PROCLAMATION
“Therefore this is
what The Lord says: ‘If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve Me;
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be My spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not
turn to them.’ ” Jeremiah 15:19 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These are the words of
The Lord God which were spoken to the prophet Jeremiah and proclaimed to the
people of Judah. After The Lord God told
Jeremiah that He was going to destroy the people of Israel because they had
repeatedly rejected Him, (Jeremiah 14:10-12) He said that He would not change
His mind about them even if Moses and Samuel appeared and asked Him to spare
them. (Jeremiah 15:1) After He repeated
what He was going to do them, Jeremiah asked The Lord God to protect him from
his persecutors and He said that He would protect him. (Jeremiah 15:15-21) Jeremiah was unpopular with the king and the
people because they did not like the messages from God that he delivered.
(Jeremiah 15:10)
APPLICATION
We are blessed by The Lord
God in so many ways, but there are some additional blessings that we will
receive only if we do that which He asks of us. If we humble ourselves, and pray, and seek His
face, and turn from our wicked ways, (2 Chronicles 7:14) and if we repent, and
speak that which is worthy, (Jeremiah 15:19) then we will receive His special blessings.
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