Jeremiah 32:17
tells us that nothing is too hard for the “Sovereign Lord”, the Creator
of “the heavens and the earth.” He is able to deliver us “from wicked
and evil men”, to “strengthen and protect us from the evil one” (2 Thessalonians 3:2-3). We are enabled to persevere because “the Lord directs our hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance” (2 Thessalonians 3:5).
As the Lord Himself leads us in His love, leading us not into
temptation and delivering us from evil, He “removes the dross from the
silver, and out comes material for the silversmith” (Proverbs 25:4).
" ... 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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