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April 18, 2007
Coincidental? Nope.
Verses from my devotions yesterday:
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the LORD are right,
and the upright walk in them,
but transgressors stumble in them.
--Hosea 14:9 (in context)
Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.
--Jeremiah 9:4-6 (in context)
Did you notice? In this passage, the grossness of the sin mounts and mounts, and what's the worst of the sins listed in this passage? What's the absolute peak of sin you can commit? "...they refuse to know me." Come on, folks. Let's press on to know him!
Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
--Jeremiah 9:23-24 (in context again)
And here's that very point underlined for us again. Just a few verses later, Jeremiah again calls us to understand and know him. He is the one (the only one) who practices love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, after all. Come to know him, and come to know him better.
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