Category: Jeremiah
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plans for the exiles
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) This has to be one of the most popular coffee cup verses in all of scripture. You’ll find it not only on coffee mugs, but on graduation…
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servant of the Lord
Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him. (Jeremiah 27:6) God is sovereign over the nations. Most Christians should agree with that statement. We even know, at least intellectually, that he…
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way of life or way of death
And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.’ (Jeremiah 21:8) Jeremiah had some bad news for the people of Jerusalem. God was not happy with them and he was about to send a famine, pestilence, and war their…
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feel the fire
For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long. If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire…
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God and the nations
“If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. And if at any time I…
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eat the word
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. (Jeremiah 15:16) The context of this verse is that the nation is full of false prophets who are speaking lies and…
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put on Christ
For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, that they might be for me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen. (Jeremiah 13:11) God’s design…
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boast in this
Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice,…
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truth & justice = God’s way
God isn’t looking for superman. He desires that ordinary people seek him with integrity, and take compassionate action toward each other. Sadly, if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that we might have as difficult a time finding a righteous man in our American churches today, as the people did finding a righteous…
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pretense in worship
The bible has a special word to describe those who worship in pretense – hypocrite. Hypocrites make a spectacle of prayer, fasting, tithing, and other aspects of worship. God hates hypocrisy, and so does everyone else.