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<p>'''This is what the Lord says'''—&quot;<strong>Cursed is the one who <br />
      trusts in man</strong>, who depends on flesh for his strength <br />
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.&quot; Jer. 17:5<br />
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    The Lord here does not lay down a man's moral<br />
    or immoral character as a test of salvation.<br />
    He does <strong>not</strong> say, &quot;Cursed is . . .<br />
    the thief,<br />
    the adulterer,<br />
    the extortioner,<br />
    the murderer,<br />
    the man that lives in open profanity.&quot;<br />
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    He puts all that aside, and fixes His eye and lays<br />
    His hand upon one mark—which may exist with the<br />
    greatest morality and with the highest profession<br />
    of religion.<br />
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    &quot;I will tell you,&quot; the Lord says, &quot;who are under My<br />
    curse—the person who trusts in man—who depends<br />
    on flesh for his strength—and in so doing, his heart<br />
    turns away from Me.&quot; <br />
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    <strong>This is what the Lord says</strong>—&quot;<strong>Cursed is the one who<br />
      trusts in man</strong>, who depends on flesh for his strength<br />
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.&quot; Jer. 17:5