I don’t know about your upbringing, how your parents and extended family and others around you treated you, but I’ve been around long enough to know that when a child is taught from his earliest years that he is really something special, that child begins to believe that he really is above everyone else. He…
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In chapter 29, God told Jeremiah to send a letter to those people who had been taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar into Babylon. In essence, God told the people to settle in because they were going to be there for a while. Seventy years to be exact. He told them to go ahead and build…
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In chapter 5, Paul said, “A little yeast can change a whole batch of dough…” That sentence might seem a little out of place. Why is it there? What does it mean? Let’s put it in context, shall we? Paul is talking to the Galatians about the fact that they had become influenced by someone…
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I’m sure you noticed that God chose the evil king Nebuchadnezzar as his tool to bring judgment on His chosen people. Does that seem strange to you that God would use someone like that? Doesn’t God look for righteous people to accomplish His plan? Not always. He is God, and all people are His creation,…
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Let’s talk for just a few seconds about the figs. God had sent the the people of Judah out of their land into the land of the Babylonians as punishment. These were the good figs. And God promised to watch over them for their good. This was like a loving father who, when he sees…
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Here in Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he has to defend and assert his authority as an apostle because there were those in the church there who questioned it. He said, “Look. James, Peter and John…the pillars of the church in Jerusalem accept the fact that God called me as an apostle” and no one…
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You have to feel sorry for Jeremiah, don’t you? He’s the guy that when he walks into the room, everybody shuns. How would you like to be him? No wonder he’s called the crying prophet. All kidding aside, though. His messages to these kings and priests are difficult to carry and deliver. And when the…
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If you’re in the U.S., I’ll bet you are just really enjoying this political season, aren’t you? Everybody is just lovingly and happily exchanging ideas on their favorite candidates with tolerance and thoughtfulness. It’s a joy to witness, isn’t it? What? That’s not what you’re seeing? Yeah. Me neither. There is so much rancor and…
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In Jeremiah chapter 16, verse 17, God said, “For I see all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their sin is not hidden from My eyes.” I’m recording this on Sunday night. Today after church, we had another one of our big family get togethers here at my home. During the…
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Have you ever done something that you know must have disappointed the Lord? Have you ever gotten angry at God and cried out, “It just isn’t fair! YOU aren’t fair, God!” How do you think God reacts to us when we do that? Here in chapter 15, Jeremiah was complaining about how he had been…
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