RTW August 5

The Obedient Prisoner

 “Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.”‭‭
Jeremiah‬ ‭36:5

 

 

 

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  1. My Takeaways: Share the Word

    Something Old: Jeremiah again prophesied judgment against Judah, the people of God, and the surrounding nations.

    Something New: Jeremiah 36 This was an amazing chapter. What did you think of Baruch? I thought he was an awesome scribe, writing down everything Jeremiah told him and then reading the scroll to all the people at the Temple. I wondered why King Jehoiakim listened to God’s words in the scroll first, before he cut off the read section and burned it? I love how today’s readings end in verse 32:  “Then Jeremiah took another scroll and dictated again to his secretary Baruch. He wrote everything that had been on the scroll King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. Only this time, he added much more!”  I’m sure God had much to say about King Jehoiakim cutting up and burning the first scroll! People may reject God’s Word, but no one will ever be able to destroy God’s words. Now thats comforting. God’s Word will stand forever! What wasn’t comforting about today’s reading was how the people continued to ignore Jeremiah’s prophecy. I can’t imagine what it would be like if my loved ones were in danger and no matter how much I tried to warn them they ignored me. I certainly can see why Jeremiah was referred to as the weeping prophet. How blessed I am today to have Jesus Christ – the one who “took the cup of anger” (Jeremiah 25:15) in my place. Jesus drank the cup of God’s wrath for me so that he could extend the cup of God’s fellowship to me. It might include suffering, but not wrath. I don’t get wrath anymore — now I get God. I get the sweet, satisfying reality of his eternal fellowship in Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. This is the cup I drink now and forever. This is the cup that I can offer to those who don’t know him yet, urging them in God’s mercy, Come, drink this cup with me, because Jesus drank that cup for us.

    Something To Do: Share the gospel! I can’t open someone’s heart to the truth of the Gospel if I never share it. People need to know that God loves them, Christ died for them and that they can have eternal life. Get the word out – after all that is what God conmands me to do.

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