Jeremiah 15: Past The Point Of No Return

One of the reasons that Jeremiah is such a depressing read is that God's mind about judgment for His people is made up.  This is not a prophetic book urging, persuading, and cajoling the Lord's people to get back to following the covenant before it is too late.  This is an announcement of the punishment that is already decreed and is surely coming upon them, and there is nothing they can do at this late date to escape their fate.  The nation is past the point of no return.

Jeremiah 14: A Drought Of Mercy

Can the Lord ever get so fed up with the sins of His people that He stops listening to their prayers?  Jeremiah 14 suggests so.

Psalm 121: God Is A Keeper

Have you ever considered how fortunate we are to have a God like God?

Jeremiah 13: Dirty Underwear

Prophets are given all kinds of strange tasks by the Lord.  Jeremiah, for instance, is instructed to buy and wear a linen loincloth.  After some time, Jeremiah received a second message to go and hide that loincloth by the Euphrates River.  Okay.  Then, Jeremiah hears a third message from God to retrieve it.  When Jeremiah obeys, he finds that the loincloth is ruined and good for nothing.  While these commands may seem inexplicable, God is demonstrating a spiritual parallel with the nation of Judah.

Jeremiah 12: Planted Or Uprooted?

Jeremiah calls out to God in chapter 12 with a pointed complaint.  How can He let all those evil people plotting against him escape consequences?  Why aren't bad things happening to these bad people? Why does God plant them securely in the land instead of uprooting them?

Jeremiah 11: Jeremiah's Hometown Blues

And Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet's hometown" (Luke 4:24).

Jeremiah 10: The Difference

Idolatry is a profound insult to God.