“A curse on him who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!” (Jeremiah 48:10).
We should not be lax in doing the Lord’s work, “For God did not give us
a spirit of timidity, but a Spirit of power, of love and of
self-discipline” (2 Timothy 1:7).
Through the power of the Spirit of God, we are able to say, with Paul,
“I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am
convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for
that Day” (2 Timothy 1:12). Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we are enabled to “obey the statutes of Your mouth” (Psalm 119:88).
" ... 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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