Thursday, November 25, 2010

Respect it

Jeremiah 7:9-15

“‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,[a] burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things? 11 Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the LORD.

12 “‘Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 While you were doing all these things, declares the LORD, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer. 14 Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors. 15 I will thrust you from my presence, just as I did all your fellow Israelites, the people of Ephraim.’

What a fool you are if you think you can live a life that reflects sin and yet you go to church expecting forgiveness. What does God say? "I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen...I will thrust you from my presence..." If you don't listen to what God is telling you, be prepare to be humiliated before God and man. That's probably the worst thing that could happen to you. Being embarrassed in front of God.

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