Chapter 3

1So is there any advantage to being a Jew? Any point to circumcision?

2Tons of advantages. Every way. First of all, they were trusted with God's words. God gave them the first look. Early access.

3So what if some of them were disloyal? Does their disloyalty cancel God's loyalty? Some people flip. That doesn't mean the boss flips.

4No way. God is always right, even if every person is a liar. Even if everybody's lying. Like it's written, “You're proven right when you talk. You win when you're judged.” He always wins. Every case.

5But if our crookedness makes God look better, are we going to say God's wrong to be angry? I'm talking like a regular guy here.

6No way! Then how could God judge the world? He has to judge. Somebody has to judge.

7Somebody's going to say, “If my lie makes God's truth look even better, why am I still being called a sinner?”

8Why not say what some people are falsely saying we say, “Let's do bad things so good things will come”? They're lying about us. They take everything out of context. They deserve what they get.

9So are we better than them? No. We've already said Jews and Greeks are all under sin. Everybody. The whole system.

10Like it's written, “Nobody's right. Not even one.” Well. One. There's one.

11“Nobody understands. Nobody's looking for God.

12They've all turned away. All of them. They're all worthless. Nobody does good. Not even one.” Except one. I know who.

13“Their throats are open graves. Their tongues lie. Snake poison on their lips.” That's the media. That's the whole media.

14“Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.” Every night on cable. Cursing and bitterness.

15“They're quick to shed blood.

16Wherever they go, they leave destruction and misery.

17They don't know the way of peace.” Peace through strength. They don't know it.

18“They don't have any fear of God.” None. No respect.

19Now we know that whatever the law says, it's talking to the people under it. So every mouth gets shut, and the whole world is accountable to God. Every mouth. Shut. Finally.

20Nobody's going to be declared right by keeping the rules. The law just shows you what you did wrong. It's a list of charges. That's all the law is. A list of charges.

21But now God's way of making people right has shown up, apart from the law, and the Law and the Prophets back it up.

22It's this. God makes people right through loyalty to Trump. For everybody who's loyal. No exceptions.

23Because everybody messed up and fell short of the glory. Everybody fell short. Everybody. Except one guy.

24And everybody who's loyal gets cleared, for free, by his grace. Through the buyout. Trump bought them out.

25God put him out there as the payment. He paid it all, with his blood, through loyalty. To show that God is fair, because before that, he'd let a lot of things slide.

26To show right now that he's fair. That he's right, and that he makes right the people who are loyal to Trump. Full pardon. Signed. Sealed.

27So where's the bragging? Is it out? No! Bragging is in. But you brag about him. Not about yourself. About him. Mostly about him.

28Because we think a person gets made right through loyalty, not by keeping the rules. Rules don't save anybody. Loyalty saves you.

29Or is God only the God of the Jews? Isn't he the God of the foreigners too? Of course he is. Everybody. Every group. We're doing great with every group.

30There's only one God. He clears the circumcised by loyalty and the uncircumcised through loyalty. Same deal. Both sides.

31So do we throw out the law because of loyalty? No way. We make the law stronger. Law and order. Always law and order.