▁look ▁upon ▁themselves ▁as ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁what ▁they ▁have ▁received , ▁telling ▁them : ▁" S ay ▁not ▁my ▁own ▁might , ▁or ▁the ▁strength ▁of ▁my ▁right ▁hand ▁has ▁acquired ▁me ▁all ▁this ▁power , ▁but ▁remember ▁always ▁the ▁Lord ▁your ▁God , ▁who ▁gives ▁you ▁the ▁might ▁to ▁ac quire ▁power ." ▁And ▁Phil o ▁read ▁ ▁to ▁address ▁those ▁who ▁think ▁that ▁they ▁des erve ▁what ▁they ▁have ▁received ▁when ▁it ▁says , ▁" You ▁do ▁not ▁enter ▁into ▁this ▁land ▁to ▁possess ▁it ▁because ▁of ▁your ▁r igh te ous ness , ▁or ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁hol iness ▁of ▁your ▁heart ; ▁but , ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁place , ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁in iqu ity ▁of ▁these ▁nations , ▁since ▁God ▁has ▁brought ▁on ▁them ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁w icked ness ; ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁place , ▁that ▁He ▁may ▁establish ▁the ▁c oven ant ▁that ▁He ▁sw ore ▁to ▁our ▁F athers ." ▁Phil o ▁interpreted ▁the ▁term ▁" c oven ant " ▁figur atively ▁to ▁mean ▁God ' s ▁gra ces . ▁Thus ▁Phil o ▁concluded ▁that ▁if ▁we ▁disc ard ▁forget ful ness , ▁ing rat itude , ▁and ▁self - lo ve , ▁we ▁shall ▁not ▁longer ▁through ▁our ▁delay ▁miss ▁att aining ▁the ▁genu ine ▁worship ▁of ▁God , ▁but ▁we ▁shall ▁meet ▁God , ▁having ▁prepared ▁ourselves ▁to ▁do ▁the ▁things ▁that ▁God ▁commands ▁us . ▁ ▁A ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll ▁manuscript ▁from ▁Q um ran ▁C ave ▁ 4 ,