Jeremiah 8:8-9 “How can you say, ‘We are wise because we have the word of the Lord,’ when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies? These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the word of the Lord. Are they so wise after all?”
11-12 “They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions? Not at all – they don’t even know how to blush!”
9:3 “My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.
This is what I would say to My Church: you are twisting My Word into lies that soothe your own souls. You are changing the meaning of My Word to allow you to live in sin and selfishness. You have taken the Word out of context to conform to the evil desires of your current culture. You give partial Truths in order to condone blatant sin. Do not be deceived, I am aware of every lie you tell, every twist and turn you place on My Word. I see it all and forget nothing. I am aware that you take My Scripture and “interpret” it in a way that allows those whom you teach to sin blatantly, confident that I approve – or at least that I will automatically forgive. You twist the message of salvation into a mere “prayer” that is supposed to cover all sin before the prayer is said and all that is committed after – even those actions that are done in full knowledge that it is sin. You twist My mercy into a blanket of automatic coverage. You leave out sanctification. You leave out obedience to My Lordship. You leave out holiness. You leave out personal responsibility to adhere to My Word. You leave out everything but My “love”, My “mercy”, My “forgiveness”. You leave out the price that was paid for these, as well as the expectations attached to those who would benefit from them. If I am Lord, where is obedience? If I am King of Kings, where is adherence to my Word? If I am indeed omniscient, where is the knowledge that I see all that you do, that I am aware of all that you say and even think, that I am privy to the state of your heart? Where is the acknowledgement that I am indeed Lord over all? You accept that – even welcome it – when you need help, when you are frightened, when you are lacking resources, when you are hurting. Yet you ignore that fact when it comes to your every day life – a life which should reflect Me. If you are Mine, where is the effort to become more like Me? If you are Mine, if you truly “love” Me, why do you commit egregious sin against Me and My creation – blatantly, openly, in full expectation that I either condone it or will automatically forgive it? You obviously have not spent enough time truly getting to know Me, My Word, the history of My people. Do not live your life in such a way that, when you leave your present life, you are surprised when I tell you that I never knew you.
Amanuensis 