Devotion 838
“My Pastors Have Trodden My Vineyard”
Reference Jeremiah chapter 12
Israel had teachers, pastors, and rabbis who led them not according to the ways of God, but according to the ways of man. There are two ways: the Way of God, which is Jesus Christ, and the way of man, which is the way of Adam. It has always been either the tree of life or the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The way of man seems right, but the end thereof is death.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 12:1-2 “Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [2] Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.”
Jeremiah is asking the question many people have. They wonder why the wicked prosper. Why doesn't God just take the wicked out and kill them all, judge them all today. Remember, the wicked were not created wicked. The wicked were created perfect as a seed in the first Adam before Adam fell. God sees every seed for who they were before the fall of Adam. That is the seed God is looking at. The fall of Adam has put every individual under the curse of the broken covenant. God has sent His Word to redeem all the seeds that were in Adam before he fell. Some will come out of the blood of Adam according to their faith, and the rest remain in the blood of Adam because of unbelief. The wicked is a man or woman in unbelief. God is patient with the unbeliever because He knows all the unbeliever has to do is believe, and they will come out of wickedness into righteousness. If the individual remains in the blood of the first Adam in unbelief all through their life on this earth, then they will have no excuse at the judgment. This is what Jeremiah could see logically. The unbeliever never prospers.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 12:3-10 “But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. [4] How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. [5] If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? [6] For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. [7] I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. [8] Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. [9] Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. [10] Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”
What preserves an individual, a group, or a nation is the Word of God. The Word of God was entrusted to the pastors to teach the people the ways of God, but they taught the people other things other than the Word of God. It is the Word of God that preserves and creates. Nothing else can. No matter what we have been taught, if it's not the Word of God, it is the tree of man; the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 12:11-13 “They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. [12] The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. [13] They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
When we sow wheat, we expect to reap wheat. When we sow barley, we expect to reap barley, but God can make you sow wheat and reap thorns because it is the Word of God in the wheat that makes it bear wheat. If the Word of God is taken out of the wheat, it bears thorns and thistles.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 12:14-17 “Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. [15] And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. [16] And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. [17] But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.”
To learn the way of God and swear by His name is to learn of Jesus Christ. He is the Way of God and the Name of God. To be built or destroyed depends on the blood where our spiritual light is placed. We are built by God in the blood of the Second Adam, with a new body, eternal life. We are utterly destroyed by the sword of God in the blood of the First Adam, separated from God. We choose which blood to remain in by our faith.
Turn on your light of faith and place it in the blood of the second Adam. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Remaining wicked is a choice, just as righteousness is a choice, in Christ!
Reference Jeremiah chapter 12
Israel had teachers, pastors, and rabbis who led them not according to the ways of God, but according to the ways of man. There are two ways: the Way of God, which is Jesus Christ, and the way of man, which is the way of Adam. It has always been either the tree of life or the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The way of man seems right, but the end thereof is death.
Let's read.
Jeremiah 12:1-2 “Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [2] Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.”
Jeremiah is asking the question many people have. They wonder why the wicked prosper. Why doesn't God just take the wicked out and kill them all, judge them all today. Remember, the wicked were not created wicked. The wicked were created perfect as a seed in the first Adam before Adam fell. God sees every seed for who they were before the fall of Adam. That is the seed God is looking at. The fall of Adam has put every individual under the curse of the broken covenant. God has sent His Word to redeem all the seeds that were in Adam before he fell. Some will come out of the blood of Adam according to their faith, and the rest remain in the blood of Adam because of unbelief. The wicked is a man or woman in unbelief. God is patient with the unbeliever because He knows all the unbeliever has to do is believe, and they will come out of wickedness into righteousness. If the individual remains in the blood of the first Adam in unbelief all through their life on this earth, then they will have no excuse at the judgment. This is what Jeremiah could see logically. The unbeliever never prospers.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 12:3-10 “But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. [4] How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. [5] If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? [6] For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. [7] I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. [8] Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. [9] Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. [10] Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”
What preserves an individual, a group, or a nation is the Word of God. The Word of God was entrusted to the pastors to teach the people the ways of God, but they taught the people other things other than the Word of God. It is the Word of God that preserves and creates. Nothing else can. No matter what we have been taught, if it's not the Word of God, it is the tree of man; the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 12:11-13 “They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. [12] The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. [13] They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
When we sow wheat, we expect to reap wheat. When we sow barley, we expect to reap barley, but God can make you sow wheat and reap thorns because it is the Word of God in the wheat that makes it bear wheat. If the Word of God is taken out of the wheat, it bears thorns and thistles.
We conclude our reading.
Jeremiah 12:14-17 “Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. [15] And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. [16] And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. [17] But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.”
To learn the way of God and swear by His name is to learn of Jesus Christ. He is the Way of God and the Name of God. To be built or destroyed depends on the blood where our spiritual light is placed. We are built by God in the blood of the Second Adam, with a new body, eternal life. We are utterly destroyed by the sword of God in the blood of the First Adam, separated from God. We choose which blood to remain in by our faith.
Turn on your light of faith and place it in the blood of the second Adam. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Remaining wicked is a choice, just as righteousness is a choice, in Christ!
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