Jeremiah’s ministry was a
call from God to the people - a call to “listen to the Word of the Lord”
(Jeremiah 44:24). Listening to what the Lord has to say to us will mean
being ready to revise our own ideas. Our thoughts, without the guiding
Word from the Lord, will be very different from thoughts which have been
shaped by the Word of the Lord.
Jeremiah was fearless in his
preaching of God’s Word. He spoke the truth. He spoke the Word which had
been given to him by the Lord. When God speaks the Word of His
holiness, the Word which exposes sin for what it really is, there is no
place to hide. When we read Jeremiah’s words about Israel’s enemies, we
must recognize that the Word of God concerning sin must be spoken
clearly. It is only when there is conviction of sin that there can be
conversion to the Saviour.
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