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Do Not Trust Deceptive Words: The Temple Sermon and a Prophet's Tears | Jeremiah 7–9
Episode Overview
Can worship itself become a lie? Today we read Jeremiah chapters 7 through 9, beginning with the temple gate sermon. Jeremiah confronts a people who believe their rituals and religious slogans keep them safe even while they oppress the vulnerable and burn incense to other gods. Empty religious confidence is not neutral, he warns—it is actively deceptive, because God has always cared more about how people treat one another than about what they say at the temple.
The indictment then deepens. This is not a people who do not know better, but one that willfully refuses to do good…
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