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Revelations 3:15-16: Halfhearted commitment to Faith is considered nauseating to Christ. This is in reference to Romans 12:11 which says "Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord."

St. Thomas More wrote a famous prayer against being lukewarm in faith that likely refers to these passages.

“ Take from me, good Lord, this lukewarm fashion, or rather key-cold manner, of meditation, and this dullness in praying unto Thee. And give me warmth, delight, and quickness in thinking upon Thee, and give me Thy grace to long for Thine holy sacraments, and specially to rejoice in the presence of Thy very blessed body, sweet Savior Christ, in the holy sacrament of the altar. Make us all, good Lord, virtually participant of the holy sacrament this day, and every day make us all lively members, sweet Savior Christ, of Thine holy mystical body, Thy Catholic Church."

Jeremiah 22:16

This fragment from Jeremiah tells of the vassal king Jehoiakim.  He was enthroned by the Egyptians to which he paid a heave tribute (see 2 Kings 23:24).  Jeremiah accuses him of engaging in vast building projects and refusing to pay his laborers (see vv 13-15).   Jeremiah compares him to his more pious father, King Josiah (vv 15 - 17).  So it is was King Josiah who justly 'dispensed justice to the weak and the poor'.   Jeremiah tells us that this is true knowledge of the Lord.   It was social injustice perpetrated by the kings that is the cause of much of Jeremiah's condemnation.  It is both interesting and sad that we still have problems similar to Jeremiah's.   It is also interesting to note that the Jeremiah teaches of the New Covenant to come, a covenant we believe is fulfilled in Jesus.