Isaiah 35:8 speaks of “the Way of Holiness.” Isaiah 35:9
stresses that “only the redeemed will walk there.” This is also the
teaching of Paul in Galatians. We must be redeemed by the Lord if we are
to walk in the Way of Holiness. Any attempt yo walk in the Way of
Holiness as a means of earning salvation is “ a different gospel - which
is really no gospel at all”, a perversion of the Gospel of Christ (Galatians 1:6-7).
Only God - and not ourselves - can break the chains of sin. “Let them
give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds
for men, for He breaks down gates of bronze and cuts through bars of
iron” (Psalm 107:15-16).
" ... 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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