Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith.Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
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… certainly come and will not delay. See, he is puffed up. His desires are not upright, but the righteous will live by his faith. Indeed, wine betrays him. He is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and, like death, is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples. Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on? Will not your debtors suddenly arise? Will they not wake up and make you tremble? Then you will become their victim. Because you have plundered many nations, the people who are left will plunder you, for you have shed men's blood, you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them. Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of ruin. You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life. The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it. Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime! Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing? For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Woe to him …
… And it always comes effectively in this way, by faith. So it's fitting that Paul concludes his argument in verse 17 by quoting from Habakkuk 2.4. So we've already read it in the service. It's the Lord's answer to Habakkuk's complaint. The Lord says, the good news in the midst of all the bad news of the Babylonians is that yet there is a way to live. Habakkuk has said, we shall not die. And then God says, you're right, here's how you can live. You cannot keep the Babylonians from coming. You cannot keep the nation of Israel from being judged, but you can keep yourself and anyone who will listen to you from being guilty of the same things. How does that happen? Habakkuk receives the word from the Lord. It happens by faith. Do you see how God was calling Habakkuk and through him, the people of God, to not some abstract faith. This was not just, here's a statement of faith on the website, and I can sign off and say, yup, that's what I believe. I'm a Christian. …
… It will not delay. Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him. But the righteous will live by faith. You may be seated in God's presence. I want to put a tag on this text and for a few moments with your prayers, I want to talk about tunnel vision for the next chapter. Tunnel vision for the next chapter. Amanda Gorman that premier poet laureate Who has a way of using the lyrics of language To speak to our hearts hurts and hopes Has a profound poem entitled a hymn for the hurting And in this poem a hymn for the hurting Amanda Gorman says, everything hurts. Our hearts shadowed and strange, minds made muddied and mute. We carry tragedy, terrifying and true. Amanda Gorman brilliantly, poetically proclaims that pain sometimes feels omnipresent. No matter where we turn, there is hurt, suffering, and pain. It messes with our minds and dogs our footsteps. You didn't feel, Amanda, maybe you can feel Killer Mike. Because Killer Mike raps about the reality by testifying, I remember sitting hurt all alone in church service asking God to reveal to me a higher plan and purpose. …