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NASB | Jeremiah 16:12 'You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 16:12 and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me. |
Subject: Obey the Lord, not "Follow Your Heart" |
Bible Note: In harmony, I believe, with Richard Baxter's message on conscience is an aphorism I heard or read years ago whose source I can't recall. It said, "Conscience is a creature of education." I had occasion to prove the validity of this aphorism recently. A day or two before the November election a friend and I were opining on issues and candidates when it became obvious that his views differed sharply from mine. "Well," he said, "I'm going to vote my conscience and you can vote yours." ...... I voted mine and have reason to believe that he voted his. But, as Baxter pointed out, "an erring conscience is not to be obeyed, but to be better informed." It is my fondest wish that between now and the next election, my friend will take the remedial steps necessary to better inform his conscience. ...... On theology matters -- and theology certainly does matter -- the only trustworthy guide to faith and practice is God's word -- not man's conscience, not man's opinions, not man's reason, not man's scientific discoveries, not man's theories, hunches, dreams, visions, private "revelations or man's anything else. Sola scriptura. Sola scriptura. Scripture alone. Scripture alone. 2 Timothy 2:15 and 3:16. --Hank |
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