The
life of faith is a life of conflict. We live among “the faithless” -
God is “always on their lips, but far from their hearts” (Jeremiah 12:12).
We are called to maintain the faith in the face of “hollow and
deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic
principles of this world’s rather than on Christ” (Colossians 2:8). There is conflict, but there is also victory - “The Lord is with me ... I will look in triumph over my enemies ... “ (Psalm 118:6-8).
" ... 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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