My quiet time for today, pretty good I think.
Jeremiah 7:1-7
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: "Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and there proclaim this message: " 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!" If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever."
What I saw in this is that the people were more into the title of things. I drive a Jag, so it's good. I live in a $500,000 dollar house, so it's good. I live in a city that has the temple of the Lord, so I'm saved. I wish it were that simple. These people followed God by name alone. Their actions didn't follow suit, and where did it lead them? Well, the story later tells us that they were demolished by the Babylonians. James tells us that with faith there will be deeds. Faith without deeds is useless. Anyway, this is what I got out of it today.
Jeremiah 7:1-7
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: "Stand at the gate of the LORD's house and there proclaim this message: " 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!" If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your forefathers for ever and ever."
What I saw in this is that the people were more into the title of things. I drive a Jag, so it's good. I live in a $500,000 dollar house, so it's good. I live in a city that has the temple of the Lord, so I'm saved. I wish it were that simple. These people followed God by name alone. Their actions didn't follow suit, and where did it lead them? Well, the story later tells us that they were demolished by the Babylonians. James tells us that with faith there will be deeds. Faith without deeds is useless. Anyway, this is what I got out of it today.
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