The Word of God calls us to repentance - “Repent and live!” (Ezekiel 18:32).
This repentance does not earn salvation for us. While we are called to
“repent and live”, we must understand that eternal life is God’s gift,
given to us on the basis of Christ’s death as the perfect sacrifice
for our sins: “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22).
The foundation of our salvation is Christ’s death for our sins:
“Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people.”
There is an appropriate response to His saving death. We are to wait
for Him - He “brings salvation to those who are waiting for Him” (Hebrews 9:28). As we wait for Him, we look forward to life “both now and for evermore” (Psalm 121:8).
" ... 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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