Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

The Lord speaks again in Jeremiah 10. We often want to be like others that we know and envy. Trying to be who they were not led to the fall of Israel and Judah. No one is like Jehovah. In contrast to idols that are manmade, He should be feared and respected.

We know He is the true God because He made the Earth. Genesis tells us that in the beginning Yahweh created everything that we have today.

There is a covenant between Yahweh and Israel that began in Genesis and is being restated in Jeremiah 11. We must obey Him. If we do not, we face the curse. They are suffering from the curse because they failed to follow His will. Jeremiah must proclaim this to all of Judah.

The disaster of being driven from their land is the final step in the curse they have brought on themselves. The city of Anathoth has developed a plot to Murder the prophet. They will be the ones who are destroyed because they oppose God and His messenger.

Justice is described in Jeremiah 12. Why do wicked people not suffer the consequences of their actions? God is just. Why does He allow this? These evil people are the ones that have caused the devastation of Israel and Judah. This will be corrected.

The dishonest will be uprooted like a weed. They will be carried away. Eventually the Judeans will return to their homeland and anyone who tries to lead them astray again will be removed and destroyed. We know that happened because of the nations that no longer exist.

Jeremiah tells us in chapter 13 that he has been told to buy a linen belt and wear it. Then he is told to hide the belt in the rocks at Perath. Of course, the belt is ruined. This is a visible example of what is being done to Judah. They will also be filled with drunkenness. They will go into captivity.

We want people to change their actions and become honest and courteous. Our society is going the opposite direction. Yahweh says that we can’t change our skin any more than a leopard can change its spots. If God asks you to change, you can change. It must be your desire. It cannot be something you are forced to do.

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