'The Lord's Temple Is Here.'
Jeremiah 7:4-7.
a) Jeremiah 7:4. Don't be fooled by the people who promise you safety simply because the Lord's Temple is here.
b) Jeremiah 7:4. They chant: "The Lord's Temple is here." and "This is the Temple of the Lord."
c) Jeremiah 7:4. They presumptuously think that God will not destroy the City because His Temple is there.
d) Jeremiah 7:5. The Lord will only be merciful if:-
1-You stop your evil thoughts.
2-You stop your evil deeds.
3-You start treating each other with Justice.
e) Jeremiah 7:6. Only if you stop:-
1-Exploiting foreigners.
2-Exploiting orphans.
3-Exploiting widows.
4-Murdering.
5-Harming yourselves by worshipping idols.
f) Jeremiah 7:7. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.
(Through this QT, The Lord's Temple Is Here, I reject all presumptuous thoughts about the Lord's Temple and Church)
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'Eager To Do Right.'
Revelation 3:19.
a) As many people as the Lord loves.
b) He rebukes and chastens.
c) Be zealous and repent, change your hearts and lives.
(This Second one convinces me that I must be Eager To Do Right)
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Chris.
Stop exploiting foreigners. The "stranger" is someone that the Lord wants us to be helping and caring for. There would be no wars or terrorism if we all had learned this lesson many years ago. For years in the Western World the people who come to a new country looking for a new future have been unfairly treated by their new "host" Nations. Many of these "strangers" have come out, or run away from, terrible environments. They look for a new and happy future in a "New Land", but they find discrimination and awfully unfair treatment. Some of them deeply regret taking the journey to find their "promised land" because they find this land is hateful, discriminating and oppressive. This message must ring loud in the "Western World": STOP EXPLOITING BROTHER AND SISTER FOREIGNERS AND THEIR CHILDREN!
