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I'm thinking today of Jeremiah 23, 14. And it

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says, Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I

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have seen a horrible thing. That's the first

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part of it right there. The prophets were the

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people who were supposed to be speaking for God.

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And Jerusalem was supposed to be the holy city

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of God. And instead, God's saying through Jeremiah

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that he's seen a horrible thing. And then there's

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a colon. And now we're going to hear what that

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horrible thing is. And it says, The committing

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of adultery. intimacy outside of marriage relationship,

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and walking in falsehood, and that is lies, living

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lies, telling lies, and they strengthen the hands

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of evildoers, that's supporting those who are

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doing wrong things, so that no one has turned

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back from his wickedness. That's the result of

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all of that. All of them have become to me like

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Sodom and her inhabitants like Gomorrah. Sodom

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and Gomorrah were those cities that God outright

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destroyed because of their wickedness. So what

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was going on was the people who were supposed

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to be representing God weren't. They were encouraging

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other people to do wrong things and doing wrong

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things themselves. That's not going to be us.

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We know what's right. We can figure out what

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God wants from us. We can work together in the

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local church and listen to his word and study

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and grow and stand up for what's right. It's

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not a militant war, but it's a spiritual war.

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And we can stand up for what's right even in

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this day when so many people are pushing what's

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wrong. I don't want to be like Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Do you? No. I don't want God to say there's a

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horrible thing in me. Do you? No. We're going

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to stand up for what's right and do the best

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we can, loving others and working for God.