Jeremiah 35:2-6 KJV
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Jeremiah 35:18-19 KJV
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
John Gill says that this Jonadab lived perhaps 300 years prior to this account. Still, the Rechabites obeyed his instruction. There were plenty of reasons that they may have compromised this instruction by this time.
Others had certainly compromised
Jonadab was long gone and this generations parents had never even seen him
The prophet Jeremiah the man of God instructing them to drink the wine
But they refused.
And God honored them for it.
There are more spiritual lessons that may be learned than this, but this passage unquestionably teaches the principle of following the instruction of our fathers. I grieve in our day for the lack of respect and honor paid to our parents.
Children, even the good ones, believe it is their duty to go and make their own way.
Children in the ministry abandon the direction set by their father in the faith, choosing their own mentors so they may "grow beyond" their God given preacher.
We may make all sot of excuses for doing our own things.
We may have the support of our culture and of our peers for doing differently than our fathers
We may believe that taking our own direction is the only way to thrive in our current world
But it is not of God and whatever successes we may gain by our drift into doing what is right in our own eyes - even if we do it "for the cause of Christ" will come to no good in glory.
Of course there are things our fathers taught and did that were not right
Of course there are things that would be acceptable and proper to do differently
But when push comes to shove I will always want to back my course by obeying my father's commandment, keeping His precepts and doing according to all that was commanded me.
Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
Jeremiah 35:18-19 KJV
And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
John Gill says that this Jonadab lived perhaps 300 years prior to this account. Still, the Rechabites obeyed his instruction. There were plenty of reasons that they may have compromised this instruction by this time.
Others had certainly compromised
Jonadab was long gone and this generations parents had never even seen him
The prophet Jeremiah the man of God instructing them to drink the wine
But they refused.
And God honored them for it.
There are more spiritual lessons that may be learned than this, but this passage unquestionably teaches the principle of following the instruction of our fathers. I grieve in our day for the lack of respect and honor paid to our parents.
Children, even the good ones, believe it is their duty to go and make their own way.
Children in the ministry abandon the direction set by their father in the faith, choosing their own mentors so they may "grow beyond" their God given preacher.
We may make all sot of excuses for doing our own things.
We may have the support of our culture and of our peers for doing differently than our fathers
We may believe that taking our own direction is the only way to thrive in our current world
But it is not of God and whatever successes we may gain by our drift into doing what is right in our own eyes - even if we do it "for the cause of Christ" will come to no good in glory.
Of course there are things our fathers taught and did that were not right
Of course there are things that would be acceptable and proper to do differently
But when push comes to shove I will always want to back my course by obeying my father's commandment, keeping His precepts and doing according to all that was commanded me.
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