Jeremiah 12:5,12-14
5.) If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out,
how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the
thickets by the Jordan?
12.) Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm,
for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other;
no one will be safe.
13.) They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.
So bear the shame of your harvest because of the Lord's
fierce anger.
14.) This is what the Lord says:
As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance
I gave my people Israel,
I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the house
of Judah from among them.
But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion
and will bring each of them back to his own inheritance
and his own country.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Why Do Bad People Have It So Good? Summary - They Don't, Really
The Lord gives Jeremiah the understanding
that Israel must suffer the consequences of past acts
and decisions that they made against the will of God
and nothing will change that.
So, Israel must bear the burden of punishment for their actions.
However, the Lord says to Israel, "I ain't mad at you," in fact,
I am not only going to destroy your persecutors, I am going to
restore your land and place you back in it.
But this time, you must do the right thing.
Our Lord is a forgiving God, He loves us and wants the best for us.
But when we chose to operate against the will of God,
it seems as though the bad guys are winning?
that Israel must suffer the consequences of past acts
and decisions that they made against the will of God
and nothing will change that.
So, Israel must bear the burden of punishment for their actions.
However, the Lord says to Israel, "I ain't mad at you," in fact,
I am not only going to destroy your persecutors, I am going to
restore your land and place you back in it.
But this time, you must do the right thing.
Our Lord is a forgiving God, He loves us and wants the best for us.
But when we chose to operate against the will of God,
it seems as though the bad guys are winning?
Monday, January 12, 2015
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