Read: Jeremiah 31:27-32:44; 1 Timothy 3:1-16; Psalm 88:1-18; Proverbs 25:20-22
Jeremiah gave the people hope for their children. They had a saying that said the fathers eat sour grapes making their children pay the price, but there would come a time when the children will no longer be punished for their parent’s sins. The slate would be erased and they will start over. Then everyone would be accountable for their own sins. This would come with the new covenant that Jesus would bring. Instead of the law of God just being words on a tablet, his word was going to be written in their hearts and their minds. Everyone would have a chance to know the Lord for themselves.
Jerusalem was being besieged by Babylon and Jeremiah had been imprisoned by Zedekiah for his prophecies. Zedekiah didn’t understand why Jeremiah would prophesy against his own city. Zedekiah didn’t understand that Jeremiah wasn’t prophesying his own words or his own desire, but he was only saying what God told him to say. It was the people who chose what they were getting.
God told Jeremiah that his cousin, Hanamel would come to him and want to sell his land and Jeremiah was to buy it. It was to be a sign to the people that one day they would come back to the land and get their inheritance.
God told Jeremiah that the Babylonians would take the city and burn it to the ground because of their sins. After a time, God would bring them back and once again their would be life and prosperity here.
In Timothy, Paul gives the requirement for overseers, deacons and their wives. They are to be examples of Jesus so much was required of them and their walk. They were to help others in their struggles to walk in holiness.
Lord, may we walk as examples for others to follow.
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