Devotion 831
"Your Iniquities Have Turned Away These Things, And Your Sins Have Withheld Good Things From You."
Reference: Jeremiah Chapter 5
The greatest iniquity/sin is to remain in the blood of the first Adam through unbelief. God cannot do anything for the unbeliever. He has done it all on the cross. No one can force the horse to drink. The finished work of the cross is the fountain of life. If any man thirsts, he can come to this fountain and drink to his satisfaction.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 5:1 "Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it."
God is looking for anyone who would believe Him. At the time of Noah, it was just one man and his family. The whole world lived in unbelief.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:2-10 "And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. [3] O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. [4] Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. [5] I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. [6] Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. [7] How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. [8] They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. [9] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? [10] Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S."
Sin has to be destroyed, and in the process, the individual is also destroyed. The nation of Israel forsook the word of God to their own destruction. The Word of God is what created man. The Word protects man, and the Word provides for man. The Word of God is a Person in the Name of Jesus Christ The Word of God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:11-14 "For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. [12] They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: [13] And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. [14] Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them."
The Word of God in the mouth of Jesus Christ brought healing, salvation, and relief to the believer, and torment to the unbeliever. It is the same today. He said, "Go ye into all nations.". As the Father sent me, so I send you. He brought the word of the Father. Same Word must go out to all the nations, and will bring the same results.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:15-21 "Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. [16] Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. [17] And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. [18] Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. [19] And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. [20] Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, [21] Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:"
The unbeliever has eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear because you can only see and hear God, not through your five senses, but through your sixth sense of faith. If you throw away that faith, you simply have eyes and ears that are useless. That's the state of the unbeliever.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:22 "Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?"
The same God who made the sea come to the seashore and not any further, the same God Who said, "Let there be light," the same God Who created you. How can you not believe Hm? How can you not fear Him?
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:23-25 "But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. [24] Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. [25] Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you."
Unless you remain in the blood of the first Adam. In this position, all your spiritual senses are dull. Your iniquities and your sins have withheld good things of God from you.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 5:26-31 "For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. [27] As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. [28] They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. [29] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? [30] A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; [31] The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"
The prophets were prophesying falsely, and the priests did not point them to the Word of God. Today, in our world, our prophets are prophesying falsely, and our preachers are preaching fables. This causes God to withhold good things from the people.
Turn to the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Him as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The same Word of God yesterday, today, and forever, in Christ!
Reference: Jeremiah Chapter 5
The greatest iniquity/sin is to remain in the blood of the first Adam through unbelief. God cannot do anything for the unbeliever. He has done it all on the cross. No one can force the horse to drink. The finished work of the cross is the fountain of life. If any man thirsts, he can come to this fountain and drink to his satisfaction.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 5:1 "Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it."
God is looking for anyone who would believe Him. At the time of Noah, it was just one man and his family. The whole world lived in unbelief.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:2-10 "And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. [3] O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. [4] Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. [5] I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. [6] Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. [7] How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. [8] They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. [9] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? [10] Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S."
Sin has to be destroyed, and in the process, the individual is also destroyed. The nation of Israel forsook the word of God to their own destruction. The Word of God is what created man. The Word protects man, and the Word provides for man. The Word of God is a Person in the Name of Jesus Christ The Word of God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:11-14 "For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. [12] They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: [13] And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. [14] Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them."
The Word of God in the mouth of Jesus Christ brought healing, salvation, and relief to the believer, and torment to the unbeliever. It is the same today. He said, "Go ye into all nations.". As the Father sent me, so I send you. He brought the word of the Father. Same Word must go out to all the nations, and will bring the same results.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:15-21 "Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. [16] Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. [17] And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. [18] Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. [19] And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. [20] Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, [21] Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:"
The unbeliever has eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear because you can only see and hear God, not through your five senses, but through your sixth sense of faith. If you throw away that faith, you simply have eyes and ears that are useless. That's the state of the unbeliever.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:22 "Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?"
The same God who made the sea come to the seashore and not any further, the same God Who said, "Let there be light," the same God Who created you. How can you not believe Hm? How can you not fear Him?
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 5:23-25 "But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. [24] Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. [25] Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you."
Unless you remain in the blood of the first Adam. In this position, all your spiritual senses are dull. Your iniquities and your sins have withheld good things of God from you.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 5:26-31 "For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. [27] As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. [28] They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. [29] Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? [30] A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; [31] The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"
The prophets were prophesying falsely, and the priests did not point them to the Word of God. Today, in our world, our prophets are prophesying falsely, and our preachers are preaching fables. This causes God to withhold good things from the people.
Turn to the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Him as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The same Word of God yesterday, today, and forever, in Christ!
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