DIFFICULT REJECTION OF DECEIT
JEREMIAH 7:1-15
1A. YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS DECEIT. 7:1-4
1B. GOD IS TRUE, MEN LIE. 7:1-2
2B. DECEIT IS DECEIT, EVEN IF YOU BUILD YOUR LIFE ON IT. 7:3-4
2A. YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINFUL PATTERN OF LIFE. 7:5-11
1B. BOTH ACTS AND PATTERNS MUST BE ADDRESSED. 7:5a “ways” and “deeds”
1C. OUR PATTERNS MUST MESH WITH GOD’S CHARACTER.
2C. OUR ACTS OF WORSHIP DO NOT COMPENSATE FOR OUR DEVIANT LIFESTYLE.
2B. THE BLESSINGS OF GOD ARE CONDITIONAL. 7:5-7
3A. YOU MUST LEARN THE LESSON OF HISTORY. 7:12-15
1B. LEARN THE LESSON OF SHUTTERED PLACES OF WORSHIP. 7:12-14
2B. LEARN THE LESSON OF SEEMINGLY “CHOSEN” PEOPLE. 7:15