TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
TEXT:
Jeremiah 11:1-23
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This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
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“Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and
to those who live in Jerusalem.
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Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed is the
one who does not obey the terms of this covenant—
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the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of
the iron-smelting furnace.’ I said, ‘Obey me and do everything I command you,
and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
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Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land
flowing with milk and honey’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen,
Lord.”
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The
Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the
streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them.
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From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them
again and again, saying, “Obey me.”
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But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the
stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the
covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’”
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Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and
those who live in Jerusalem.
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They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my
words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have
broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.
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Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they
cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
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The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods
to whom they burn incense, but they will not help them at all when disaster
strikes.
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You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns; and the altars you have set up
to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of
Jerusalem.’
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“Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I
will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
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“What is my beloved doing in my temple as she, with many others, works out her
evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your punishment? When you engage in
your wickedness, then you rejoice.”
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The Lord called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But
with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will
be broken.
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The Lord Almighty, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because the
people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused my anger by burning
incense to Baal.
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Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he
showed me what they were doing.
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I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; I did not realize that they
had plotted against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit; let us
cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”
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But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let
me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
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Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth who are
threatening to kill you, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord or
you will die by our hands”—
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therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young
men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
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Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the
people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
GOD’S MESSAGE TO JEREMIAH
When God has a message,
He look for worthy people to delivered it. Jeremiah, an outstanding,
straightforward, dedicated and uncompromising prophet was found worthy by God
to do the job.
God asked him to remind
the people of Judah and Jerusalem about the covenant He made with them and the
consequences if they fail to obey.
God is still looking
for faithful people that will not compromise but readily and willingly deliver
the message of the Lord to the enslaved world.
There may be many
pastors, evangelists, missionaries, etc., but where are the ones that God can
truly trust to send?
QUESTION:
Will God find you worthy to deliver His message?
PRAYER:
Use me, Oh Lord, like Jeremiah, to deliver Your message to mankind. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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