[From March 12, 2007 archive]
We who have worshiped
false gods,
who have broken your
commandments,
dare not pronounce
ourselves safe merely
by coming to stand
before you in worship,
if we then continue
all the same abominations.
Our hope is in your
word, not in our works.
We trust in you
because you justify the ungodly.
Not by searching for
you shall we find you;
we cannot come to
you, unless you come to us.
Come, then, to us,
that we may amend our ways.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Jer. 7:1-15
Rom. 4:1-12
John 7:14-36
Selected Verses
Psalm 119:74
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
because I have
hoped in your word.
Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make
offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, and then
come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say,
“We are safe!”--only to go on doing all these abominations?
Romans 4:5
But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the
ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
John 7:36
“…What does he mean by saying, ‘You will search for me and you
will not find me’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?” [The Pharisees, speaking of Jesus]
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