SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 2/17/2014
9:53 AM
My Worship Time Focus: False
Prophets: the Law
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Jer. 8:4-7
Message of the
verses: As I mentioned in our last
SD we move into the second main point from Dr. Wiersbe’s outline and commentary
on the book of Jeremiah and we will be looking at the first sub-point under
that second main point in today’s SD.
In the last section that we studied we looked at the
peoples false reasons why thought that God was not going to destroy Jerusalem
and that reason was because the temple was there in Jerusalem and their thoughts
were that God could not have His temple destroyed. Jeremiah dealt with that issue, and now he
move on to speaking out against the false prophets who always seemed to give
him trouble as we will see as we continue on into his writings. Jeremiah’s entire proclamation in this second
main section centers one just one major question: “Why did the nation not turn back to God?” Dr. Wiersbe writes “In answering the
question, Jeremiah dealt with three aspects of the people’s stubborn refusal to
obey God.”
Their Refusal was Irrational (Jer. 8:4-7): “4 "You shall say to them, ’Thus says
the LORD, "Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent? 5 “Why then has this
people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to
return. 6 “I have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not right; No
man repented of his wickedness, Saying, ’What have I done?’ Everyone turned to his
course, Like a horse charging into the battle. 7 “Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the
time of their migration; But
My people do not
know The ordinance
of the LORD.”
We can see that Jeremiah asks three questions in this
short section of Scripture and the people ask one question. Jeremiah is using analogies that come from
human life and nature to try and make these people understand the point he is
making. When people fall down don’t they
try and get back up? If men are going on
a journey and find out they are on the wrong path don’t they turn around to get
onto the right path? These are questions
that are not hard to get an answer from, yet Judah did not understand or would
not understand what Jeremiah is asking them.
These questions have to do with human situations, but the real question
he is asking is about eternal life and if people cannot answer these simple
questions about human life they will not be willing to answer the matters about
eternal life which have much more consequences if given the wrong answer.
Jeremiah says that these people were like horses ridding
into battle without not understanding the dangers that they were facing. Jeremiah also brings up the migration of the
birds and thus is insinuating that the people of Judah do not have the sense that
God gave to the birds. What God gave to
the birds was far less that what he gave man for man was created in the image
of God, while the birds only had instant.
I believe that there is a reason for why the people of Judah did not understand
the matters of eternal life and also did not understand the dangerous situation
that they were in and one of the reasons is that they were believing the false
prophets and were not trying to understand the Word of God which they had access
to. In the book of Acts we find that
after Paul visited the city of Thessalonica he move on to the city of Berea and
we find out that the people of Berea studied the Scriptures to see whether or
not Paul was telling them the truth, and this is something that the people of
Judah should have done, but did not do.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: Studying the
Scriptures is something that every believer should do for this is surely one of
the ways that the Holy Spirit can speak to us so that we can find out what He
wants to do in our life.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and
lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and
he shall direct thy paths.”
Memory verses for the
week: Philippians 2:5-6
5. Have this attitude in yourselves which was
also in Christ Jesus, 6 Who, although He existed in the form of God, did not
regard equality with God a thing to be grasped.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Those who hear his teaching
but do not do them” (Matthew 7:26).
Today’s Bible
question: “Who said ‘Please let me go to
the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find
favor.’”
Answer in our next SD.
2/17/2014 10:30 AM
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