Jeremiah 28:10-13 KJV
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
God had instructed Jeremiah to make these yokes and send them to the countries surrounding Israel and including Jerusalem. The message was this; if they would surrender to Nebuchadnezzar, they would be able to stay in their land.
Hananiah, a false but popular prophet, took the yoke for Jerusalem and broke it. His claim was that God had spoken through him to tell the Jews God would break the yoke of Babylon.
And then Jeremiah was told to tell Hananiah that he had broken the wooden yoke and replaced it with an iron one. Though his message was hopeful and popular, it was not from God and inciting the people to refuse God's message of surrender only made their inevitable bondage to Babylon worse.
My application this morning is this; we may listen to preachers who bring messages of hope and popular lessons on how to have our best life now, but those preachers only make the inevitable pain of sin even worse. We would do better to surrender to the truth of God's Word that we are sinners. That we cannot overcome our sin in our own power. We would be better to accept and agree with what God has said about our sin condition. In so doing we free the Lord to apply the death of Jesus Christ upon our sin and bring mercy in our lives.
Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it.
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
God had instructed Jeremiah to make these yokes and send them to the countries surrounding Israel and including Jerusalem. The message was this; if they would surrender to Nebuchadnezzar, they would be able to stay in their land.
Hananiah, a false but popular prophet, took the yoke for Jerusalem and broke it. His claim was that God had spoken through him to tell the Jews God would break the yoke of Babylon.
And then Jeremiah was told to tell Hananiah that he had broken the wooden yoke and replaced it with an iron one. Though his message was hopeful and popular, it was not from God and inciting the people to refuse God's message of surrender only made their inevitable bondage to Babylon worse.
My application this morning is this; we may listen to preachers who bring messages of hope and popular lessons on how to have our best life now, but those preachers only make the inevitable pain of sin even worse. We would do better to surrender to the truth of God's Word that we are sinners. That we cannot overcome our sin in our own power. We would be better to accept and agree with what God has said about our sin condition. In so doing we free the Lord to apply the death of Jesus Christ upon our sin and bring mercy in our lives.
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