JEREMIAH 7
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
COMING TO THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE WRONG WAY
Coming to the house of God is a very serious business, we often come to church, but we treat it more like a car wash than a church.
We think we can come and have our sin forgiven and go out into the world and commit whatever sin we want, because we have completed our religious duty.
Paul says to us examine yourself to see if you are in the faith:
2 Corinthians 13:5 – Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!
Let us ask ourselves some questions.
Do we come into Church on time or late?
Do we come to spend time with God or to meet with our friends?
Do we give the service your full concentration, especially through the sermon?
The situation in Jeremiah’s time, is not dissimilar to our time, the people were outwardly religious, they had all the religious trappings, but in reality, they were far from God.
They were Sunday Christians who acted like pagans the rest of the week. They lied, lusted and swore during the six days and then came and justified themselves whilst in God’s house.
As I said earlier, we treat Church, like we treat a car wash, we go to have all the dirt taken off the car and now we can go home with a bright shiny car. We act like that in church, we can come to church, say a few prayers and do our religious duty, but this stinks in the nostrils of God.
Let us come to the house of God in the right way, in the spirit of reverence, fear and worship. Ready to sit at our masters feet and to learn from him.
God bless you
KK
JEREMIAH 7
23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
ARE YOU GOING BACKWARDS OR FORWARDS?
God gives us commands, and these are meant for us to obey: John 14:15
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” God tells the children of Israel to obey his commandments, but would they obey.. the answer is NO.
In verse 23, God lays before us the blessings of obedience, but did they want to listen…NO. The words at the end of verse 24: and went backward, and not forward.
Are you going backwards or forwards in your Christian life?
Are you going backwards or forwards in your prayer life?
Are you going backwards or forwards in your bible reading?
If you are going backwards in your Christian life, means you have not listen to the voice of God and are acting in disobedience.
No Christian ever stands still in their walk with God, we go forward in obedience or backwards in disobedience.
Which are you doing?
God bless you
KK