Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
I’m picturing Jeremiah as a “lame duck” preacher.
His ministry in Jerusalem, from the eyes of men, would have appeared to have failed.
· Jerusalem had fallen.
· The Temple had been destroyed.
· The wealth had been stolen.
· The royals and those with lands, possessions, or influence had been carried away.
· No one had heeded the Word of God as Jeremiah had preached it.
The Babylonians, out of kindness to Jeremiah I think, had left him alone. But that meant Jeremiah was left with the unwanted - those Nebuchadnezzar saw no value in capturing and caring for. It’s not that Jeremiah didn’t preach to them, but they were not the ones who decided whether Judah would hear and heed his message. These were the “undesirables.” Jeremiah tried to preach to them, but they would not obey. Worse, they caught Jeremiah and forced him to go to Egypt with them. The thing God specifically told them not to do.
Jeremiah found himself in Egypt, but he never gave up God’s call. These backslidden, stiff-necked, rebellious riffraff began worshipping the idols of Egypt. Jeremiah, in the name of the Lord, pled with them, “do not this abominable thing that I hate.”
A man of God proves his worth to the Lord when he continues to preach even when it’s obvious his audience has impeached his voice.
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Test of Faith: Standing Firm in the Midst of Rejection
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