God’s Word speaks against us so that we
might learn not to speak against God’s Word. God calls us to holiness -
“Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives!” (Jeremiah 51:6). The final
outcome is described in Jeremiah 51:8 - “Babylon will suddenly fall and
be shattered.” God is warning us. It is folly to live the world’s way
rather than the Lord’s way. In the light of the Lord’s Word, preached so
faithfully by Jeremiah, we must learn to pray, “Your will be done,
Lord.”
"The Son of Man came to save the lost" (Matthew 18:11). In Matthew 18:12-13, Jesus speaks about sheep. He's really speaking about us. He is the Shepherd. We are His sheep. Sheep wander away from the shepherd. We wander away from the Lord. The shepherd looks for the lost sheep. Jesus has come to seek for us and find us. He brings us home to God, our Father. Through His saving grace, we receive new life - a life in which we rejoice in our great Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. He delivers us from the condemnation, which our sin has brought upon us. He brings us into the knowledge of His forgiveness. This Gospel of salvation changes us. It teaches us to live in the power of God's love. Jesus speaks about "the Kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:12,23), "the Kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:14,24) and "eternal life" (Matthew 19:29). Jesus' way of thinking and living is so very different from the world's way of thinking and living. He chall...
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