Thurs.’s Devo - Thessalonians

Read: Jer. 12:1-14:10; 1 Thes. 1:1-2:9; Ps. 79:1-13; Pr. 24:30-34 Jeremiah prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem and that the people would be taken as slaves while the false prophets prophesied peace. God promised to judge the false prophets by Jeremiah’s prophesy. They would see the sword and famine and wickedness because they lied in God’s name. If there is one thing the Lord hates it’s a false prophet. A false prophet is not a person who loves God but wrongly prophecies but a person whose heart hates God and he prophecies by a different spirit then the spirit of God. Paul and Silas were on their second missionary tour when Pual had a vision of a man from Macedonia, an angel, begging them to come to him. They responded and went to Phillipi where they met Lydia and cast out the spirit of divination out of her female slave. Paul and Silas were beaten by the authorities until they found out Paul and Silas were Roman citizens then they apologized and sent them on their way. Their way led them to Thessalonica where Paul went immediately to the synagogue and started preaching that Jesus was the Messiah. After reading Jeremiah, it is comforting to read that in Thessalonica they turned from their idols to worship the living and true God. Lord, help our nation to turn from their idols and worship You.