Jeremiah 16
"Therefore, I will cast you out of this land into a land you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor." (v.13)
Chapter 16 is the same message we have been hearing for sometime now; sin brings consequences. In this case into captivity of both man and his pagan idols, with God's favor now turning from His own people to the Gentiles, who will turn from their idols and embrace the true and living God.
But verse 15 declares that God would extend His grace and mercy to the children and grand children of His people and eventually bring them back and restore them into the land.
Jeremiah 17
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man, but Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD." (vv.5-7)
Here is the bottom line which is true for both individuals and nations as well. What leads us astray is the heart, and the evil desires of it. For it is, "deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" (v.9). God!
Therefore, God will test you and I through trial to reveal what is truly in us; love or hate, good or evil, truth or deception, rebellion or submission to His Lordship. Lord help us to pass the tests.
The Truth: "Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth (no hope), for they forsake the LORD, the fountain of living waters (everlasting life)." (Jeremiah 16:13b)
"Therefore, I will cast you out of this land into a land you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor." (v.13)
Chapter 16 is the same message we have been hearing for sometime now; sin brings consequences. In this case into captivity of both man and his pagan idols, with God's favor now turning from His own people to the Gentiles, who will turn from their idols and embrace the true and living God.
But verse 15 declares that God would extend His grace and mercy to the children and grand children of His people and eventually bring them back and restore them into the land.
Jeremiah 17
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man, but Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD." (vv.5-7)
Here is the bottom line which is true for both individuals and nations as well. What leads us astray is the heart, and the evil desires of it. For it is, "deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" (v.9). God!
Therefore, God will test you and I through trial to reveal what is truly in us; love or hate, good or evil, truth or deception, rebellion or submission to His Lordship. Lord help us to pass the tests.
The Truth: "Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth (no hope), for they forsake the LORD, the fountain of living waters (everlasting life)." (Jeremiah 16:13b)
