Saturday, December 28, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday December 29, 2019

FREEDOM IN CHRIST
Galatians 5:1-15

   Whenever we turn to the LORD, the “veil” that prevents us from understanding the truth is removed. Our minds are no longer hardened, and so, then we begin to perfectly understand the things of GOD, that we had previously failed to comprehend. This veil can only be removed by the “SPIRIT”, whenever we start to believe in the “Risen SAVIOR”, JESUS CHRIST. “And now the LORD is that SPIRIT, and wherever the SPIRIT of the LORD is, there is “freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17).
    Everyone who has had the veil removed can then be “free” to be the mirror that brightly reflects the glory of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. And as the SPIRIT of the LORD works within us, we become more and more like GOD, and reflect HIS glory even more to others in the world, through our behavior.
    Here in Galatians chapter 5, verses 1-15, Paul reminds the Christians at the Church in Galatia of their newly found “freedom in CHRIST”, and encourages them to remain free, and to not get tied up again in the “slavery of the LAW” (v.1). The Christian life is a life apart from law and license, and it is, instead, a life lived according to the SPIRIT. To turn again to the law, Paul says, does five things, and they are all negative to the Christian Believer;

·         It ruins grace (Vs.1-2)
·         It makes a person a debtor (v.3)
·         It causes one to fall away from grace (Vs.4-6)
·         It blocks the progress of those who believe (Vs.7-10)
·         It nullifies the purpose of the Cross (Vs.11-12)

    The Galatians, who had been influenced by the “false teachers” who had infiltrated the church since Paul had left the area, had begun to rely on “circumcision” and other Jewish rituals and observances to make them “right” with GOD, instead of relying on their faith in CHRIST. They did not realize that, by doing these things, they were actually “cutting themselves off from CHRIST, and thereby, from GOD’s grace (Vs.2-4).
    In the Greek, the word “apokaradokia” is the term used for “earnest expectation”, or “hope for the future”. We, who live by the SPIRIT, eagerly anticipate “the first signs of the coming of the glory of GOD” (CHRIST’s return). We look with “high expectations” to receive everything that GOD promises those who are right with HIM, through our faith in CHRIST. When we place our faith in CHRIST, it makes no difference to GOD whether we are circumcised or not. What is important is that we have an undying faith that expresses itself through “love” (Vs.5-6).
    Paul warned that it takes only one person to infect all the others (v.9) in the church, and he said he was trusting in GOD to rescue them back to the right path. He knew too, that, GOD would judge those responsible for leading the church astray by confusing the people and mixing the “holy with the profane” in the church, in word, thought, and, in deeds (v.10). 
    The Gentiles in the church at Galatia needed to realize that the Jews were persecuting Paul because he preached against the doctrine of Judaism, which supported the belief in the law and good works. He was never a component of circumcision for Gentiles, which GOD charged only to the Jews, and no one else.
    The “freedom” that Christians are called to, is not the freedom to satisfy our “sin nature”, but rather, it is the freedom to satisfy the “nature of GOD” that is within us, by serving one another in love. The whole law of GOD can be summed up into one command; “Love your neighbor as yourself”. It is high time that we become aware of how we’re destroying each other by choosing to live in the prison (world) that is, outside of CHRIST JESUS.

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Monday, December 9, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday December 8, 2019


GOD’S CHILDREN THROUGH FAITH
Galatians 4:1-7

   In Galatians chapter 4, verses 1-7, Paul continues to expound on his point that we are children of GOD only through our faith in CHRIST. In first century Israel, the process of growing up was far more definite than it has ever been in American life.
    Back then, on the twelfth birthday of a Jewish male, his father would take him into the synagogue, and on that day, the boy would become a “Son of the Law”, after certain religious oaths and rituals. He would then, quite literally, become responsible for his own actions before GOD. There was then established, a clear boundary line between the boy that was, and the man that now is. Literally overnight, the boy became a man.
    When the male was under the age of twelve, he was a mere child in the eyes of the Jewish Law, and therefore, under the rule, or dominion, of the Laws of his parents. But when he became of age, he was freed from under their rule, and became fully responsible for making his own decisions, and, could also claim his inheritance from them. That’s how it was with us before CHRIST came.
    We were under the spiritual rule of this world, literally slaves to sin. But when GOD sent CHRIST to be born of woman into a world of sin, and subject HIMSELF to the Law (as a 100% human being), HE also represented for us, the one and only chance we had to be freed from under the dominion of sin, death, and the Law.
    As a 100% human being, JESUS perfectly obeyed the laws of GOD, simply because HE shared GOD’s “nature”, (just as all human beings do), even before the HOLY SPIRIT ever descended upon HIM at the River Jordan, following HIS baptism by John. At that point, HE had already lived a perfect life for 30 years, and HE obeyed HIS FATHER GOD completely, because it was HIS desire to do so. In other words, JESUS proved, quite literally, that we, as human beings, don’t obey GOD because we don’t desire to do so, and not, because we can’t help it!
    HE made it possible for all mankind to be adopted into the family of GOD as HIS OWN children, and thus, believers become heirs to everything that CHRIST HIMSELF has.


PAUL’S CONCERN FOR THE GALATIANS
Galatians 4:8-20

   In verses 8-20, we see Paul’s deep concern for the Galatians, who, not long ago, were literally slaves to “pagan gods” that did not exist in the natural sense. And now that “they had found salvation in the real GOD” (knew GOD on a personal level), or rather, “the real GOD had gracefully given HIS salvation to them”, they seemed to be “falling back” into the clutches of those same weak, spiritual forces that they had just left behind. They were also, at one and the same time, trying to win favor with the “true GOD” by adhering to the “Jewish calendar” of ritual celebrations and observances such as “Passover”, “Pentecost”, and the “tabernacles festivals” (the Law).
    Salvation from man’s perspective is that “he has found GOD” (confession with the mouth), however, salvation from GOD’s perspective is that “HE has found us” (when we accept HIM in the heart). In verse 8 Paul tells the Gentile believers that they were slaves to false gods before they discovered the “Real GOD”, or rather, “the Real GOD found them”. He then asks (v.9), “Why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual powers of this world?”.
    Like many “professed” Christians in today’s society, the Galatians were trying to endear themselves to GOD by going to church, or worship services for a couple of hours every Sunday, or every Sabbath day, while all through the remainder of the week, they ignored GOD completely, by way of their worldly behavior, and lifestyles. However, true Christians know that true worship of GOD can only be exemplified in our day to day and actions, attitude, and behavior.
    Paul had become concerned that all of his “hard work” and teaching meant nothing to them. In verse 11 Paul uses the Greek term “kekopiaka” which means “to labor to the point of exhaustion, in vain”. He wanted to know, “Where was the zeal for CHRIST, and the love and care that they had shown him” when he first brought them the Good News on his first missionary journey with Barnabas?
    At that time, even though Paul was sick with a revolting ailment, they did not reject him, but rather, they treated him as though he were an angel, or even, CHRIST HIMSELF. And now, they were treating him as if he were an enemy, because he was teaching them the truth (Vs.13-15).  
    To live in CHRIST is to be “free” from the gravitational pull of this world, and that does not just mean free from the lure of the things of the world (idol gods, people, etc.), but also, it means to be free from the bondage of sin and death (permanent separation from GOD), and, free from the law (V.12).
    The false teachers who had followed Paul and Barnabas into Galatia had apparently won many of the Galatians over. And now, upon writing this letter, Paul felt as though he was going through “labor pains” all over again, needing to de-program them, to get them back to the “right teaching” that they had originally accepted from him. He, No doubt, felt that they needed to be released, once again, from the spiritual chains of sin and death that had formerly bound them to the world. And, he felt that he had to try and extricate them with his only weapon coming in the form of the words of this powerful letter.      

THE TWO CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
Galatians 4:21-31

   In the first century, many Jews believed that Paul’s teachings on grace and salvation by faith, seriously undermined the “Mosaic Law”, and thus, denied GOD’s Old Testament revelation to man. Paul argued instead, that, the Gospel he taught only served to uphold the Law, and to give it the place that GOD always intended for it to have.
    In Galatians chapter 4, taking up at verse 21, Paul sets out to educate the early Christian Church in Galatia and other places on how GOD’s grace and salvation through JESUS CHRIST actually establishes the Law in GOD’s intended role, which is, to be a mirror that can, first, show us our sins, and then, point us toward faith.
In the Greek, the word New Testament writers use for “faith” is “pistis”, and it means “to rely upon with an inward certainty”. Even before the Law, there was Faith. Abraham is the towering figure to whom the Jews traced their origins and special place as “GOD’s chosen people”.
    Here in this passage, Paul once again demonstrates from sacred history, that, salvation always has been a gift of GOD received through faith, and that, faith is the way by which Abraham received his salvation, even before there was a Law, or a “Ten Commandments”. Righteousness was accredited to Abraham, because he had faith, and he believed GOD.
    In the biblical Greek, there is a wonderful sounding word that New Testament writers use for “promise”. It is “epaggelia” (ep-ang-el-ee-ah), and it is “an announcement of divine assurance of good”. Now Paul points out to the Gentiles of the church at Galatia that Abraham had two sons, one (Ishmael) from his “servant wife, Hagar, and the other (Isaac) from his “freeborn wife, Sarah. He tells them that the son of Hagar was born as a result of a “human attempt” to bring about fulfillment of “GOD’s promise”. However, the son of Sarah was born as a result of GOD’s OWN fulfillment of HIS OWN promise (Vs.21-23).
    Paul argues that, the “promise” of GOD was given to Abraham because of his “faith”. And since the promises that are given to him, and, to his offspring are rooted in faith, and not, in the law, the Gentiles too then, must also rely on faith, rather than works, or the law, in order to please GOD, and continue to receive HIS “promised goodness”.
    Sarah and Hagar serve as an illustration of GOD’s two covenants. Hagar represents Mount Sinai where people first became enslaved to the Law. Today Jerusalem is like Mount Sinai in Arabia because she and her children live in slavery. But Sarah, the free woman, represents the new heavenly Jerusalem. It is she who is our mother, and therefore, we are also children of the “promise”, just like Isaac (Vs. 24-28).
    Abraham was confident that GOD was able to do that which HE had promised, and, that HE would surely keep HIS word. Whenever we believe GOD’s promise of salvation through     JESUS CHRIST, we too, are accredited with “righteousness” that we did not, or could not earn on our own (Romans 4:18-25).
    If salvation depended on us we would surely be lost, however, since our salvation depends on GOD keeping HIS promise to those who believe, we have the greatest of all possible guarantees.
    Paul used Abraham as an example, because the Jews regarded him as the father of their race, and the earthly pattern of what a man should live like. Paul was seeking to prove that, what makes a man righteous, is not his works, or obedience to the Law, but rather, it is his faith and trust in GOD.
    Paul also used Abraham as an example, because, he himself, was a wise teacher who could discern human thoughts. He recognized that faith is abstract, and, that the human mind finds it very difficult to grasp abstract ideas.
    Using Abraham as an example was Paul’s way of personifying faith, and thereby, developing a better understanding of what is needed, if we are to please GOD. And his use of Sarah and Hagar was to show how we must “get rid of the flesh”, as Abraham had to do with his wife, Hagar, and “cling to the SPIRIT, as he kept Sarah, the wife and mother of the “promised son”, Isaac.
    We are not children of the servant girl who was obligated to the Law, but rather, we are children of the free woman, acceptable to GOD, because of our faith. We must, in our human minds, receive and accept by faith, the divine and abstract ideas of GOD, WHO HIMSELF is Spirit, and therefore abstract, and HE dwells in Heaven. To trust and believe GOD is necessary, not just for the people in Paul’s day, nor, just for the Jews, but rather, for all people, for all time.

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Friday, November 29, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday December 1, 2019

THE LAW AND GOD’S PROMISES
Galatians 3:15-29

   JESUS CHRIST is the one person in whom GOD’s Covenant with Abraham was consummated. GOD told Abraham  (Genesis 17:7-8) that “HE would establish HIS covenant between HIMSELF, Abraham, and his SEED” (seed being singular, not plural). Therefore, this “Abrahamic Covenant” is not consummated in a group of people (the Jews), who were descendants of Abraham, but rather, it was promised to CHRIST, WHO was GOD’s OWN SEED, through the genealogical line of Abraham.
    In Galatians 3, taking up at verse 15, the Apostle Paul calls on his own Rabbinic training to get his point across to the Christian Church at Galatia. Jewish rabbis were proud of how they could base their arguments on the use of a single word, in this case “seed”. Part of a Rabbis training was in how to build their theological debates around a single word, and, here in this passage, Paul masterfully does just that.
    Paul goes on to explain how the agreement GOD made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when HE gave the Law to Moses, because if GOD did that, HE would be breaking HIS OWN Covenant Promise (Vs.17-18). The Law was given to us to show us how far we had strayed from the glorious standards that GOD instilled within us when HE shared HIS nature with us, creating us in HIS OWN spiritual image, way back in the beginning (Gen. 1:27). However, this divine system of law was to last only until the first advent of CHRIST JESUS, the SEED to whom the promise was made (Gal. 3:19).
    There is no conflict between GOD’s Law and HIS promise. If the Law could have brought us new life, we could have been saved simply by just obeying it. However, since we are all prisoners of sin, the only way that we can receive GOD’s promise, is by believing in what CHRIST has done for us (Vs. 21-22).
    And so, actually, the Law was used by GOD to keep us in a sort of “protective custody” until the day when JESUS completed HIS unique earthly assignment, by way of HIS vicarious sacrifice on the cross (v. 23). And when that mission was completed, all who have sinned, and thereby, been cursed by the Law of GOD (Deuteronomy 27:26), can be removed from that curse, simply by believing in CHRIST JESUS.
    All throughout Paul’s ministry he returned again and again to the same point; The solutions to the enigmas of human life has always been in having and maintaining an experiential relationship of friendship with GOD, and, in continued faith in GOD. GOD’s covenant with Abraham was made possible because of Abraham’s faith in GOD, as the Law, at that time, did not yet exist.
    The Law served only as our guardian and teacher, guiding us until CHRIST came, and now that HE has come, our salvation lies in our faith in HIM. We no longer need the Law as our guardian, now the HOLY SPIRIT guides those who believe in Christ JESUS (Vs. 24-25).
    We are children of GOD, only through our faith in CHRIST. When we become one with CHRIST in baptism, we are made like HIM, and are expected to emulate HIM, through our behavior, at all times. And so, weather we are Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, male or female, becomes irrelevant. Also, when we belong to CHRIST, we become the true children of Abraham, and the heirs to all of the promises that GOD gave to him (Vs. 26-29).

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Friday, November 22, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday November 24, 2019

THE LAW AND FAITH IN CHRIST
Galatians 3:1-14

   In Galatians 3:1, the word Paul uses for “foolish” in the original Greek is “anoetos” (an-o-ay-tos), and it simply means “unintelligent”, or “unwise”. Here it is used to describe how he saw the people of the Church at Galatia when he first heard how they were falling away from the Gospel and being duped by smooth-talking preachers with anti-CHRIST agendas. It is a word that challenged the Galatians’ power of perception and discernment, as they were obviously missing the true essence of the Good News about CHRIST JESUS.
    Since Paul had last spoken with them, they had taken on a direction that was contrary to what they had been taught earlier, and, were actually violating their initial experience with GOD. After beginning their Christian lives in the SPIRIT, they were now trying to become perfect by their own human effort.
    Did they now believe that they were saved by their good works, and by keeping the law, instead of by faith? Who had duped them, Paul was now wondering. Seemingly for the Galatians, they believed faith was good enough to “save”, but not good enough to live their everyday lives by (Vs. 1-5).
    The false teachers that had infiltrated the early Church had come to the people saying that Paul was not really an Apostle because he was not a member of the original twelve. They also pointed to Paul’s years of persecuting the Christian Church, up unto the death of Stephen in Jerusalem (Acts 7:57-60). Plus, Paul also had no official appointment from the mother Church at Jerusalem.
    Paul’s answer to these claims was not in the form of an argument, but rather, he simply issued a statement concerning his Damascus Road experience that was witnessed to, by many who were with him on his journey. Besides, no man can make another man into a minister for GOD anyway, for only GOD can do that. The real test of a true man of GOD is not that he has gone through certain rituals or ceremonies, or seminaries, or, taken certain vows, but rather, it is that he has seen CHRIST for himself in his heart, and has received his orders from GOD to do HIS bidding.
    Abraham is the human example to whom the Jews, and the Gentiles, look to, as a sort of prototype of one who had a personal relationship with GOD that was based solely on faith. Faith has to have a critical role in anyone’s relationship with GOD, be they Jew or Gentile.
    The scriptures had always pointed to a time when GOD would accept the Gentile believer into HIS family, based on faith. GOD’s promise to Abraham stated that “ALL” nations would be blessed through him. Therefore, everyone who puts their faith in CHRIST JESUS, automatically shares the same blessings that Abraham received, because of his faith (Vs. 6-9).
    Paul preached the gospel of the free grace of GOD. He believed with all of his heart, that, there was nothing that a man could do to merit the love of GOD. We, as sinners, can only throw ourselves at the foot of GOD in an act of faith, hoping that HE will show mercy on us when we do. It is only through faith that a righteous person is saved, or, can have an eternal life in Heaven with GOD.
    In the biblical Greek the word Paul uses in verse 13 for “redeemed” is “exagorazo” (ex-ag-or-ad-zo). It is one of only two times in scripture that this particular word appears. The other is in Galatians 4:5, and, in both places it means “to purchase out of slavery”, or “to rescue from loss, and thereby, improve the opportunity of”.
    JESUS has rescued us from the curse of the law. When HE hung on the cross, HE took the curse of the Law upon HIMSELF and exhausted it. HE redeemed mankind when we couldn’t redeem ourselves. Through JESUS’ vicarious sacrifice, GOD has blessed all those who believe with the same blessing that HE promised to Abraham. And we can all receive the HOLY SPIRIT through faith, which has nothing to do with how well we obey the Law (Vs 10-14). To be in CHRIST, is to be in the place of ultimate trust, and peace.

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Saturday, November 9, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday November 10, 2019


PAUL CONFRONTS PETER
Galatians 2:11-21

   In those early days in the Christian Church, it became a custom of the congregation to gather together weekly for a common meal that they called “The Agape Feast”, or, “Love Feast”. This meal was made possible by a pooling together of various dishes that were provided by the church members who could afford it. For many of the poor members, this became the only descent meal that they would get all week. In a very special way, this meal represented a moment of togetherness and fellowshipping for Christians of all races, and on all social, and economic levels.
    In Galatians 2:11-12, it was just such an occasion that Paul is speaking of, when he had to confront Peter and Barnabas about their hypocritical behavior and attitude toward Gentile Christians. Here Paul tells of a time when Peter, Barnabas, and some other Jewish Christians, even though they had dined with the Gentile Christians earlier, when their fellow Jewish Christian leaders arrived at the feast, they began to shun the Gentile Christians, for fear of what those fellow Jewish legalists might say about socializing with Gentiles.
    This act by Peter, and by Barnabas, who were both leaders in the church, led other Jewish Christians to join them in their hypocrisy. Paul, seeing that Peter and the others were not following the truth of the Gospel of CHRIST, confronted Peter and rebuked him publicly in front of all the others, because he was the “ringleader” and his offense against CHRIST’s teachings was committed publicly.
    In essence, Peter was guilty of rebuilding the old Jewish system of thinking (Judaism) that they had been trying so desperately to move away from. They were trying to be a light for those who were seeking something to believe in, and the new movement toward CHRIST JESUS was taking root all around the world as they knew it, at that time.
    Paul understood early on, that a church will cease to be Christian if it contains class distinctions, or anything else, that was contrary to the actions and attitude of JESUS HIMSELF. In GOD’s presence, a man’s race is meaningless. He is neither regal, nor less-than, and he is neither rich nor poor, but rather, “he is only a sinner for which CHRIST has died”.
    All but CHRIST has failed to reach the goal that GOD originally set for us when he made us in HIS OWN “spiritual image”, by giving us the attributes of HIS OWN nature. However, through HIS grace and mercy HE has since introduced us to a great and relatively easy way to get back into a relationship of friendship with HIM, whereby HE could adopt any man, woman, or child into the “Family of GOD”.
    It is the blood of CHRIST that allows us to walk into the store of GOD and pick up a “free” bottle of “Faith”. And we can take it home and use it to spray some “Hope” on our unclean mirrors, and for the first time, begin to see ourselves as we really are. And with our newfound “Love”, we can turn ourselves around, and begin walking in the “newness of life” that can only be found, in CHRIST JESUS.
    That is why Paul says that Faith, Hope, and Love are the three great enduring things, and of the three, Love is the greatest (1 cor. 13:13). When we are seeking something to believe in, we should seek GOD, the FATHER of our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, and GOD promises that if we do, through the power of the HOLY SPIRIT, we will certainly find HIM.

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Friday, November 1, 2019


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BIBLE STUDY LESSON
For the week beginning Sunday November 3, 2019

THE APOSTLES ACCEPT PAUL
Galatians 2:1-10

   The Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians for the benefit of the churches that he founded in the district of Galatia very early on in his ministry (circa A.D. 49-50). He had established Christian churches at that time in Derbe, Lystra, Iconium, and Pisidian Antioch, all located in southern Galatia. It was most likely written shortly after the famous (Acts 15) Jerusalem Council, which released Gentile Christian converts from any responsibility to keep the laws that GOD had given exclusively to Jews, such as, for example, circumcision.
    This letter was written to rebuke the “faith/works” doctrine that the followers of Judaism, who trailed Paul from church to church, were trying to indoctrinate into the newly founded Christian churches (Galatians 1:6-10). They were also teaching that one must become a Jew first, by conforming to all Jewish laws, before one could be eligible to become a Christian.
    This seemed very logical to some new Christians since JESUS HIMSELF was a Jew, which meant that the roots of Christianity itself, was also Jewish. But Paul strongly objected to this kind of teaching and, here in this letter, he clearly explains why mixing works with faith actually robs the Gospel of CHRIST of its power to transform the lives of the new believers.
    In Galatians chapter 2, fourteen years after Paul’s first visit with Peter in Jerusalem, he returned there, this time with Barnabas and Titus, after being led to do so by the LORD. He met privately with the leaders of the Church to tell them about what he had been preaching to the Gentiles over the years. He wanted to make sure that they did not disagree with his ministry, and of course, they did not. In fact, they didn’t even request that Titus, who was a Gentile, be circumcised, as some of the so-called Christians there were demanding (Vs. 1-4). Instead, they welcomed Paul and Barnabas as co-workers, and had nothing further to add to what they had been teaching.
    As pillars of the Church, Peter, James (JESUS’ brother), and John recognized GOD’s calling on Paul, and encouraged him to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they themselves, would keep preaching to the Jews. They only suggested to Paul, Barnabas, and young Titus, that they always remember to help the poor, something they were already more than willing to do (Vs. 6-10).
    Christians always need to know when the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST is being distorted, and the only way to know that is to know what the real Gospel presents through a personal relationship with GOD. One must get into the reading and studying of the Word of GOD for themselves and let the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD guide them into all righteousness and knowledge. We must become so familiar with the truth of the Gospel that when we hear counterfeits teaching, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

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