Another comment : Jesus talked about a judgment day for all and Paul writes about a judgment day for Christians:
"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames." 1 Cor. 3:11-15. I'm not sharing that to bring condemnation, but to remind myself and others to walk closely to the Lord, listen to His voice and serve others with a glad heart!
Good words! Amos and other prophets were warning of days of disaster because of the people's unfaithfulness in following after truth and justice. Jeremiah personally saw the final days of calamity, but well before that he warned against his people's religiosity. In chapter 7, he writes as words from the LORD:
*Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!” If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.*
Another comment : Jesus talked about a judgment day for all and Paul writes about a judgment day for Christians:
"For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames." 1 Cor. 3:11-15. I'm not sharing that to bring condemnation, but to remind myself and others to walk closely to the Lord, listen to His voice and serve others with a glad heart!
Good words! Amos and other prophets were warning of days of disaster because of the people's unfaithfulness in following after truth and justice. Jeremiah personally saw the final days of calamity, but well before that he warned against his people's religiosity. In chapter 7, he writes as words from the LORD:
*Do not trust in deceptive words and say, “This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!” If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.*