'Useless Refining!
Jeremiah 6:29.
a) The bellows blow fiercely.
b) To burn away the lead with fire.
c) But the refining goes on in vain.
d) The wicked are not purged out.
(This QT reveals to me Useless Refining)
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'The Builder Of Everything.'
Hebrews 3:4.
a) God is the Builder of everything.
b) Every house is built by someone. (God gives the skill to design and build it)
c) Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17. Jesus is the stone that the builders rejected.
d) Ezekiel 27:4. God gave the builders skill to build beautifully.
e) 2 Kings 12:11. Builders built the House of the Lord.
f) Matthew 21:42. Jesus was the Stone that the builders rejected.
g) Ezra 3:10. The builders made the foundation of the Temple.
(This Second one reminds me that God is The Builder Of Everything)
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Chris.
The only refining amongst us is refining that is done by God Himself. Man-made refining amongst God's People does not work. The way that God most effectively refines us is when we submit to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. When God Himself refines us then the wicked people and their ways perish.
