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Religion without Relationship by Dr Lance Ketchum Confronting Our Self Deception Routines often degenerate into rituals and rituals into dead externalism. There are two simple realities when it comes to our self deception about our spirituality and our natural (carnal) tendency towards worldliness. 1. We are always willing to conform to what we want [...] Jeremiah 10:10-11 But the LORD is the true God,he is the living God,and an everlasting king:at his wrath the earth shall tremble,and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (11) Thus shall ye say unto them,The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth,[...] Jeremiah 10:1-10 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you,O house of Israel:(2) Thus saith the LORD,Learn not the way of the heathen,and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;for the heathen are dismayed at them. (3) For the customs of the people are vain:for [...] Jer. 9:25,26 Behold,the days come,saith the LORD,that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;(26) Egypt,and Judah,and Edom,and the children of Ammon,and Moab,and all that are in the utmost corners,that dwell in the wilderness:for all these nations are uncircumcised,[...] Jeremiah 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets;all my bones shake;I am like a drunken man,and like a man whom wine hath overcome,because of the LORD,and because of the words of his holiness. Now here is the rebuke for the religious leaders of Jeremiah’s time. I [...] God always preserves a remnant. He always takes care of His own. Even when Israel went into captivity as divine punishment,God still provided comfort. Read the prophets:God pronounces judgment on the wicked,and offers hope to those that love and obey God. Jer 46:27-28 But fear not thou,O my servant Jacob,[...] Jer 26:20-24 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD,Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim,who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: (21) And when Jehoiakim the king,with all his mighty men,and all the princes,heard [...] | ||||
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