Jeremiah 4:2-4, 14, 18
And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives, ’In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.” 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, And take away the foreskins of your hearts,... 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? 18 “Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”
And you shall swear, ‘The Lord lives, ’In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; The nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him they shall glory.” 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, And take away the foreskins of your hearts,... 14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? 18 “Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”
Acknowledging God as truth, just, and righteous - this glorifies Him. Cutting back the evil in our hearts, washing clean in repentance as John came doing, this is the gospel told even in Jeremiah's time. God does not change; He wants to deliver us from sin, from within the heart and not just in outward religious show. We earned our sin's punishment (justice), but God's grace in Christ is freely given, not earned. It all begins with turning from sin to Him.
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