Tuesday, March 11, 2014

WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE END?

Jeremiah 5:30-31 A astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land;  31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; and my people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end? 

Jeremiah was living in a time just like we are living in today. The bible teachers of today love to just entertain and preach a false massage of how to draw closer to God. The priest or the religious leaders do not hear from God or know what He is saying but love to collect money from the people, talk about how God is using them and live the high life and the people do not want to repent or be told how to humble themselves before the living and true God.

But the massage from Jeremiah at the end of the chapter is a warning to all who love to live without the word of God living in their lives, “what will you do in the end?”

Understand this, we can chose to run wild and be people who will not believe the word of God. We can chose to not want to be committed to Christ, or raise our kids in a Godly home. We can go to church but never hear what our pastors are saying. 

But we must remember what the bible says in Galatians 6:7-8 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8) For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Wow, can you imagine living with yourselves when everything around you is falling apart, kids going crazy,  your spouse is rejecting you? Nobody believes or cares what you say because you lost your integrity and only because you failed to take heed to the word of God. 

I have seen so much guilt, sorrow and heart ache from these people who are so angry with themselves because they have rejected the word of God and now have to live with the consequences. 

Jeremiah was giving the people of his day a warning of what God will allow to happen to them because of their rejection of Him. Think about what God is saying to us today if we reject so great a salvation. 

Jer. 29:11-13  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12) Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hear you. 13) And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. 

When we read this promise that God gave to Jeremiah, and how God wanted to give to the people, if only they would have taken heed to God and His word and obeyed. This is also our promise if we will do the same?


What do you want? A future and a hope or what will you do in the end.

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