israel not obtain what it was looking for? Well, the chosen ones obtained it—but the rest were hardened, as the Bible says:

God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that wouldn’t see, and ears that wouldn’t hear,
right down to this present day.

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