SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/15/2014
9:03 AM
My Worship Time Focus: God’s Word
Protected PT-1
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Jeremiah
36:1-4, 17-18
Message of the
verses: We will look at the
introduction to this second main-point and the first sub-point from Warren
Wiersbe’s outline today.
As we look at the first verse of chapter thirty-six we
can see the date when Jeremiah received this message from the Lord as it was in
the fourth year of Jehoiakim who was the king of Judah at this time. John MacArthur writes “This chapter, like
chapter 35, goes back several years earlier than chapters 32-34, before or
shortly after the first of 3 deportations from Jerusalem to Babylon in 605 B.C.”
Dr. Wiersbe points out that as we look at this chapter we
will see the first scroll of Jeremiah will be burned by the king and then God
tells Jeremiah to write another scroll and this second scroll will have more information
on it. We see that the first scroll had
messages concerning Israel, and Judah, and all the nations. The second scroll will have more messages
about the nations from chapters 45-51, and the nations will be those in the
Near East.
God gives His Word (Jeremiah 36:1-4, 17-18): “1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 "Take a scroll and write on it all the
words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and
concerning all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of
Josiah, even to this day. 3
"Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan
to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I
will forgive their iniquity and their sin." 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch
the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah
all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.
“17 And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us, please,
how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?" 18 Then
Baruch said to them, "He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them
with ink on the book."”
Dr. Wiersbe points out “This is what theologians call inspiration—that miraculous working of
the Holy Spirit through a human writer so that what was written was the divine
Word that God wanted recorded (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21). “All Scripture is inspired by God and
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in
righteousness (2 Tim. 3:16).” “20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy
of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of
human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God (2 Peter 1:20-21).”
The following is an endnote from Dr. Wiersbe’s
commentary: “What was recorded is
revelation; the way it was recorded is inspiration. Never confuse divine inspiration with ‘human
inspiration’ of great writers like Shakespeare and Milton.”
Wiersbe goes on to explain: “Inspiration is not some kind of ‘heavenly
dictation,’ as though God completely bypassed the writer, for the authors of
the various books of the Bible have their own distinctive styles and
vocabularies. Without making him a
robot, God guided Jeremiah in his choice of words; Jeremiah spoke these words
to his secretary Baruch; and Baruch wrote them down in the scroll.” Remember that we met Baruch in an earlier
chapter of Jeremiah and that he was from royalty, but still became the
secretary for Jeremiah.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: It is good for me
to get the two terms of inspiration and revelation so that I can better understand
them. I once was asked to explain
revelation in a church service a long time ago and now I could explain the
answer better now than at that time. We
see that when we read 2 Timothy 3:16 in
the Message we get a better idea of what Paul was writing “Every part of
Scripture is God-breathed
and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion,
correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way.” I am thankful that when I am reading the Word
of God that I can trust what I am reading so that it can make a difference in
how I conduct my life.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Trust what I read in the Word of God as it is
God breathed and reliable.
Memory verse for
today: Colossians 3:1.
1 Therefore if you have
been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right
hand of God.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “Weep” (Genesis 43:29-30).
Today’s Bible
question: “What sin will not be
forgotten?” This sin is called the
unpardonable sin.
Answer in our next SD.
7/15/2014 9:43 AM
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