Read: Jeremiah 3:1-4:31; Colossians 1:1-20; Psalm 76:1-12; Proverbs 24:21-22
God relates Israel and Judah to unfaithful wives who he divorced and sent away. In God’s great mercy, he called them back to him and told him that he would not be angry forever. He wanted to heal their backsliding if they would let him. God was giving them plenty of warning because if they didn’t return to him, he was going to bring great destruction. A destroyer would come and cleanse the land of the people who refused to repent. It would be so bad that the heart of the king would faint from fear and even the priests and the prophets would be shocked and amazed. The whole land would become desolate but God would not totally destroy it.
The letter to the church at Colossi is so different from the other church letters. Paul addressed them as the faithful brethren and gave them no rebuke, only encouragement in how to keep walking in maturity and love. Paul told them of the mystery of the gospel which is the fact that Christ is in us which makes us the visible manifestation of the glory of God on the earth.
Lord, help us to be faithful to you.
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