SALT & LIGHT

Friday, April 8, 2005

Made For A Reason

Why did God create you? Well consider this; He created the sun to give light and heat. The rivers to give life, the clouds to give water, trees and plant life to give fruit. God made the fruit to give seed, and the seed to give birth to flowers, and vegetables. Flowers to give perfume and vegetables to give nourishment. May I suggest that He created you for the same reason, to give. The Bible teaches that we are to glorify and enjoy God forever. How do we glorify and enjoy Him? Answer; as we give of ourselves to God and give of ourselves to others, we bring glory to God and joy into our hearts.

If you are living your life to take from this world, your life will always be empty. You were created to give, to give blessings, to give of yourself. To give help and comfort to those in need. To give light, to give love, to share the gospel. Do you want an abundant life? Then give. Give encouragement; give joy, give hope, and love. Walk by faith in the fullness of His Spirit so that your giving will be generous. For when you give, it shall be given to you, abundant and overflowing. You think about that.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. [Luke 6:38]

And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. [Hebrews 13:16]

Monday, April 4, 2005

A Time to be Drunk

Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine (New Wine)." Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! ACTS 2:13-15. To paraphrase (People as a rule do not get drunk and party at nine in the morning).

May I say a good sign that the Holy Spirit is working in your life, is when there is rejoicing at the wrong time. When everything seems to be going badly and you celebrate God's grace. When all the odds seem to be against you and you laugh and dance. When you should be bitter and hateful according to your view of things and instead you love your enemies. My friend that is evidence of the Spirit's work in your life. Let me encourage you to rejoice and praise your Heavenly Father now. Trust Him to make all things right. Thank Him for His great gift of salvation. For His promise to never leave nor forsake you. For the truth that He saves to the uttermost. That there is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. That He has wrapped you in the perfect righteousness of His Dear Son. That your sins are forgiven. We have so much to thank Him for. My prayer child of God; Is that we will get to know the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, and becoming like Him in His death. For this my friend; Is the joy of the New Wine.

Sunday, March 20, 2005

THE FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION

  The fruits of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead are many: Look first, at the immediate results. (1)- It silenced those who ridiculed His claims, and struck terror into their hearts. (2)- It explained how the prophecies would be fulfilled which predicted His death and the kingdom glory to follow. (3)- It encouraged His followers, making cowards bold, turning their fear into faith, their sorrow into joy and their despair into glorious victory.

  Now consider the long-range results. (1)- The Lord’s resurrection, is a warning to unbelievers. “Because God hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; wherefore He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31; see also John 5:22,27; Acts 10:42).

  (2)- As to believers, Christ’s resurrection from the dead assures us that our debt of sin has been fully paid; “He was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 4:25; 5:1).

  (3)- His resurrection gives us a living Savior to help us in our daily walk. “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He liveth to make intercession for them” (Heb. 7:25).

  (4)- His resurrection is the pledge of our own resurrection from the dead. “That Christ should suffer, and that He should be the first to rise from the dead…” (Acts 26:23). “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept” (1Cor. 15:20). “Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ who, according to His abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3)

  Rejoice child of God, we serve a living Savior. Know that His sacrifice secured our salvation for evermore. Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow. O praise His Holy Name. Hallelujah! Thank you Lord Jesus for saving a wretch like me. Amen and amen.  

Sunday, March 13, 2005

Magnifying Yourself?

Mavet is the Hebrew word for death. Dying to self leads to life and joy. Many believers are not happy with themselves at all. They struggle with low self-esteem, with their faults, their weaknesses, their hypocrisies and all the sin in their life, past and present. That’s magnifying yourself. It’s pride. God’s word says we are to repent of our sins, confess our sins and move on by dying to self. A lot of self-help books will tell you, you have to learn to live with yourself. The Bible tells you something else. The Bible says crucify yourself. Get the focus off of you and on Christ. If you hate yourself, you are still focusing on yourself. But if yourself is crucified, there is no self to hate anymore; there is no self to condemn, no self to criticize, no self to deal with. The old self is Mavet- dead. Accept it. Try something new; forget about magnifying yourself; instead magnify the Lord and worship Him. Then you will really know how precious your life is and the joy of dying to self.

APPLICATION: Go to a brother or sister in need today, and do something in God’s love to help their situation.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life, which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. GALATIANS 2:20

Friday, March 11, 2005

Road to Destruction

That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ROMANS 10:9

What happens when a society rejects the Gospel? When Nazi Germany rejected the moral restrain of Christianity, the weak, defenseless, poor, sick, mentally ill, outcast and six million Jews were killed. Ancient Greece wanted to rid the society of all deformed children. Cultures without a love for the Gospel invent their own ideas of an ideal state and follow a path of destruction. It was the Gospel that overcame infanticide and abortion in the ancient world. May I say the Gospel brings life, not only for eternity, but here on earth.

Spread the Gospel and you can bring life to a society otherwise on a road to destruction. The Gospel saves lives; it changes lives, and changes cultures. What happens when society rejects the Gospel? We have only to study history and look at what is happening around us today. Allow God to use you to make a difference. It starts by your sharing with a friend, a neighbor, a family member. Bring the life-giving message of hope and salvation, because lives really do depend on it.

APPLICATION: Write a letter about God’s salvation in Christ and send it to someone who needs to know the Gospel.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Gentile). ROMANS 1:16

Sunday, March 6, 2005

Is God a Puppet or Master

A puppet is controlled by others, a master controls others. A puppet acts according to its strings that are pulled. A master pulls the strings. Without realizing it, many people liken God to a puppet. For example, they say God wants to save sinners, (and He does), but the sinner must let Him. In other words, that God as a puppet acts according to the strings that the sinner pulls. I am convinced and convicted that God is Master and not a puppet. [And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou?] (Dan. 4:35) Beloved, If God wants to do something and cannot do it; then He is not doing according to His will, but according to the will of others, or those that pull the strings. [For the Son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost.] (Luke 19:10) It was our Savior’s will to seek and to save His lost sheep, [My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.] (John 10:27-28) Jesus spoke without doubt or reservation. He knew His sheep would be saved because He would save them. May I say, I for one am thankful that the Lord is not a puppet, but that He can save a lost, dead, alienated sinner without his consent. Listen to what Jesus said in John 15:16 [Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you…] Ask the Apostle Paul if God is a puppet or master.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

GROWING IN GRACE

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (Rom. 5:9-10)

The blood of Jesus has saved us from our sins. Now our fight of faith is this: to walk in the Spirit and leave behind the ways of the flesh. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Rom. 8:14)

Jesus died to bring us life. Even more, He lives to walk with us in the grace of transformation. May I say, that by the sure foundation of Scripture, the Spirit of our Lord helps us grow up into our salvation. For surely it is not angels He helps, but Abraham’s descendants. (Heb. 2:16)

The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. (Rom. 13:12) Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household. (Eph. 2:19) Child of God the key to growing in grace is this: (putting on the armor of light.) Have you surrendered to the Lordship of Christ, that He might work His transforming grace in and through you? This is how the armor of light is put on.

All praise and joyful thanksgiving to Jesus, who gave His blood that continues to cleanse us from sin as we walk with Him in the light, waiting for the day of our redemption.

Friday, February 25, 2005

TEMPTATIONS

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out [GENESIS 39:10-12]

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death [JAMES 1:14-15]

Temptations are subtle, persistent and often come when everything seems to be going well. The Tempter gives us many ways to rationalize our sins; Therefore we need convictions based on God’s word, we need the mind of Christ, the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and the Father’s abounding grace, if we are to resist and overcome. Paul says in 1CORINTHIANS 10:13 . There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it

The bottom line child of God; keep alert, stay in the word and focus on Jesus. You think about that.

Sunday, February 20, 2005

HEARING AND DOING

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like (James 1:22-24).

Anyone who hears the word preached, who reads or studies the word: but does not apply the word or incorporate the word into actions; the Bible says that person is engaging in self-deception and is like one who observes his face in a mirror with just a fleeting glance and soon forgets what he looks like. May I say child of God; that God's word is not going to have any impact or transforming power in your life if it is not acted upon. My prayer is that you and I will put into practice through the power of the Holy Spirit; the light that the Lord gives us. Let our lives bring glory and praise to Him and Him alone. Thank you Lord Jesus for your wonderful grace; amen.

Thursday, February 10, 2005

        MOVING TOWARD GOD'S GOAL

Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:13-14).

Dedication and determination are two principles that are involved in reaching spiritual goals. The Believer must be devoted to Christ and Him alone. Be no longer influenced or affected by the past. Be single minded in focus. Overcome stumbling blocks that stand in the way through the power of the Holy Spirit. And by faith continue to press on toward the heavenward goal, that God has called each of us to in Christ Jesus. God has promised to shape, mould and conform us into Christ likeness. He has said in His word that when He starts a good work He will bring it to completion. [Can you say thank you Lord Jesus for your amazing grace].

Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Bible Study

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15)

The Bible is not merely a collection of entertaining stories or tips for living a successful life. It is the very Word of God. May I say there is no substitute for the study of God's Word, if we want to have a correct understanding of God's character, activity, and purpose. We need to pray and study Scripture with receptive hearts, submissive to the Holy Spirit, as He works in us, renewing our minds, transforming our lives, and deepening our love for the Savior. You thank about that.

Saturday, February 5, 2005

Some Thoughts About Prayer.

  Prayer is talking to the Sovereign God, who encourages, hears, and answers the prayers of His people. Prayer is a high privilege and should be exercised often. Prayer needs to be God-centered and not self-centered. Prayer should be given in the name of Jesus, because He is the only mediator between God and man. Genuine prayer is always clothed in humility and in loving obedience and trust that God will answer, as He knows best. Prayer includes listening to God as well as talking to Him. Prayers always should be offered in a spirit of gratitude and humility. We can share with God our desires and hopes, but we should always seek His will. Thoughtful and concise prayer pleases God more that foolish ramblings. You think about that.

Some Biblical Illustrations.

1.      THE LORD’S PRAYER [MATT. 6:9-13]

2.      JESUS’ PRAYER IN GETHSEMANE [MATT. 26: 39,42]

3.      JESUS’ PRAYER FROM THE CROSS [LUKE 23:34]

4.      JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS [JOHN 17:20-26]

5.      DYING PRAYER OF STEVEN [ACTS 7:60]

6.      DAVID’S PRAYER OF CONFESSION & REPENTANCE [PSALMS 51]

7.      PRAYERS WE CAN ADOPT AS OUR OWN [PSALMS 4:1, 5:1, 8:1, 9:1, 18:1, 19:14, 31:9, 42:1, 51:1, 61:1]

Monday, January 31, 2005

A COURAGEOUS CHOICE

“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. [HEBREWS 11:24-26]

When Moses became an adult, he made a deliberate choice to leave the lifestyle of comfort, luxury and prestige in the Egyptian royal court and chose to cast his lot with God’s people; living a lifestyle filled with suffering, poverty and persecution.

Moses considered the abuse and contempt that he would suffer for the sake of Christ to be of greater value than all the treasures of Egypt. He knew that spiritual treasures would last for eternity, while material wealth was temporal at best.

As Christians we can be courageous in our faith, looking ahead as Moses did to our heavenly inheritance in Christ Jesus. Walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Choosing not the ways of the world, but the way of the cross.

Lets heed the words of Jesus in Matthew 6:19-20, where Jesus says “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Remember what Scripture says; “Choose you this day whom you will serve” [JOSHUA 24:15].

Saturday, January 22, 2005

TELLING THE GOOD NEWS

Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked. "How can I." he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him........ Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. (Acts 8:30-31,35)

May I say you can began anywhere in Scripture and preach Jesus, because you will find Jesus on every page of the Bible.

One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit is to teach the believer the things of God. However The Spirit of God does not void the need of human teachers or diligent study. The Holy Spirit is not given to make study needless, but to make Bible study effective. Paul tells Timothy and all believers in 2Tim.4:2 [Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage- with great patience and careful instruction]. Child of God the spiritual gift of teaching may not be given to all believers, but the call to teach by word and example is. Give God glory and tell someone about Jesus today. Be a witness unto the Lord, make His saving grace known to all who will listen.

Friday, January 21, 2005

IN ORDER TO GLORIFY GOD

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For even Christ did not please Himself.......... Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. (Romans 15:1-3,7)

In order to glorify God, Christians are to follow the example of Christ and like Him are not to please themselves, but are to please others. Those who are strong in the faith have a moral and spiritual obligation to bear with the failings of the weak and to help them. Believers should follow the self-denying example of Christ. Welcome one another, and live in harmony with one another, to do anything less would be an insult to Christ. Did not Christ suffer and die for each of us who have been born again? Did He not purchase our redemption with His own blood? Thank about it. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY.

Saturday, January 15, 2005

A PARABLE ON PRAYER

Then He said to them, "suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says,' Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.' "Then the one inside answers, ' Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' I tell you, though he will not get up and give bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs. "So I say to you; Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who ask receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (Luke 11:5-10)

The point is not that we will get whatever we ask, if we are persistent, but that we should never be afraid to ask. We are not in the position of having to plead with an indifferent neighbor [As in the parable]. Because we are dealing with a loving Father who wants to supply our needs. In other words don't come to God only in midnight emergencies, but keep in constant communion with Him. Paul exhorted "pray without ceasing."

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

SPIRITUAL MAN

"The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things."  (1Corinthians 2:14-15)

When God gives you eternal life, He gives you Himself. When the Holy Spirit reveals truth, He is not teaching you a concept to be thought about, He is leading you to a relationship with a person. Always tie a revealed truth to your understanding of God and your relationship to Christ. [Lord help me to overcome anything that hinders my relationship with you. When you speak to me through your word, give me the grace to obey. In Jesus name amen].

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

LOVING GOD

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment." (Matthew 22:37-38)

A love relationship with God is more important than any other single factor in your life. Everything in your Christian walk, everything about knowing Him, everything about knowing His will, depends on the quality of your love relationship to Him. Can you describe your relationship with God as one of loving Him with all your heart, soul, and mind. I hope so.

Monday, January 3, 2005

AGAPE LOVE

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1John 4:7-8)

God's love is unconditional, sacrificial, and without limits. The Bible says that we are to love one another, that we are to love our neighbors, and even love our enemies. We are to love all people with the love of Christ, no matter how unlovable they might be. [Lord, I don't always love people as I should. Give me a heart like yours, so that I can truly love people as they are, not as I would like them to be. In Jesus name amen].

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

SERVANT'S HEART

So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them." (John 13:12-17)

Do you want to be blessed? Develop a servant's heart. We are His bond-servants, and a servant is not greater than his master. If Jesus can step down from a position of divine glory to become a man, and then further humble Himself to be a servant and wash the feet of twelve undeserving sinners, we ought to be willing to suffer any indignity to serve Him.

Saturday, December 25, 2004

GUARD YOUR ATTITUDE

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given unto you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Luke 6:37-38)

We determine the standards by which others judge us. We always reap what we sow after we sow and more than we sow [Gal. 6:7-8]. Don't be guilty of a judgmental or critical attitude. God's word gives us authority to judge only doctrine and behavior and nothing else.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

HE IS WORTHY

 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name (Psalm 100:4).  I will praise the Lord at all times, I will constantly speak His praises (Psalm 34:1).

Praise God because of who He is, not because of what He does. Praise is pure worship and adoration. In praise you affirm God and express your love for Him.

Sunday, December 12, 2004

JESUS IS LORD 

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters; yes, even his own life; he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26-27,33)

The believer must love Jesus more than any other person, possession, or purpose. We are to surrender ourselves afresh and anew each day to Him; that we might walk in the fullness of His Spirit and bring glory to His name.

Saturday, December 4, 2004

Ye Can Do Nothing...I Can Do All Things

What a contrast we have in the above two statements that are taken from scripture. How can this be explained? "I am the vine, ye are the branches; He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without Me ye can do nothing". (John 15:5) Here the Lord teaches us that He (the true vine) is not dependent on us (the branches) but we are absolutely dependent on Him. For in Him we live, and move, and have our being...(Acts 17:28) Without the Lord we are dead in our sins, we have no movement, no soundness of mind, hence (ye can do nothing). What about the above latter statement? I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Phil. 4:13) May I say if we abide in the vine there is nothing that is in God's will that we cannot do. Without Him we can bear no acceptable fruit, but with Him we can bear much fruit. Notice what the Bible says in Jeremiah 1: 6-7. Then said I "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child". But the Lord said unto me, "Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak".

Friday, November 12, 2004

Serve The Lord Out Of Gratitude

May I say; We don't serve the Lord in order to try and convince Him to save us from our sins. We serve the Lord because He has already saved us from our sins. Paul says that "the love of Christ constrains us" to serve Him, out of gratitude for saving us by grace through faith [2Corinthians 5:14]. He adds that since "He died for all...they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again" [15]. It is only "reasonable" that we live for the One who died for us, and present our bodies a "living sacrifice" in the service of the One who presented His body a dying sacrifice for us on Calvary [Romans 12:1-2].

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Don't Presume On The Grace Of God

Speaking of the sins of the flesh, Paul says in [Ephesians 5:6-7] "because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them". Some-day the wrath of God is going to fall on unbelievers because of their sin. Just because you are safe from the wrath of hell as a saved and secure child of God, don't presume on God's grace and continue to partake of sin with unbelievers. That is the bottom line of Paul's exhortation.                                                            

To illustrate Paul's point: Washington D.C. is full of foreign ambassadors who enjoy diplomatic immunity to our laws; they cannot be prosecuted by our courts for violating them. Yet when a speeding diplomat hit and killed a little girl with his automobile some years ago. Our citizenry was rightly outraged, because he could not be prosecuted. How could he flagrantly violate our laws just because he was immune to the prosecution of our courts? May I say, as Christians we should feel the same outrage at the thought of sinning against the God who saved us just because we can no longer be prosecuted by God's justice. We should rather refuse to indulge in the very sins for which Christ died, and think long and hard about our answer to God's question: "Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely...and come and stand before Me...and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?" [Jeremiah 7:9-10].