Jeremiah voices a familiar woe that we have heard before. “Why do the wicked prosper? Why don’t You just do away with them?” We have heard this same cry before. David and Elijah immediately come to mind for me. David’s cry was uttered during the time he was on the run from Saul. Elijah was […]
God tells Jeremiah to go throughout Judah with His words. Proclaim it everywhere that destruction is coming. God won’t listen to their cries any more. Do you remember me sharing the story of the bear and the atheist with you? Today’s story brings that one back to mind. Judah was ignoring, replacing, and rejecting God […]
Jeremiah calls to the people again, bringing them God’s words. He calls out those who trust in idols and points to the True Craftsman of all. Not of some dead idol. Israel and Judah both picked up the ways of the nations around them. God had called them to be separate from the beginning. But […]
Jeremiah’s heart is breaking for his people. He is not allowed to plead with God for them. God says that lies abound everywhere within them. Beware even your neighbors. Jeremiah hears the people asking “Where is God? Doesn’t He care about us?” His heart is breaking for them but he KNOWS better than to intercede […]
God cries out against the people who have pretended to return. They have altered God’s Laws in their pretense of returning. This is NOT acceptable to God. I came across a term I heard MANY times as a child; “backsliding.” I was raised in the Pentecostal Church of God and this word was used quite […]
