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Jeremiah 15:19

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This is what the Lord says: If you will return, I will take you back. If you will speak what is worthwhile and not what is worthless, you will stand in my presence. The people will return to you, but you will not return to them.

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Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”

Now go, and I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”

Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve unknown people.

Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. The Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing in front of me, I would not feel sorry for these people. Send them away from me, and let them go.

I think to myself, “I can forget the Lord and no longer speak his name.” But ⌞his word⌟ is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.

So this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: A descendant of Jonadab, Rechab’s son, will always serve me.”

The Lord declares, “If you come back, Israel, if you come back to me, if you take your disgusting idols out of my sight and you don’t wander away from me,

The bellows of the blast furnace blow fiercely to make the fire melt away the lead. It is useless to go on refining because the impurities can’t be removed.

All the people are groaning as they beg for bread. They trade their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. ‘O Lord, look and see how despised I am!’ ”

Speak my words to them whether they listen or not, because they are rebellious.

Your priests violate my teachings and dishonor my holy things. They don’t distinguish between what is holy and what is unholy. They don’t teach the difference between what is clean and what is unclean. They ignore the days to worship me. So I am dishonored among the people.

They must teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy. They must show the people how to tell the difference between what is clean and what is unclean.

Teach them the difference between what is holy and what is unholy, what is clean and what is unclean.

These instructions for skin diseases and mildew help you distinguish between what is clean and what is unclean.”

“Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people the message I have given you.”

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: If you live according to my ways and follow my requirements, you will govern my temple and watch over my courtyards. Then I will give you free access to walk among those standing here.

The angel answered him, “I’m Gabriel! I stand in God’s presence. God sent me to tell you this good news.

“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

At that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.”

I will give you words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to oppose or prove wrong.

Be alert at all times. Pray so that you have the power to escape everything that is about to happen and to stand in front of the Son of Man.”

I didn’t avoid telling you the whole plan of God.

So from now on we don’t think of anyone from a human point of view. If we did think of Christ from a human point of view, we don’t anymore.

Am I saying this now to win the approval of people or God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ’s servant.

But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News would always be yours.

However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.

God can guard you so that you don’t fall and so that you can be full of joy as you stand in his glorious presence without fault.




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