Sacred Truth Friday: Gross Misconduct

Gross Misconduct 

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,“Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord , all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord !’ ”Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord , the temple of the Lord  are these.’“For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor,if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.“Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know,and then come and stand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, ‘We are delivered to do all these abominations’?Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, ” says the Lord. - Jeremiah 7:1-11 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah7:1-11&version=NKJV
The people of Judah sinned against God. Turned away from Him to adultery, idolatry, injustice, murder just to name a few. Yet they had the audacity to believe they could show up for worship at the Lord's temple, safe from punishment for their sins. 

This is a lesson that applies today: we can't live anyway we so choose and then expect to be safe from punishment just because at one time in our lives we obeyed the Gospel and are now attending the Lord's church every Sunday and Wednesday nights. God will punish our gross misconduct (lake of fire) unless repented of. 

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