“The ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion
with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy
will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away” (Isaiah 51:11).
“May I never boast except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world” (Galatians 6:14).
Our boast is in the Lord who has ransomed us. We rejoice in Him. He
has given us a new song of joy. We no longer sing the world’s song.
Now, we are singing the Lord’s song. The world’s way is always there to
pull us away from the Lord. We must “always be zealous for the fear of
the Lord” (Proverbs 23:17).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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