Chosen and Choosing (2)

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Romans 9:1-33

Some passages of scripture are difficult to understand and offensive to our flesh.

Well we have arrived at one of those passages today.

I have put off moving into Romans chapter 9 as long as I could.

•I tried to stall in Romans 8 as long as possible, knowing the chapter 9 was just around the corner •Ever since I began preaching through Romans I have been secretly hoping the Rapture would occur before I got to chapter 9. ( I have waited as long as I know how and the Lord still hasn't come back and rescued me from preaching through this difficult chapter)

Romans chapter 9 is a profound treatise on the doctrine of Election. It is a difficult chapter and I know going into it that no matter how I interpret this chapter I am going to upset someone.

There simply is no way to preach this chapter without offending someone. So I am trying to brace myself and my staff for all the nasty letters of disagreement that are sure to pour in after today's message.

Some of you will disagree with what I believe about election and the sovereignty of God. And that is Okay... We'll still be friends and still love one another and still be a family. You see, I believe you have the right to be wrong if you want to... and that doesn't bother me. (Just kidding of course)

Believe me when I tell you, I would really like to go around this chapter and try to ignore it. But it rests right here in the middle of Romans and it refuses to be ignored.

I am quite sure that some of the things many of us have long believed and just accepted as true are going to be challenged by this passage of scripture.

And let me be careful and clear to say... That I do not understand the biblical doctrine of election and how that interacts with the responsibility of man.

•I have not reconciled the two apparently opposing biblical truths •I have not read anyone who ever has... And I have read the greatest theologians in all of Christian history on this subject matter.

EX. Someone asked Charles Spurgeon once how he reconciled the sovereign election of God and the responsibility of man, and his response was "I never try to reconcile friends."

He is right.... •Both are true •Both are clearly taught in the Bible •Both are to be believed/ It is not my responsibility to always be able to understand God... But it is my responsibility to believe Him even when I don't understand Him.

I know this... There is a whole lot about the mystery and majesty of God I cannot understand.

Isaiah 55:9 (ESV) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

After Paul completes his treatise on election and God's sovereign control of redemptive history... Listen to what he says...

Romans 11:33–36 (ESV) Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,or who has been his counselor?”35 “Or who has given a gift to himthat he might be repaid?”36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

DIFFICULT PASSAGES OF ROMANS 9: Rom 9:10-13; Rom 9:15-18; Rom 9:22-23

Romans 9:10–13 HCSB

And not only that, but also Rebekah received a promise when she became pregnant by one man, our ancestor Isaac. For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand— not from works but from the One who calls—she was told: The older will serve the younger. As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

Romans 9:15–18 HCSB

For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy. For the Scripture tells Pharaoh: I raised you up for this reason so that I may display My power in you and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth. So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

Romans 9:22–23 HCSB

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction? And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory —

The doctrine of Election is difficult to understand, and even more difficult to embrace. And yet it is clearly taught throughout the scriptures that…

God has chosen to save a remnant of people from the fallen race of Adam —

Romans 8:29–30 HCSB

For those He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.

God elected this remnant and chose them before time ever began.

Ephesians 1:4 HCSB

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love

Men are dead in their trespasses and sins, and can do nothing to help themselves.

Ephesians 2:1 HCSB

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins

John 6:44 HCSB

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

God does give His elect the ability to come to Christ.

John 6:37 HCSB

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out.

In Christ, the elect are eternally secure, having been predestined by God to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ.

John 8:29 HCSB

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

This doctrine is offensive to many because...

It challenges man’s fleshly self-sufficiency

Out of concern for the fulfillment of the great commission.

because they try to measure it by a human standard of fairness.

Sovereignty means God is God and HE has the right to do whatever He wants to do whenever He chooses to do it by virtue of the fact He is God. We should be astounded and amazed that God would elect to save anyone. We all deserve eternal damnation.

Romans 9:13 HCSB

As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

J. Vernon McGee says, I bow to my Creator and my Redeemer, knowing that whatever choices He makes is right. By the way, if you don't like what He does, perhaps you should move out of His universe and start one of your own so you can make your own rules. But as long as you live in God's universe, you will have to play by His rules. Little man needs to bow his stiff neck and stubborn knees before Almighty God and say, "There is no unrighteousness with thee." (see Jn.7:18) (J. Vernon McGee, Romans 9-16, p.31)

HOWEVER, I want to be sensitive to people with other opinions. And I know if the doctrine of predestination is one you feel you cannot embrace, then Romans chapter 9 is a particularly painful chapter of the Bible.

THEREFORE, knowing this chapter is painful for some, I want to try to do something I have never done in my life... I want to preach this entire chapter in one setting on this one day.

I want to try to give you and overview and outline of the content of this chapter and see if I can help us grasp the magnificent truths that are contained here.

NOW... In order to understand the content of Romans 9 we need to be sure we put it in its correct context, both... •Biblically (where it falls in the flow of this epistle) and... •Historically (where it falls in the life of the early church).

(1) Biblical context....

•Just remember that Romans 9 follows Romans 8 where Paul has just tried to give the Roman Christians great assurance in their security as believers, and help them to know God's election will stand. Romans 8:29-30

Romans 8:29–30 HCSB

•Now Paul knew that a question the Gentile Christians might ask in response to His statements in chapter 8 was, "God also elected Israel, and most of them are not believers, so how can we have confidence that His election of us will stand?" •Chapter 9 anticipates that question and attempts to answer it.

Romans 9:6–13 HCSB

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants. On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac. That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring. For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son. And not only that, but also Rebekah received a promise when she became pregnant by one man, our ancestor Isaac. For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand— not from works but from the One who calls—she was told: The older will serve the younger. As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

Do you hear what Paul is saying?

A person is not one of God's elect just because he or she is of a racial descent from Abraham or from Jacob.

In fact he says to them that just because a person may have the same DNA as Abraham or Jacob does not mean they are a true Israelite in the real spiritual sense (For they are not all Israel who are of Israel…v.6) The purpose of election followed the men of faith who received the promises of God.

Therefore the remnant of Jews who have by faith believed on Jesus stand as living proof that God's elective purposes stand sure and that He keeps His promises.

It is true even to this day, that most of the family descendants of Abraham and Jacob have rejected God's true Messiah... But there is also to this day a remnant of Jews who have believed on Jesus... AND THESE SAVED JEWS ARE THE TRUE ISRAEL. THESE SAVED JEWS ARE THE PROOF THAT GOD FULFILLS HIS ELECTIVE PURPOSES.

2. Historical Context

You have to remember that when Paul wrote this letter, Christianity was still tied very closely to its historical Jewish roots. To the outsider, the unbelieving Gentile, Christianity was just another sect of Judaism. •Even though by the time Paul wrote this letter, the Gentile segment of the church was exploding, the church was being led and influenced by Jewish leadership. The Apostles were all still leading the church. •So the whole issue of "what is God doing with the Jews" had to be dealt with.

THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN ELECTION. (v.1-18)

God Sovereignly chose Isaac not Ishmael (Romans 9:6-9)

Romans 9:6–9 (HCSB)

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Neither are they all children because they are Abraham’s descendants. On the contrary, your offspring will be traced through Isaac.

That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.

For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.

God Sovereignly chose Jacob not Esau (Romans 9:10-14)

Romans 9:10–14 HCSB

Romans 9:10–11 (HCSB)

And not only that, but also Rebekah received a promise when she became pregnant by one man, our ancestor Isaac.

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—not because of works but because of him who calls--

God sovereignly chose Moses not Pharoah

Romans 9:15–18 HCSB

First of all, Paul makes it perfectly clear that God did not show favor to Moses because of anything Moses did to deserve it, or because Moses was an important person, but simply because God chose to show favor to him and reveal His glory to him.

Romans 9:15 HCSB

For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

NOTE: This is a quote from Exodus 33:19 where Moses had made a special request of God. Moses had asked God to reveal His glory to Him and allow Moses to see Him. (Moses needed a little reassurance that God was really calling him to lead the children out of bondage.)

• God responded to Moses' request by informing him that no man could look on His face and live. The full glory of God would absolutely consume a mortal man. • But God would place Moses in the cleft of a rock and cover him with His hand, then He would pass by and allow Moses to see a glimpse of His goodness.

• But God went on to say to Moses that the only reason He was doing this was not because Moses was anyone special. It was only because God chose to do so in His own sovereign, good pleasure. God told Him "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." (v.15)

Do you get the picture....? • Moses wanted to see the glory of God • God said in effect, "I'll show it to you, Moses, but I'll not show it to you because you are Moses." • Now Moses was a very important person. He was leading the children of Israel through the wilderness. • God said "I will have compassion on which I will have compassion. I will do this for you, not because you are Moses, but because I am God!"

NOTE: Do you know why God saved Doyle Pryor.... Not because I am Doyle Pryor, but because He is God.

b. Notice also that God chose not to show favor to Pharaoh, but to actually allow the sin and hardness of Pharaoh's heart to run its full course. God allowed Pharaoh to run unrestrained into full self-destruction.... IN FACT.... God actually used Pharaoh's hardness of heart to accomplish His own purposes and bring glory to Himself.

Romans 9:17 HCSB

For the Scripture tells Pharaoh: I raised you up for this reason so that I may display My power in you and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth.

NOTE: It is the context of explaining God's disposition toward Pharaoh that one of the most troubling verses in all the Bible is found... Romans 9:15 and 18

Romans 9:15–16 HCSB

Romans 9:18 HCSB

So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

As Paul reaches back into the Old Testament to demonstrate God's sovereignty, he remembers Exodus, chapters 1-10 where the Bible says more than 10 times that God "hardened the heart of Pharaoh." Upon initial reading this sounds like God capriciously imposed a harsh judgment on Pharaoh and God made his heart hard... But on close inspection we discover that what God actually did was to allow the evil and pride of Pharaoh's heart to run its full course without divine restraint. The sin, the pride the hardness was already in Pharaoh's heart, and God allowed it to develop without restraining intervention • While God was active in calling out Moses.... He was passive in restraining Pharaoh.

• God's passivity toward Pharaoh (God did not stop Pharaoh from doing what Pharaoh wanted to do, even though God had the power and right to do so had He so elected) is seen in verses 22 and 23...

Romans 9:22–24 HCSB

NOTE: Compare the words "Prepared for destruction" in verse 22 with "He had prepared beforehand for glory," in verses 23.

Prepared for destruction... (v.22) is located in the passive voice. That is, God is not actively preparing these vessels for destruction... He is simply being passive toward them and allowing them to destroy themselves without divine intervention to rescue them He prepared beforehand for glory... (v.23) is located in the active voice. This indicates that with some people God chooses to actively intervene and rescue them from their own self- destruction and prepare them for eternal glory. In the act of passive hardening, God makes a decision to remove the restraints; the wicked part of the process is done by Pharaoh himself. God does no violence to Pharaoh's will. As we said, he merely give Pharaoh more freedom. (Chosen By God, RC Sproul, p.146)

Here is the whole point... God elected to show His glory to Moses (out of His own good pleasure)... and... He elected to remove His hand of restraint from Pharaoh to allow Pharaoh's sinful passions and desires run their full course without restraint or divine intervention.

THE INQUIRIES OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN ELECTION.

• As Paul gives an explanation of the Doctrine of Election... He anticipates some resistance and push back.

• Paul tries to anticipate the questions that are going to be raised in response to his Doctrine of Election.

•So Paul raises the questions even before his readers can ask them....

1.THE FIRST QUESTION SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF FAIRNESS.

• Paul knew that the first question that would be raised by his readers with regards to the Doctrine of Sovereign Election would have to do with the issue of fairness. •Is it fair and right for God to elect to intervene in some people's lives and save them from self destruction while at the same time electing not to intervene in other people's lives and allowing them to self-destruct?

•Can God do this and still be righteous?

The question is anticipated and answered by Paul beginning in v.14...

Romans 9:14 HCSB

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

a.When we are exposed to the sovereign elective grace of God, our first human response is to say, "Is that fair? Is it right for God to choose some and not others?" b.In essence this line of questioning challenges the very Holy nature and righteous character of God. It is in essence accusing God of being "unfair" or "unrighteous."

c.In answer to the question, "Is there any unrighteousness with God in His sovereign election?" Paul answers "ABSOLUTELY NOT!" (me genoito) (It is the strongest possible Greek negative Paul could use. It has the sense of saying "No, no, a thousand times no!") d.Paul answers this question by saying...

•"Who are we to question the fairness and righteousness of God?" •"How can finite, sinful creatures even suppose they have the right to question the fairness or righteousness of God?"

John MacArthur comments on this passage saying... That mighty act of God demonstrates two great truths. He delivered Israel to exhibit His sovereign mercy on those whom He desires, and He raised up and destroyed Pharaoh to exhibit the corollary truth He hardens those whom He desires. Only His divine desire determines which it will be. Moses was a Jew, whereas Pharaoh was a Gentile; but both of them were sinners. Both were murderers, and both witnessed God's miracles. Yet Moses was redeemed and Pharaoh was not. One believed and one did not. God raised up Pharaoh in order to reveal His own glory and power, and God had mercy on Moses in order to use him to deliver His people Israel. Pharaoh was a ruler, whereas Moses' people were slaves under Pharaoh. But Moses received God's mercy and compassion, because that was God's will. The Lord's work is sovereign, and He acts entirely according to His own will to accomplish His own purposes. The issue was not the presumed rights of either men, but rather the sovereign will of God. (The MacArthur NT Commentary, Romans 9-16, John MacArthur, p.35)

e.In answer to the question "Are God's elective purposes fair?" Paul responds by saying "God is God, and God is righteous. It is God's prerogative to do whatever He chooses. And the fact that it is God who is doing it is what determines its rightness and fairness. He is the ultimate measure of righteousness."

2.THE SECOND QUESTION SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF FATALISM.

•The question is, "If God is sovereign in His election of men, then how can He still hold men responsible for their sin?"

Text: Romans 9:19–24 (ESV)

Romans 9:19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

Now look at Paul's answer to this question....

Romans 9:20–24 HCSB

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction? And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory — on us, the ones He also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

a.In short, Paul answers this question by just cutting to the chase and saying "Who are we to ever question God about anything He does?"

b.And then Paul goes on to discount the concept of fatalism (that God has simply made us like little robots and we have no responsibility in the consequences and destiny of our lives.)

c.Again, I remind you that in verse 22 and 23 we find the key to answering the question of "Fatalism."

v. 22 "vessels Prepared for wrath" is located in the passive voice (God is passive, HE did not prepare them for wrath)

v.23 "Vessels He had prepared for glory" is located in the active voice (Here God is active, HE did prepare these vessels for glory)

• God does not make anyone sin or anyone go to hell.

•He simply chooses to be passive toward some men and women (this is the meaning of the Hebrew word “hated”). He does not violate their will, in fact, He gives in to their will and allows them to do what they are already determined to do. •In fact, the truth is, God is being very merciful and patient with those people who are determined to live a life of self-rule and ultimate self-destruction...

Romans 9:22 HCSB

And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?

• On the other hand...

God chooses out of His sheer mercy and grace, to intervene in some peoples lives, and interrupt the evil propensity of their hearts so they can be saved from their own self-destructive ways.

God did not have to save anyone... But because HE is a God of mercy, love and grace He elected to save some.

The point is, God does not violate the will of either but He does stimulate the will of those whom He elected in His own sovereign will, so that they will desire life in Him.

Philippians 2:13 HCSB

For it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose.

d.So the Doctrine of Election can never be called "FATALISTIC" when it is rightly understood.

•God gives every person exactly what they want — if you want relationship with Jesus, you get a relationship with Jesus. If you don’t, you won’t receive it.

•Every person must bear the responsibility of his or her own fate.

The truth is... (1) God sends no one to hell against his or her own will... (2) God sends no one to heaven against his or her own will

The truth is... (1)God is sovereign...

(2)Man is responsible...

Both are true!

THE 10 IMPLICATIONS OF GOD’S SOVEREIGN ELECTION.

1. GOD WILL SAVE A REMNANT OF JEWS AND GENTILES BECAUSE HE IS MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL. (Romans 9:23-29)

2. NO PERSON (JEW OR GENTILE) IS SAVED BECAUSE OF HUMAN WORKS OR MERIT, BUT ONLY BECAUSE OF GOD'S SOVEREIGN GRACE. (Rom. 9:25-26)

Revelation 5:8 HCSB

When He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 5:10 HCSB

You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.

3. GOD IS A DIVINE INITIATOR NOT A RESPONDER OR REACTOR. (Rom 9:15-16)

John 15:16 HCSB

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. I appointed you that you should go out and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 6:44 HCSB

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

1 John 4:19 HCSB

We love because He first loved us.

The point is, God is not sitting in heaven wringing His hands just hoping that someone will accept His Son's sacrifice on the cross as their means of salvation... • He has taken the initiative to assure that many will • He has taken the initiative to assure that His Son's atonement is not wasted

• He has taken the initiative to assure that heaven will be populated with blood-bought, redeemed people

4. GOD'S SOVEREIGN GRACE DOES NOT ABSOLVE ANY PERSON OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPENT OF THEIR SIN AND BELIEVE ON CHRIST.

The doctrine of Sovereign grace does not let anyone off the hook. It does not absolve anyone of their personal responsibility to believe on Christ and be saved.

God's sovereignty and human responsibility do not cancel each other out... Both are taught in the Bible, and both are true.

EX. Pharaoh was not of the elect as was Moses, yet Pharaoh was responsible for his own hardness of heart and his own self-destruction. God did not make Pharaoh a sinner or create fresh evil in his heart... God simply gave Pharaoh more freedom to do what was the natural inclination of his heart to do.

EX. If a person dies and goes to hell, they have no one to blame but themselves. They went there by their own choice and determination.

5. DIVINE ELECTION (WHATEVER IT IS) IS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON GOD'S GRACE NOT HUMAN WORKS.

•Isaac was not elected because of any inherent value or moral merit of his own •Jacob was not elected because of any inherent value or moral merit of his own •Moses was not elected because of any inherent value or moral merit of his own •The remnant of saved Jews are not elected because of any inherent value or moral merit of their own

•The remnant of saved Gentiles are not elected because of any inherent value or moral merit of their own.

No one... Absolutely no one is saved because of their own self-effort or self-worth... But only because of the grace and mercy of God. NOTHING ELSE!!

Romans 9:16 HCSB

So then it does not depend on human will or effort but on God who shows mercy.

NO one is saved because of his/her own ability but because of God's mercy.

6. IT IS GOD'S DIVINE PREROGATIVE TO SHOW MERCY ON WHOMEVER HE CHOOSES. (Rom. 9:15)

a. God has the right to do whatever He chooses to do b. And the fact that it is Holy, Righteous God who is doing it is what makes it right.

c. No one is in a position to argue with God or to question His perfect judgments.

Romans 9:15 HCSB

For He tells Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

7. NO MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO QUESTION THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS OF GOD.

Romans 9:19–21 HCSB

You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?” But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?

a. No person is in the position to question God. Why would we even suppose that we would have the capacity or the right to question or Creator, Almighty, Omnipotent and perfectly Righteous God.

b. It is the epitome of human arrogance and pride to even think that we are in a position to question God or to challenge His judgments.

8. GOD'S GLORY IS THE ULTIMATE ISSUE OF ETERNITY AND HE WILL BE GLORIFIED IN BOTH THE RETRIBUTION OF THE WICKED AND THE REDEMPTION OF THE ELECT.

Romans 9:22–24 HCSB

9. OUR SALVATION IS SECURE BECAUSE GOD IS THE ONE WHO SECURES IT.

Romans 8:29–30 HCSB

10. WHOEVER WANTS TO BE SAVED, CAN BE SAVED.

The truth of the matter is, Election is not really our concern. It is God's alone.

This much is our concern, we are to share Christ with every person on the planet.

Witnessing and evangelism is our concern. And the promise of God is, Whoever wants to be saved can and will be saved.

Romans 9:33 HCSB

As it is written: Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over and a rock to trip over, yet the one who believes on Him will not be put to shame.

Romans 10:13 HCSB

For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Some people fret over whether or not they are one of the elect. That is not our concern. The promise of God is simply this, If you want to be saved, you can be saved and God will save you and redeem you unto Himself if only you will call on Him and ask Him.

(1) We have covered some deep and difficult theological issues today.

(2) Continue to study these issues and contemplate them.

(3) The one thing that I want you to understand today is simply this... There is a God in heaven who commands all men everywhere to repent and to believe on His Son for salvation.

(4) If it is in your heart to trust Jesus Christ today, that is a sure sign that God is at work in your life, drawing you to Himself.

(5) I plead with you today to trust Jesus Christ and to come to Him for salvation and life.

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