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Jeremiah 6:9&10 - No compromise on Scripture - Day 191

Dear Friends,

As I have mentioned before, one of the things I enjoy about the M'Cheyne plan is the alignment between different passages from the different sections.  One day it is the judgment of Canaan the next day it the judgment of Jerusalem.  The implications for compromising on Scripture are not new.  Every generation must make its stand on this issue.  Popularity can never be used to change the reality of judgment.

Blessings

Jeff

Impending judgment on Jerusalem

This is a variation on the theme of God's judgment of sin.  Yesterday, we were looking at Israel being the tool for judgement on the Canaanite people.  The implicit lesson is that if God judges people who do not have the law, how much more will he judge people who do have the law.  The conquest should have increased Israel's obedience.  But in rather short order, Israel begins a decline during period of Judges and the Kings.  Now centuries later, Jeremiah is giving final warnings to what remains of Judah.

God gives Jermiah the words to speak in v9 and in v10, Jeremiah asks "to whom can I speak these words?"  Judah had stopped listening to the law and obeying the voice of the Lord.  God's word (existing scripture at the time) was an item of scorn.  Jeremiah wanted to know why speaking these words would change anything.

So from Joshua to Jeremiah, Israel and Judah had come full circle. They were the instrument of judgment and now they were the recipients of judgment.  They swore that they would keep the law and now it is an object of scorn.

Application:

As the body of Christ, the church (local and worldwide) does not have the right to change its view of scripture.  Many denominations have given up on the authority and inerrancy of Scripture.  They are in the same category as Judah in Jeremiah's day.  To them God's word is an item of scorn.  Speaking for your elders, we will never give up the authority and inerrancy of Scripture.

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