August 8, 2024
Broadcast
Warning -- Part 4
Jeremiah 8:10-11
08/08/2024
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others and
their fields to conquerors, because from the least
to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust
gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals
falsely.
11 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
(ESV)
A bit over two-thousand years before the birth of Jesus, God
chose Abraham as the patriarch of His people. Over the years,
the children of Israel endured slavery in Egypt, were highly
prosperous during the reign of David and Solomon, were led into
captivity, and returned to their land. No other ancient people
have survived in the way of the descendants of Abraham.
Yet God warned them of His wrath and punishment as they
turned from serving the truth to serving idols. He said through
the prophet Jeremiah:
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their
fields to conquerors, because from the least to the
greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from
prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have
healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ``Peace,
peace,'' when there is no peace.
In the past fifty years, this nation has turned from God and
began worshiping that which, in the end, has no value. We no
longer seek the answers to the question, ``Why am I here?''
because we are taught that, as we evolved from some primordial
goo, there is no purpose. We have, as a nation, rejected the
truth of God's Word.
God, in His mercy, gave the children of Israel a warning, a
chance to return to Him, to acknowledge His rich blessings. He
gives us that same warning, even as we see tensions in the Middle
East, Asia, and throughout the world.
As God longed to be gracious to His chosen people, He longs
to be gracious to you. He sent Jesus to redeem you from sin and
death, and offers that gift of eternal life to you for Christ's
sake. There is meaning in life, for God created us in His image,
and has restored us by His love. May our Lord grant us the
wisdom to seek Him, to see His mercy as our Creator. Amen.