Is your church your modern day rabbit foot? Jeremiah 7-11

People have a wierd view of "going to church." People seem to think that "going to church" is some way to "clean things up" and put you right before God. The church building has become our modern day "rabbits foot." People seem to think if they attend church on Sunday that is the cosmic balance for life in the gutter the week before. We are no different than our predessors. Israel thought if they ran into the temple that they would be cleasned from sin and have a right standing before God. In 7:8-10 God condemns those who think that they can live the way they want and then run to some religious event at the local religious assembly and be suddenly right before God. Only God can make us right before God (which is the rest of Jeremiah's prophecy). We can't do our own thing on Monday through Saturday and then expect to stand before God, "right," because we are standing in a particular "holy" place. We need to know that God sent His son to do the work inside of us and change us from the inside-out. He does not want us to try to change ourselves from outside-in. Allow God to do the work on the inside and we won't do the nasty list of sinful deeds listed in 7:9. God is in the process of changing us - not because we attend a worship service but because His Son caused us to be righteous in the heart.