Monday, December 18, 2017

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts,

Jeremiah 4:1-18
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire.
Jeremiah said to the Lord: Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying,'You will have peace,' when the sword is at our throats!"
How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
Tell this to the nations, proclaim concerning Jerusalem: 'A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry aginst the cities of Judah. They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me, declares the Lord.
Even now God will save his people if they really repent. He will bring them back from exile a united nation whose worship is a living reality, not a mere ritual.
All Jewish boy babies were circumcised when they were eight days old, as a sign that they had entered into covenant relationship with God.
Destruction and devastation are about to fall on Judah.
Why?
Circumcise is a ceremony but more important is curcumcise heart, which bring our the action of repent and faith.
You will fave peace is sweet word people like to hear it, but it deceived man when they turn away from the Lord, there is not peace among them.
God is waiting for Judah and Jerusalem turn back to Him, but they are still living among wicked behavior like bort stay in wicked harbor.
How?
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts, do not worship the Lord by mount but with all my heart!

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