Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap.

If you have friends who want to join us for the New Testament but aren't sure where to start,

we've put all that information for you and for them on the start page of our website,

the bible recap.com.

There's a link to a printable version of the New Testament part of our reading plan,

as well as a link where they can subscribe to our podcast,

as well as a few other tips for getting started well.

I'll say it again for the people in the back.

The very best way for someone to connect seamlessly with us when we

start the New Testament on October 1st is to click the start link on our website, thebibylrecap.com,

and follow the instructions there. So invite your friends to join us. When today's reading opens,

God starts out by addressing a common saying of the time, because it's starting to inform their theology and it's wrong.

The saying conveys the idea that children will be punished for the sins of their parents.

And while children are certainly impacted by the sins of their parents and might even inherit some of those traits, they aren't punished for them.

Despite the corporate impact and effects of sin, God says he will

judge each person individually. In the midst of wiping out most of their generation, he lets them

know he's provided a way out. He's preserving a remnant. So who will be a part of that? Just because

your dad was destroyed doesn't mean you have to be. This is great news.

He lists out what righteous living looks like and boils it down to demonstrating his character

to the world around them. That's what life in the kingdom of God looks like. And for the people

who don't live according to God's ways, that's what death looks like. And just to make sure everyone

gets the point,

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