I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings." That line should stop us. The altars still…I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings." That line should stop us. The altars still smoke, the rituals still run, but God turns His face from the smell. You can keep every outward habit of worship and still lose the One you were worshiping. What does He actually delight in from you?
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Cain and the question about his brother
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Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem." All these words. Not the…Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem." All these words. Not the softened version, not the half that the king could bear. A city under siege, a prophet standing in front of the man who could jail him, and nothing left out.
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Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly." Notice the fool isn't quiet about it. He spreads…Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly." Notice the fool isn't quiet about it. He spreads his emptiness out like merchandise. The wise person moves from what he actually knows, slowly, quietly. Before you speak today, ask yourself honestly: am I sharing understanding, or just displaying myself?
You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one…You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else." Notice when He says it: after the locusts, after the stripped fields. Not before the loss. Sometimes you only learn He is among you in the place where everything else was eaten away. What has that emptiness taught you about who stayed?
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