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16TH ,APRIL 2022
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 89-91
TEXT:
Jeremiah 18:1-17
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.”
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.
4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,
8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.
9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,
10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
11 “Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.” ’ ”
12 And they said, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Ask now among the Gentiles, Who has heard such things? The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
14 Will a man leave the snow water of Lebanon, Which comes from the rock of the field? Will the cold flowing waters be forsaken for strange waters?
15 “Because My people have forgotten Me, They have burned incense to worthless idols. And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in pathways and not on a highway,
16 To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity.”
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KEY VERSE: Jeremiah 18:12
“And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Salvation is not by force.
THE MESSAGE:
Scientists studied a native tribe in South America, whose people have been dying prematurely for generations. After thorough investigation, the cause of premature death was determined. The disease was transmitted by an insect that lived in the walls of their adobe homes. This new information presented several options. They could move to another area where such insects do not exist, tear down their homes and rebuild them, use insecticide to rid their homes of the bugs, or, continue as they have and die early. Surprisingly, these people opted to remain as they are, and do nothing about their problem.
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The people of Judah and Jerusalem chose to ignore God’s warnings of judgment and refused to repent. The Lord had sent Jeremiah to the potter’s house to see how surrendered the clay was in his hands. He wondered why his own people would refuse heaven’s crafted solutions to their challenges. Jeremiah tried to persuade them repeatedly, but they remained adamant in their position.
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Many people behave similarly. To save themselves, they know what they must do. Instead, they opt to remain unchanged. These categories of people are not ignorant. Like the Southern American tribe in the story above, they simply want to be let alone. They are “satisfied” with their condition and do not want anything changed in the way they live.
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Unfortunately, there is little or nothing that can be done to help someone whose mind is made up. God would not take away our freedom to choose. He only encourages us to choose life and live.
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