Oct 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 30:1-31:26 The Lord gives Jeremiah instruction to put down in writing the prophecies he has been given. The sins of God’s people must go on record. The ‘time of Jacob’s trouble’ (Jeremiah 30:7) will be the chastisement...
Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 28:1-29:32 Jeremiah is wearing the yoke as a symbol of the submission to King of Babylon that the Lord is requiring of Judah at this time. The false prophet, Hananiah, makes a prediction that the Lord will break the...
Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 26:1-27:22 The ministry of Jeremiah covered many years, from the superficial reform that took place under Josiah, through to the captivity of Jehoiachin. In Chapter 26, we are given an overview. Jeremiah and prophets...
Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- We continue to read the Lord’s assessment on the role of the false prophets in Jeremiah’s day. Jeremiah 23:21-22 21 “I did not send these prophets, but they ran. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied. 22 But if they had...
Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 19:1-21:14 Another lesson from the Potter’s House Jeremiah is told to buy a clay jar from a potter. In yesterday’s reading, we witnessed how the Potter re-shaped a vessel due to the marred clay. Now he is to take a...
Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 16:16- 18:23 The Lord continues to explain the reason why He can no longer withhold judgment from falling on His unrepentant people. Jeremiah 16:17 17 “For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My...
Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 14:11-16:15. For the third time, the Lord says to Jeremiah, “Do not pray for this people” (Jeremiah 14:11). He is letting Jeremiah know with certainty that judgment must inevitably fall upon His people. The opportunity...
Oct 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 12:1-14:10. Jeremiah’s faith has been sustained through his ministry challenges so far. But from Chapter 11:18, when Jeremiah is shown by the Lord that the men of Anathoth were plotting to kill him, he begins to...
Oct 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- JEREMIAH 10:1-11:23 Jeremiah warns God’s people to beware their fascination with “the ways of the nations”. The apostle John will remind believers to “love not the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,...
Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- – JEREMIAH 8:8-9:26; Jeremiah addresses the false priests, prophets and scribes who deceitfully handle the Word of God. They were lowering the moral standards of Scripture to accommodate the decadence of their culture....
