Category: Jeremiah

Today you should read: Jeremiah 52

This book concludes with the fall of Jerusalem. We see Zedekiah participating in and leading Jerusalem in sin and facing dire consequences for such actions. His eyes are plucked out and it leads to their temple being burned and God’s people being exiled to Babylon. As hard and horrible as this was we see at the very end of the book grace upon the king of Judah as he was imprisoned and we know that although God’s people were imprisoned and enslaved, the Davidic lineage would be preserved in order for Jesus, the messiah to come.

No matter how hard our circumstances are or the consequences of our sin that seem to pile up, we can know and trust that God preserves His promises and sovereign in His reign. 

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Today you should read: Jeremiah 51

Jeremiah is a constant reminder that God keeps His word, and in this case, it means the destruction of Babylon. Well, then the question becomes, why does He want to destroy Babylon? Didn’t he use them to punish Israel?

He is punishing Babylon for the violence against his people. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus uses a parable to illustrate this same thing. The sin in your life is a personal attack against God. Whether it is slander, lust, malice, or deceit. God makes the point here that he takes it personally. God used the sin of Babylon, but it does not excuse them from the consequences of it. 

There is a price that has to be paid for sin. In Romans, it says “the wages of sin is death.” If you’re a Christian, Jesus took that punishment for us. Babylon is an example of a future that awaits those who chose to not trust in Jesus. Their death is eternal death in hell. Babylon’s punishment is that they would be destroyed and would never rise again. This is still true today.

You won’t find the nation of Babylon on a map today. They are lost because of their choice to choose sin and evil. Although our flesh wants to follow the same path, choose the path of light that leads to salvation. Flee from sin in your life.

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God is honored when we intentionally seek Him in prayer. As a church, we want dependent prayer to be something that marks us. Use the comment section to post prayer requests and experiences of how God has answered prayer and/or changed you through prayer! If you would like to be enrolled to get weekly prayer reminders, text @cpclex to 81010.

Today you should read: Jeremiah 50:17-46

God is a God of justice. He is holy. That means He does not let unholiness reign for too long. There is a point where He asserts Himself and acts. We see this in our passage today as God is judging the nation of Babylon. 

It is in this passage we see another aspect of God’s faithfulness but in a way we might not recognize… God’s faithfulness to His character.

There are a lot of reasons why God is going to bring judgment upon the nation of Babylon but we see a big reason in Jeremiah 50:31-32… They are PROUD. Pride is a disease. At the heart of it, pride asserts us to be god over God. It is the ultimate cause of Lucifer’s downfall… it leads to almost every sin. We are to be humble, not proud. We cannot be living in sin and humble at the same time. Sin by definition is arrogant.

James 4:6 says, “Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

God hates pride. Babylon was not just “struggling with it” they were living it through every facet of their being. We are called to be humble.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself. Humility is thinking right of yourself in relation to God’s holiness and your sinfulness. 

Babylon was not humble. They were proud. They were oppressing the people of God but God is faithful and just. He is coming to the aid of his people (v.33-34).  He is going to redeem them out of the hands of the Babylonians and bring judgment upon Babylon.

He was not doing this because they deserved it but because God is FAITHFUL to His character.

Where do you see pride creeping up in your life? Take a moment and confess it to God and ask Him to bring humility in your life.

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God is honored when we intentionally seek Him in prayer. As a church, we want dependent prayer to be something that marks us. Use the comment section to post prayer requests and experiences of how God has answered prayer and/or changed you through prayer! If you would like to be enrolled to get weekly prayer reminders, text @cpclex to 81010.

Today you should read: Jeremiah 50:1-16

Don’t you love a happy ending?  You watch a movie – everything seems lost – you’ve shed a tear or two (you made sure no one saw you), and just when it’s minutes from being over everything changes and the victim becomes the victor (to borrow a Joel Osteen line) – a happy ending!  Nothing wrong with that…

All of Jeremiah has been a bad scene from a movie.  Death – destruction – hurt – loss – now … FINALLY, Jeremiah gets to give some good news.  The villain (Babylon) is going to lose in the end and be destroyed by the Lord of Hosts and Israel – God’s chosen people – are coming home to stay.  God always keeps His promises!

I don’t know where this JumpStart finds you… maybe things look glum.  Maybe you don’t know where to turn and you feel like you’re living the scene of the worst movie ever.  Don’t give up – God is still on His throne.  He hasn’t forgotten His plan for Israel or for you…

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.  29:11

Call out to Him – He will hear you and answer…

‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’  33:3

Remember – God is sovereign – that means He’s in charge of everything.  Nothing can happen in your life unless it goes past His desk and He signs off on it…

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.  For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.  Romans 8:28-29

He’s faithful and you can trust in Him!

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God is honored when we intentionally seek Him in prayer. As a church, we want dependent prayer to be something that marks us. Use the comment section to post prayer requests and experiences of how God has answered prayer and/or changed you through prayer! If you would like to be enrolled to get weekly prayer reminders, text @cpclex to 81010.