In Jeremiah, The LORD uses a few different analogies to show how His people have forsaken Him or forgotten Him. One of these, though we will not view it in detail today, is found in chapter two. The LORD says, "can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have …
Category: Admonition
Three Things to Avoid
In the book of Jeremiah, The LORD mentions three things which are "horrible." From these we find warnings which are even applicable to us and our culture today. The people had itching ears. False prophets which proclaimed "peace, peace" abounded, and though it was false, the people loved it. "A wonderful and horrible thing is …
Obedient in War
The phrase "be sure your sin will find you out" is fairly recognizable. We take it to mean that when we sin, we cannot remain hidden - it will be found out. The results of the sin, the consequences, or God Himself, will see to it that we cannot just continue sinning. And this is …
Avoid the World’s Hire
When trouble comes, to our lives or to our nation, what we have hired out of the world isn't going to help us. Everything that we have bought or put effort into in an attempt to remain safe, healthy, happy, wealthy, etc… those things will be like, as The LORD points out through Jeremiah, "bullocks …
The Affliction of Joseph
Do the various afflictions of the church grieve you? When congregations do not glorify Jesus, become lukewarm, or begin to stray from a literal and serious interpretation of God's word, for example, does it grieve you? One of the condemnations The LORD gave to Jerusalem that led to their captivity/judgment was that they were "not …
Our Compassionate Savior
Jesus is willing to make us clean; He is willing to cleanse us and save us from our sins. For this very purpose, Jesus was born: to "save His people from their sins" and "this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." [1 …
Hearing and Sharing Generously
In the gospel of Mark, while Jesus "began again to teach by the sea side," He spoke a parable about sowing seeds. The parable reads as follows, "Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the …
Ready For Him
One of the things that will be prevelant in the coming days before Jesus returns, will be the mockery of His return. Peter tells us that there will be "scoffers" in the last days, "walking after their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all …
Refuge Under The Skirt of Christ
The true story of Ruth and Boaz is a great picture of Jesus and His bride, the Church. One of the most important lessons I think we can learn from it is our great need to come under the "skirt" of Jesus. Just like Ruth did with Boaz, we must do the same with Jesus. …
Redeemed Through Judgment
Jesus redeems us by God's judgement on him. The cup which Jesus drank, praying, "let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" was the very wrath of God we deserved for our sins. Our offences against a holy God were cast upon His Son, "whom God hath set …
