Jeremiah 11 - How are we Living?

 

Jeremiah 11 – How are we Living?

 

Jeremiah brings a message after the Books of Law are found. He emphasizes the action of the Law which conditions the way we live our lives, the way we treat our neighbors, the way we conduct business and the kind of social life we are living. The covenant that he speaks of is the promise the people made to God, that they would obey His commandments. God told them “Cursed is the man that does not follow His commands.”

 

God further went on to tell Jeremiah that it was no use for him to talk to the people of Anathoth anymore because they have rejected God and are planning to kill Jeremiah. So, Jeremiah left Anathoth and went someplace else.

 

Jeremiah knew the people of Judah were not where they should be spiritually. Jeremiah had a big responsibility in bringing God’s message to his people. When they rejected his message, he wept and left his hometown.

 

Even Jesus had to leave His hometown because they wouldn’t listen to Him. He prophesied in John 4:44 that a “prophet has no honor in his own country.”

 

Jeremiah had given his message and even warned the kings not to go into battle with Egypt. Because of their trust in their self, they fought and that is how King Josiah died.

 

The prophet’s own friends and relatives tried to silence him and then slay him, but God defended His servant. Jeremiah took his life in his hands when he preached, but nothing stopped him. He was bold before men because he was broken before God.

 

Both Jeremiah and Jesus were like sheep led to the slaughter (Isa 53:7). They did not fight back but committed themselves to God and trusted Him to work. (I Pet. 2:18-24).

 

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