“He Steals, Kills, And Destroys”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 41

Satan is always looking to steal, to kill, and destroy.

John 10:10 “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

The Lord calls him a thief and a liar. He lied to Eve from the beginning. He lies to men and women today and uses them to steal, kill, and destroy other men and women. He is the same devil, and he is overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of the believer's testimony.

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Jeremiah 41:1-2 “Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. [2] Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.”

Satan in the heart of this man, Ishmael, killed the governor whom the king of Babylon had appointed for the Word of God to go forward.

Gedeliah was warned previously before this incident, but he did not believe it.

Jeremiah 40:15-16 “Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? [16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.”

God finds ways to warn the believer. The believer must always check with the Lord to confirm His Word.

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Jeremiah 41:3-10 “Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. [4] And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, [5] That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. [6] And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. [7] And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. [8] But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. [9] Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. [10] Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.”

Satan in the heart of a man or woman is capable of killing tens, hundreds, and thousands, and even millions. Today, Satan is in the heart of many leaders of nations who have kept the truth of the Word of God from their people and chained them in the grip of falsehood. Satan used the aid of Hitler to take millions of lives in Nazi Germany. 

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Jeremiah 41:11-13 “But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, [12] Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. [13] Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad.”

Because righteousness exalts a people, but the acts of Satan are a reproach to the light, the spiritual light in every man, woman, boy, or girl.

Proverbs 14:34 “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”

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Jeremiah 41:14-18 “So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. [15] But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. [16] Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: [17] And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, [18] Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.”

Satan can kill man and destroy man, but he cannot kill the Word of God. He is already overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of the believer's testimony.

Let the Word of God come and dwell in you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Satan is defeated by the Blood of the Word, in Christ!

“The Lord Protects His Children”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 40

Until the work of Jeremiah was completed on this earth, no man, woman, boy, or girl could take his life. Until Moses had delivered the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and completed the work that God assigned him, no man, woman, boy, or girl could kill Moses. Pharaoh could not kill him, and neither could the Red Sea drown him. For God was with Moses. God was with Joseph, and his brothers could not kill him. Neither could many years in prison take away from what God's Word had proclaimed. God is always with His children by His Word.

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Jeremiah 40:1-6 “The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. [2] And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. [3] Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. [4] And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. [5] Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. [6] Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.”

King Zedekiah had his eyes taken out and imprisoned by the king of Babylon. His children had been killed in his presence. The nobles of Judah have been executed, but Jeremiah walked as a free man, living in the governor's mansion. Why? Because God is with His children. The difference between Jeremiah and Zedekiah is that Jeremiah believed the Word of God, and Zedekiah rejected the Word of God, in unbelief. The difference between heaven and hell is the one who believes the Word of God and the one who rejects the Word of God. The same Word of God yesterday, today, and forever. The Word of God has a name. His name is Jesus Christ. He is here on earth today in the dispensation of the Holy Spirit. The Acts of the Holy Spirit in the Church.

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Jeremiah 40:7-12 “Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; [8] Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. [9] And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. [10] As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. [11] Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; [12] Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.”

 Many believe after they have seen the evidence. The true believer needs no evidence. He or she simply believes.

John 20:29 ‘Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.’

The true believer is the blessed man or woman. They have not seen, but believe. They need no evidence to believe Jesus Christ is the Savior of their life.

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Jeremiah 40:13-16 “Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, [14] And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. [15] Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? [16] But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.”

Gedaliah should have taken this matter to the Lord and would have received his answer. We should always check with the Lord. When the answer from the Lord matches the answer from a man, then we must believe the man. Gedeliah did not believe the man outrightly, which led to his demise.

Let your heart be in tune with the Lord,o by His Word. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. God protects His children, in Christ!

“I Told You So”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 39

Jeremiah told King Zedekiah exactly what was going to happen according to the Word of God, but he believed not. Yet it did not change the course of the Word of God. The Word came to pass exactly as Jeremiah had proclaimed. The Word of God will come to pass whether you believe Him or not.

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Jeremiah 39:1-5 “In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. [2] And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. [3] And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, Rab–saris, Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. [4] And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. [5] But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.”

 King Zedekiah stood face to face with King Nebuchadnezzar to be judged, just as Jeremiah had proclaimed.

Jeremiah 34:2-3 “Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: [3] And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.”

When the Word comes out of His mouth, it is considered done. Every Word of God has come to pass and will come to pass because He holds the beginning from the end. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end at the same time.

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Jeremiah 39:6-14 “Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. [7] Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. [8] And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. [9] Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. [10] But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. [11] Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard, saying, [12] Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. [13] So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab–saris, and Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; [14] Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.”

The Lord will protect His children. What made Jeremiah a child of God was because he believed the Word of God. The Lord forsakes those who forsake His Word. King Zedekiah was forsaken because he believed not the Word of God.

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Jeremiah 39:15-18 “Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, [16] Go and speak to Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. [17] But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. [18] For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.”

This man was favored by God. He was favored and protected by God because he favored Jeremiah.

Jeremiah 38:8-11 “Ebed–melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, [9] My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. [10] Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. [11] So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.”

He will bless those who bless His children and curse those who curse His children.
The children of God are those indwelt by Jesus Christ the Word of God.

Let the Word of God come and dwell in you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. The Word of God will always do exactly as said, in Christ!

“He That Saves His Life Shall Lose It.”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 38

The way of God is always illogical to the carnal mind. In the economy of the world, we keep to increase. In the economy of God, we give to receive. In coming to God, we give our life to receive His life.

Matthew 16:25 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”

It is logical to keep what we have to be fruitful, but that is not the way of God. He wants us to give unto others so He will give unto us the fruit of His Spirit. It is logical to keep our life to save it, but that's not the way of God. He wants us to lose our life in Him so that we may receive His life in us.

Israel was directed by God to go into Babylon to keep their life. It was illogical to the king because they have not learned the way of God.

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Jeremiah 38:1-2 “Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, [2] Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.”

 Fighting against the Word of God is fighting against God, and no one wins against God. We only win with God when we surrender our life to Him.

He is always set before man: the way of life and the way of death. In the garden of Eden was the tree of life and the tree of death. Today, it is the way of life in the blood of the second Adam and the way of death in the blood of the first Adam.

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Jeremiah 38:3-4 “Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. [4] Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.”

 You cannot burn the Word of God out of a man of God. You cannot quench the Word of God out of the man of God. Satan tried that when he hanged Jesus on the cross. Three days later, the Word of God that became flesh walked on the streets of Jerusalem in a glorified body. The Word will forever remain. No matter what Satan does, the Word of God has prevailed.

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Jeremiah 38:5-18 “Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. [6] Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. [7] Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; [8] Ebed–melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying, [9] My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. [10] Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. [11] So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. [12] And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. [13] So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. [14] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. [15] Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? [16] So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. [17] Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: [18] But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.”

The unbeliever knows the truth. He or she just has trouble accepting the truth. Zedekiah has heard this truth from Jeremiah in many forms, but he kept asking, thinking the Word of God would change. God doesn't just change. He is changed by faithful prayer. He is changed by faith. It is man who has to change by faith, and acquiesce to the Word of God.

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Jeremiah 38:19-24 “And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. [20] But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. [21] But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: [22] And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. [23] So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. [24] Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.”

Zedekiah was worried about what men saw instead of worrying about what God knows. God knew his heart. He knows our heart, and He always deals with our heart by His Word.

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Jeremiah 38:25-28 “But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: [26] Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. [27] Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. [28] So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.”

Jeremiah was in the court until the day that Jerusalem was taken, just as the Word of God had promised. The Word of God is steadfast, the same yesterday, today, and forever. The same Word of God to us: to come out of the blood of the first Adam into the blood of the second Adam. Lose your life in the blood of the second Adam, and find it. Keep your life in the blood of the first Adam, and lose it. Same word of God.

Come out of the blood of the first Adam. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The Word of God speaking to our hearts, in Christ!

“"Deceive Not Yourself," Says The Lord”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 37

They hearkened not to the Word of the Lord that came through Jeremiah. The king placed the prophet Jeremiah in prison because he reported the Word of truth. Fighting against the Word of Truth is fighting against God, for God is His Word, and His Word has a name. His name is Jesus Christ. You cannot win against Truth.

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Jeremiah 37:1-2 “And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. [2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.”

This has been Satan's ploy since the Garden of Eden. He is always in the mind of the unbeliever, blinding the man or woman in the blood of the first Adam with unbelief. The unbeliever believes the lie of Satan instead of the Truth of God.

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Jeremiah 37:3 “And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.”

Why can't King Zechariah pray to the Lord himself? The first step to prayer is repentance from sin, and that's what the king refused. Repentance is to turn from the blood of the first Adam to the blood of Christ. Repentance is to turn from our own way to the Way of God, which is Jesus Christ. Repentance is to turn from our own word to the Word of God, which is Jesus Christ. Jonah preached repentance to the people of Nineveh. John the Baptist preached repentance. Jesus Christ preached repentance.

Matthew 4:17 “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

But they repented not.

Matthew 11:20 “Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:”

That has been the problem with man ever since the fall. They repented not, so they live and die in unbelief, wasting precious life in eternal damnation. All because they believe the lie of Satan to eat off Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The same tree Adam ate off is what the unbeliever is eating off today. 

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Jeremiah 37:4-9 “Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. [5] Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. [6] Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, [7] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. [8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. [9] Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.”

We deceive ourselves when we go contrary to the Word of God. The Word of God will accomplish exactly what He says.

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Jeremiah 37:10 “For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.”

Even with all wounded men, the Babylonians will take the whole city of Jerusalem. Why? Because God says so.

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Jeremiah 37:11-17 “And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, [12] Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. [13] And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. [14] Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. [15] Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. [16] When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; [17] Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

The hypocrisy of the unbeliever! He is asking for a word from the Lord in secret, but pumping his fist against God in public. Jesus called them hypocrites.

Matthew 23:13 “But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”

The same call is going to the world today: come out of the blood of Adam and receive Salvation in the blood of Jesus Christ. That says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 37:18-21 “Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? [19] Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? [20] Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. [21] Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.”

You can threaten the man of God, imprison the man of God, burn the man of God, or even kill the man of God. It won't change the Word of God.

Repent, come out of the blood of the first Adam, and receive Salvation in the blood of the second Adam. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. He knocks at the door of your heart today. If you will open, He will come in, save you, and give you a restful place of eternal life, in Christ!

“The Bible Was Not Man’s Idea”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 36

God told Jeremiah to compile a book of His Word so that it may be read in the ears of the people. God was preserving His Word not just for that generation, but for subsequent generations. Today, we call His written Word the Bible. That is the same Word that came out of His mouth, the same Word that created the universe, the same Word yesterday, today, and forever. The same Word that became blood, flesh, and dwelt among men. Jesus Christ the Word of God.

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Jeremiah 36:1-3 “And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [2] Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. [3] It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

The Word of God is purposed to bring man in line with God through faith in the Word, that we may be free from the blood of Adam through the shed blood of the Lamb. Without the Word of God, man will never know the problem and how to solve it. God, through Jeremiah, was reminding the people of the problem and the solution.

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Jeremiah 36:4-16 “Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. [5] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: [6] Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. [7] It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. [8] And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house. [9] And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. [10] Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people. [11] When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, [12] Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. [13] Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. [14] Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. [15] And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. [16] Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

The Word of God did exactly what it’s purposed to do. The Word melted their hearts, and drew them to God. The Word of God can do one of two things: melt our heart and draw us to God by faith, or harden our hearts in unbelief.

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Jeremiah 36:17-25 “And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? [18] Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. [19] Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. [20] And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. [21] So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. [22] Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. [23] And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. [24] Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. [25] Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.”

 In unbelief, the heart of King Jehoiakim was hardened, and he tried to burn the Word of God. Understand that the Word of God cannot be burned. The Word of God is Eternal. The Word of God is God. That's what the unbeliever doesn't comprehend.

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Jeremiah 36:26-30 “But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. [27] Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, [28] Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. [29] And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? [30] Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.”

The man was seeking to destroy the Word of God. Instead, the Word of God destroyed him. The Word of God is what created man. The Word of God is life. When we step outside the Word of God in unbelief, we step into destruction and death.

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Jeremiah 36:31-32 “And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. [32] Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.”

King Jehoiakim was destroyed, just as the Word of God promised. The Word of God, which he burned, is still in our hands today, and we are reading Him. He was burned on the cross, but three days later, He stood as the Eternal Word of God. That's the power of the Word of God.

Receive the Eternal Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The same Word of God yesterday, today, and forever, in Christ!

“Because You Have Obeyed”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 35

Because the Rechabites obeyed the word of their father, God rewarded them with a greater covenant.
God only seeks obedience to His Word. If every man will obey His Word to move out of the blood of Adam into the blood of Christ, the world will be a wonderful place, and hell will be empty.

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Jeremiah 35:1-6 “The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, [2] Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. [3] Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; [4] And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: [5] And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. [6] But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever.”

The Lord knew the heart of the Rechabites, yet He set a pot of wine before them. He tested them to see the sincerity of their heart towards the word that their father commanded them.
The Lord tests us to see the sincerity of our heart towards His Word that He's placed in us.

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Jeremiah 35:7-17 “Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. [8] Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; [9] Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: [10] But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. [11] But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. [12] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, [13] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. [14] The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. [15] I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. [16] Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: [17] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.”

God judges all men according to His Word. Not some, but the whole world will be judged according to His Word, Which has a name. The name of His Word is Jesus Christ. This is  the Word of God that became flesh and dwelled among men. This is the Word that will judge the world. The Word of God judged Adam in the Garden of Eden. It judges the children of Israel. It judges us today and will judge tomorrow. The same Word of God, yesterday, today, and forever.

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Jeremiah 35:18-19 “And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: [19] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.”

God rewards disobedience with a curse and obedience with a blessing. Jesus Christ was obedient even to a cross.

Philippians 2:7-9 “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9] Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name.”

This name is the Word of God.

Walk in obedience to the Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we reveal Him from the first Adam. Obedience is the key, in Christ!

“When They Cut The Calf In Two And Passed Between The Parts ”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 34

The covenant between Israel was established when the heifer, the goat, and the ram were cut into two, and a light passed between them.

Genesis 15:9-10,12,17-18 “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. [10] And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. [12] And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. [17] And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. [18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.”

This covenant was the basis of the nation of Israel. This covenant is the beginning of the new covenant, with its fulfillment ultimately in Christ. Jesus Christ the sacrificial Lamb completed this new covenant when he proclaimed “it is finished”. This Abrahamic covenant was supposed to bring Israel into the end of the new covenant, which is in Christ.

John 1:11-12 “He came unto his own, and his own received him not. [12] But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”

But Israel did not recognize Him when they saw Him because they have been so far removed from the truth.

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Jeremiah 34:1-8 “The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, [2] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: [3] And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. [4] Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: [5] But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. [6] Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, [7] When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. [8] This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them.”

Part of the new covenant was liberty: every 7 years, slaves or servants were to be set free. This was pointing to their liberty in Christ, who set the whole world free with His work on the cross.

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Jeremiah 34:9-17 “That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. [10] Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. [11] But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. [12] Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [13] Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, [14] At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. [15] And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: [16] But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. [17] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.”

Because they hearkened not to the Word of God, He proclaimed to them a different liberty: a liberty to the sword, pestilence, famine, and captivity. When we forsake the Word of God, the Word of God chastises us.

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Jeremiah 34:18-19 “And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, [19] The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf.”

They walked between the two calves in commemoration of the covenant with Abraham, which was the beginning of the new covenant.
He remembers His covenant. He is the God of covenant. Today, He remembers His ultimate covenant, which He established for the whole world about 2,000 years ago on the cross of Calvary. If a man or woman honors this new covenant, God will honor him or her. If a man or woman dishonors this new covenant, God will disown him or her.

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Jeremiah 34:20-22 “I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. [21] And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. [22] Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.”

 What the Word of God says cannot be stopped or altered by man and will accomplish exactly what it proclaims.

Enter into this new covenant. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Lamb of the new covenant, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The blood of the new covenant, in Christ!

“The Lord, The Maker Thereof, The Lord That Formed It To Establish It, The Lord Is His Name."

Reference Jeremiah chapter 33

He formed the universe by His Word. He established it by His Word. This Word of His has a name. His Word is called the Lord Jesus Christ. He formed the universe and established a covenant with His creation by placing His Life or Word in creation. The sun rises, and the moon reflects the sun, indicating God is living in His creation. This is called the Solaric covenant. Jesus Christ, the Word of God, living in a man or woman, is God living in His creation. This is called the New Covenant.

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Jeremiah 33:1-3 “Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, [2] Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; [3] Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”

If you know Who He is, you can call unto Him. In every situation, He will answer you. He will reveal Himself to you: that He is the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the child that was given, the Son of God, Jesus Christ. He will come and dwell in you in that everlasting new covenant.

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Jeremiah 33:4-14
[4] For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; [5] They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. [6] Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. [7] And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. [8] And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. [9] And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. [10] Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, [11] The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. [12] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. [13] In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. [14] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.”

The promise was made to Abraham and his seed. This was the beginning of the new covenant. God will always keep His promise. He kept His promise to Abraham, and He will keep His promise to you, whoever you are, if you enter into this new covenant by faith in the blood of the Lamb.

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Jeremiah 33:15 “In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.”

That Branch of Righteousness, the seed of David, is the ultimate seed of Abraham. He is the seed of God. His name is Jesus Christ. He is God, Our Righteousness.

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Jeremiah 33:16-21 “In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. [17] For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; [18] Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. [19] And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, [20] Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; [21] Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. [23] Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying.”

 if anyone can break the solaric covenant, then they can also break the new covenant. No man or woman can break the solaric covenant because it is established in the Word of God. The Word of God is in it. By that same token, no one can break the new covenant because it's established with the Word of God. The blood of the Lamb that was slain on Calvary's tree was the everlasting covenant promised to Abraham and his seed, the ultimate seed being Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:7-9 “Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. [8] And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. [9] So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”


Today, if you are in Christ, you are part of this everlasting new covenant.

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Jeremiah 33:22-26 “As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. [23] Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, [24] Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. [25] Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; [26] Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.”

With all their disappointments, rebellion, stiff-neckedness, and unbelief, God kept His covenant with Abraham and his seed. So will He keep His covenant with you as long as you remain a seed of Jesus Christ through death and resurrection with Him.

Enter into the new covenant. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the blood of the new covenant, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam, the blood of the old covenant. He is the ever-living new covenant of God, in Christ!

“I Will Cause Their Captivity To Return”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 32

He promised to cause their captivity to return, and He did. The promised Word of God never fails.

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Jeremiah 32:1-3 “The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. [2] For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. [3] For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.’

The king, Zedekiah, did not want the truth. Jeremiah was the king's friend and not his enemy. A true friend of the world today is the man or woman who will tell them the truth of what occurs when an individual remains in the blood of the first Adam.

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Jeremiah 32:4-5 “And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; [5] And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.”

Instead of the king embracing the Word of God through Jeremiah, and seeking the face of God for directions, he sought to quench the Word of God by destroying Jeremiah. The Word of God cannot be quenched. The Word shall forever remain, and will always accomplish the intended purpose.

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Jeremiah 32:6-15 “And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [7] Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. [8] So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. [9] And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. [10] And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. [11] So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: [12] And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. [13] And I charged Baruch before them, saying, [14] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. [15] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.”

You are going into captivity, but you are coming back. If Israel had heeded the Word of God through Jeremiah, they would have realized God was for them and not against them. They would have realized that Jeremiah was for them and not against them. God is for the world and not against the world, for God so loved the world.

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Jeremiah 32:16-25 “Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, [17] Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: [18] Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, [19] Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: [20] Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; [21] And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; [22] And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; [23] And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: [24] Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. [25] And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.”

Imprisoned by the king whom he was trying to help, Jeremiah did not pray for himself but for the people. For Jeremiah knew where he stood. May we know where we stand.

Romans 8:35-39 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? [36] As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. [37] Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. [38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, [39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Death couldn't separate Jeremiah from the love of God placed in his heart. He knew where he stood.

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Jeremiah 32:26-40 “Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, [27] Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? [28] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: [29] And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. [30] For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. [31] For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, [32] Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [33] And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. [34] But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. [35] And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. [36] And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; [37] Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: [38] And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: [39] And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: [40] And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.”

Abraham, of whom God promised the covenant, was dead, yet God continued His covenant with the seed of Abraham. He promised an everlasting covenant, meaning it can only come through Christ, the everlasting Son of God. The love of God is placed in the heart of every man or woman that enters this everlasting covenant, the new covenant, which was sealed with the blood of the Second Adam on Calvary's cross about 2,000 years ago.

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Jeremiah 32:41-44 “Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. [42] For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. [43] And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. [44] Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.”

The Lord gives and takes away. He's in the middle of everything that we do, By His Word.

Let the Word of God be everything to you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. His Word shall forever remain, in Christ!

“In That Day, Shall I Make A New Covenant With Israel, And With The House Of Judah”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 31

 He is the God of Covenant. He was the God of the old covenant with the first Adam. Today, He is the God of the new covenant with the second Adam. The new covenant started with Abraham, which included Isaac, Jacob, or Israel, the seed of Abraham, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the ultimate seed of Abraham. Anybody in Christ today is part of this new covenant: a covenant of not just the written word on the pages of a book, but by the Word of God written on the hearts of men and women.

 Let's read.

Jeremiah 31:1-3 “At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. [2] Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. [3] The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”

Everlasting life and everlasting love can only come through an everlasting covenant: the covenant established through Jesus Christ by the finished work of the cross.  The man or woman must enter this covenant through death and resurrection with the second Adam, by faith alone.

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Jeremiah 31:4-9 “Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. [5] Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. [6] For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. [7] For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. [8] Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. [9] They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”

What great words. You are His firstborn because you are in Christ.

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Jeremiah 31:10-20 ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. [11] For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. [12] Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. [13] Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. [14] And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. [15] Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. [16] Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. [17] And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. [18] I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. [19] Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. [20] Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.”

In chastisement, the Lord sent Israel into Babylonian captivity, but just like the loving Father, He's bringing them back. The Father loves His children and chastises them.

Hebrews 12:7-8 “If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? [8] But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”

 God the Holy Spirit deals with us as sons when we are chastised.

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Jeremiah 31:21-30 “Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. [22] How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. [23] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. [24] And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. [25] For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. [26] Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. [27] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. [28] And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. [29] In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. [30] But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.”

The children shall not be punished because of the iniquities of their fathers, but everybody shall be judged according to their own faith or unbelief. No one will be judged according to the unbelief of the first Adam, but according to their faith or unbelief in the second Adam.

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Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32] Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: [33] But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34] And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

The covenant with Abraham was a promised land. The covenant with the children of Abraham at Mount Sinai was the written Ten Commandments on the table of stone on their way to the promised land. The covenant here with the children of Israel is a covenant with the Word of God written on our hearts. This is the New covenant fulfilled with Jesus Christ on the cross, confirmed with the Holy Spirit coming to dwell in the individual; God in man.

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Jeremiah 31:35-40 “Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: [36] If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. [37] Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. [38] Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. [39] And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. [40] And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.”

 He is the One Who created the heavens and the earth, the Creator of the universe, the One Who provides the sun its light daily, and the One Who holds the sea at bay so that it doesn't come over the whole land. If you can measure the depth of the sea and the heavens above, then you can break that new covenant. It is an everlasting covenant, unchangeable and unbreakable, cut in the blood of Jesus Christ, the Second Adam, confirmed by the Holy Spirit coming to dwell in the heart of the individual.

Enter into the new covenant of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. It is an everlasting covenant, in Christ!

“I Will Break His Yoke From Off Your Neck"

Reference Jeremiah chapter 30

It is always the work of the Lord. He begins in the spiritual by His Word and manifests in the physical. He sent Israel into Babylonian captivity according to His Word, and will bring back Israel to her land, according to His Word. It's always according to the Word of God.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 30:1-3 “The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [2] Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. [3] For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.”

The Lord God will cause them to return to the land that He gave to their fathers. Not anything that Israel would do, but the Lord God will cause that to happen, by His Word.

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Jeremiah 30:4-8 “And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. [5] For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. [6] Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? [7] Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. [8] For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him.”

The Lord God will break the yoke of the enemy of Israel. It's not anything that Israel will do, but the Lord God will break the yoke, by His Word. The Word begins in the spirit and manifests into the physical.

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Jeremiah 30:9 “But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.”

The day comes when David, in his new, resurrected, glorified body, will reign as king of Israel, and Israel as a whole shall serve the King of Kings, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Jeremiah 30:10-17 “Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. [11] For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. [12] For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. [13] There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. [14] All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. [15] Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. [16] Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. [17] For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.”

The Lord God will restore health, not anything that Israel will do, but the Lord God will restore health by His Word. He said, "I sent my word, and I healed all your diseases."

Psalm 107:20 “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”

 That Word that was sent to heal them has a name. His Name is Jesus Christ.
That Word that was sent to deliver them has a name. His Name is Jesus Christ.


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Jeremiah 30:18-24 “Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. [19] And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. [20] Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. [21] And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. [22] And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. [23] Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. [24] The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.”

The Word of God shall not return until it has completed His purpose. The same Word of God, yesterday, today, and forever.

Be indwelt by the Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. It always begins with the Word of God, in Christ!

“ Whom I have Caused To Be Carried Away From Jerusalem To Babylon”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 29

He is always the first cause. He said, "Let there be a heaven and an earth," and there was heaven and earth. He is the first cause of your life. Before the new corn grew to have a beautiful green body around it, there was something in the seed that could not be seen. The green body of corn was hidden inside that seed because it's spiritual. That is the Word of God in that seed, and the Word of God in the spirit manifested as a beautiful body of corn in the physical. Before anything happens in the physical, it begins in the spiritual realm. He created you by His Word (Spiritual). He caused Israel to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon by His Word (spiritual). The Word manifested in a physical action with Israel actually carried from Babylon to Jerusalem.

That Word has a Name. The Name of His Word is Jesus Christ. The Word became flesh and dwelled among us. The same word yesterday, today, and forever.  

Let's read.

Jeremiah 29:1-4 “Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; [2] (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) [3] By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, [4] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon.”

 He causes the rain to rain and the sun to shine. Elijah prayed that it shall not rain, and for 3.5 years, God held the rain. God is always the first cause. He is in charge of the elements.

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Jeremiah 29:5-9 “Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; [6] Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. [7] And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. [8] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. [9] For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.”

Just as there's a true $100 bill, there's also a counterfeit $100 bill. They may look alike, but they are not the same. Just as there was a true prophet of God in Jeremiah, there were also false prophets. The true prophet has the Word of God and will manifest exactly as it's proclaimed. The false prophet does not have the Word of God. They speak from their own minds.

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Jeremiah 29:10-18 “For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. [11] For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. [12] Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. [13] And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. [14] And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. [15] Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; [16] Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; [17] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. [18] And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:”

He's always the first cause. He made all this happen, and He began in the Spirit by His Word.

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Jeremiah 29:19-32 ‘Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. [20] Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: [21] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; [22] And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; [23] Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. [24] Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, [25] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, [26] The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. [27] Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? [28] For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. [29] And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. [30] Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, [31] Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: [32] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.”

All according to His word. The Word of God begins in the spirit and manifests in the physical.

Receive Him, the Word of God. BELIEVE him, Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we revealed Him from the first Adam. He is the Word of God manifested in the physical, in Christ!

“The Immediate Death Of The Prophet Hananiah”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 28

The Word of God is not a joke. Telling a lie in the name of God was death for the prophet. Many people go around saying, "God told me this," "God told me that," making God a liar. God is Holy. Using the name of God to push our agenda is the last thing an individual should do. That's what the prophet Hananiah did.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 28:1-2 “And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, [2] Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

 The prophet Hananiah spoke in the name of God using the same terminology, but he was lying. We are not to lie to men about men. How much more important it is for us not to lie about God.  The prophet Hananiah did not have any reverence for God. He did not fear God.

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Jeremiah 28:3-11 “Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: [4] And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. [5] Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, [6] Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. [7] Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; [8] The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. [9] The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. [10] Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. [11] And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.”

The prophet Hananiah continued to push his agenda, not recognizing that God was in their presence. There is nothing that we do or say that escapes God. He judges everything, immediately, soon, or later, but everything is judged. He is the same Holy Spirit that condemned Ananias.

Acts 5:9-10 “Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. [10] Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.”

She fell straightaway. 


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Jeremiah 28:12-17 “Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, [13] Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. [14] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. [15] Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. [16] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. [17] So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.”

In two months, the prophet Hananiah died. We should not play church. God is Holy.

Have reverence for God. Be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Second Adam, as we’ve revealed Him from the First Adam. He is Holy and fearful God, in Christ!

“The Word Came To Jeremiah”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 27

A question was posed to me recently that “God created the heavens and the earth, but where was God standing when He created the heavens and the earth? “
For this individual to ask the question means there may be a lot of people in this world with this same question.

The first thing to understand is that God is a Spirit.”

John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

 God is a Spirit, meaning He lives in the spiritual dimension, which is different from the physical dimension. That means God is next to you in a spiritual dimension. Just like if I spray a perfume in the room, you cannot see the perfume or hear the perfume because they are not in the hearing or seeing dimension. You can only smell the perfume. You, as an individual, have five dimensions; hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and feeling.

God is not in your five dimensions. He is in the sixth dimension, which is the spiritual dimension. You have the ability to unite with God through the sixth dimension by your faith. That's why faith is called your sixth sense. If I'm speaking to you on the phone, your only means of contacting me is through your sense of hearing.  God is in the sixth dimension. You have no means of hearing Him in the first dimension, seeing Him in the second dimension, smelling Him in the third dimension, tasting Him in the fourth dimension, or feeling Him in the fifth dimension. Your only means of contacting Him is through your sixth dimension, which is your faith. When God became a man in Jesus Christ, He gave us the ability to see Him in the physical dimension. On the amount of transfiguration, they saw Him in another dimension, more than the physical. A glory that was too bright for the naked eyes 

 God today is with us in the person of the Holy Spirit, and we can only contact Him through our sixth dimension, which is faith.

The Spirit of God is in His creation, is in His Word, is in His Son, Jesus Christ, and dwells in the believer today.

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. God gave some people the ability to relate to Him through a different dimension other than our five physical dimensions. That dimension can be vision or dreams.This is how God revealed Himself to His prophets.

 Jeremiah took the Word to the people.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 27:1-10 ‘In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [2] Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, [3] And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; [4] And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; [5] I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. [6] And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. [7] And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. [8] And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. [9] Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: [10] For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.”

 Just like Jeremiah was a true prophet who received the Word of God, there are false prophets who prophesied lies in the name of God. They lived at the time of Jeremiah, and they live in our world today.

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Jeremiah 27:11-12 “But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. [12] I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.”

The word came to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, who reigned about 11 years before King Zedekiah. That means Jeremiah spoke of Zedekiah even before he became king, because God knew and knows the future, and He's the only one that knows the future. That's how we know the Word came to Jeremiah from another source, because Jeremiah himself had no way of knowing the future. That's what makes him a true prophet.

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Jeremiah 27:13-15 “Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? [14] Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. [15] For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.”

I have not sent them, says the Lord. He sends men and women by giving them His Word. Today, every believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit is a messenger of God.The Holy Spirit is the messenger speaking through the body of the believer. If the individual is not indwelt by the Holy Spirit, they will be speaking a lie. They have not been sent by God.

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Jeremiah 27:16-22 “Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. [17] Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? [18] But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. [19] For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, [20] Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; [21] Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; [22] They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.”

God challenged the false prophet that if they were true prophets, they should intercede for the vessels in Jerusalem not to go to Babylon. God proved the false prophets by His Word. He said the vessels were going to Babylon. When God says anything, it's considered done, and that is what makes Him God.

God is a Spirit. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. God is in His creation. God is in His Word. God is in His Son. God is in the believer, in Christ!

“Diminish Not The Word”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 26

God doesn't want His Word compromised. He told Jeremiah to tell them exactly what He said. The word of God is straightforward. Eternal life is in Christ. Hell is remaining in the blood of Adam. Hell is the destination of the individual who remains in the blood of Adam as they take their final breath on Earth. If your family member, friend, or relative died and they did not accept Jesus Christ prior to their death, they are in hell today. This is the reason it is important for everybody to hear about the gospel. They must receive the revelation that Jesus Christ has died for their salvation. They must accept and simply die and resurrect with Him. If they reject this gospel, they are going to hell.

God warns Jeremiah not to compromise His Word.

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Jeremiah 26:1-2 “In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, [2] Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word.”

The Word of God rebukes, cuts, and heals. The natural man does not want to hear the Word of God. It exposes sin and unrighteousness. The temptation is always for the herald of the Word of God to compromise due to fear, rejection, or even killed by unbelievers. John the Baptist, as the herald of the Word of God, suffered beheading at the hands of unbelievers. We must be willing to seal our testimony of Jesus Christ with our blood.

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Jeremiah 26:3-9 “If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. [4] And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, [5] To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; [6] Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. [7] So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. [8] Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. [9] Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.”

Jemaiah did not compromise. The Word of God provoked anger, but that is not the concern of the herald. The herald is simply to state the Word of God and let the unbeliever make their decision.

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Jeremiah 26:10-15 “When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house. [11] Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. [12] Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. [13] Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. [14] As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. [15] But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.”

Jeremiah was willing to seal his testimony of the Word of God with his blood. The true herald of the Word of God is willing to seal with his blood the testimony of the Word of God, Who is Jesus Christ. For the true herald fears not death. They know her or she has already passed from death unto life.

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Jeremiah 26:16-23 “Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. [17] Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, [18] Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. [19] Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. [20] And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: [21] And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; [22] And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. [23] And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.”

The unbeliever can kill the herald of the Word of God, but they cannot kill the Word of God in them. The same Word of God that came through Micah and Urijah came through Jeremiah. They could have killed Micah, Uriah, and Jeremiah, yet the Word of God would still stand in the Jordan River, and John the Baptist would still proclaim, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."

The Word of God today is with us in the person of the Holy Spirit. It is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The unbeliever can fight, scream, and jump, and it will not change the stance of the Word of God.

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Jeremiah 26:24 “Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.”

In their act to quench the Word of God, the unbeliever seeks to kill the herald. They sought to kill Jesus Christ. They were unaware they cannot kill the Word of God. Three days later, He stood right in their midst. This is the hidden wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 2:8 “Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

It is the wisdom of God, remains a mystery to the unbeliever but a revelation to the believer.

Let God reveal Himself to you through His Word. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam. The Word of God forever remains, in Christ!

“Twenty-Three Years Of Ministry”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 25

For twenty-three years, Jeremiah rose up early, bringing to the people the Word of God, but they did not hearken. Just like in the time of Noah, God destroyed the earth with the flood, God, in the time of Jeremiah, destroyed the earth with the sword.

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Jeremiah 25:1-3 “The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; [2] The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, [3] From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.”

After man has fallen in the first Adam, Satan took control of fallen man. Part of that control is that he constantly causes fallen men and women not to hearken to the Word of God. It is a constant blindness. The fallen man wants to do what is right, but he finds himself doing what is wrong.


Romans 7:14-15,17-24 “
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. [15] For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. [17] Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [18] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. [19] For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. [20] Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [21] I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. [22] For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: [23] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”

Fallen man lost the ability to live through their faith in the Word of God. Fallen man is constantly battling the law of sin or unbelief. Fallen man is constantly wanting to live through their five physical senses and never through their sixth sense or faith in the Word of God. It is impossible for fallen man to be removed from the blood of Adam into the blood of the second Adam. This is redemption, a one-time event that happened when Jesus Christ gave His life on the cross of Calvary. The moment a fallen man places their faith in this finished work of Christ, they are removed from the blood of Adam. The fallen man now has the ability to live constantly through their sense of faith placed exclusively in the finished work of the second Adam. This fallen man, through faith, has died and risen with Christ, with their life now hidden in Christ, the second Adam. God has now become his pavilion, his hiding place.

 We continue our reading.

 Jeremiah 25:4-9 “And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. [5] They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: [6] And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. [7] Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. [8] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, [9] Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”

The fury of God came not just to Israel, but to all the surrounding nations in destruction.

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Jeremiah 25:10-13 “Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. [11] And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. [12] And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. [13] And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations.”

God destroyed Babylon after he had used Babylon to destroy the surrounding nations. No one escapes rejection of the Word of God. Today, we know that the Word of God is Jesus Christ.

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Jeremiah 25:14-29 “For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will rfor the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. [37] And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. [38] He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.”

 In the time of Noah, they were just dead bodies in water. In the time of Jeremiah, they were dead bodies on land, as dung. Noah warned the people for many years, Jeremiah likewise warned the people for many years, but they would not hear the word of God. Today, the same warning is going out to the world. Those who receive the word of God, Jesus Christ, shall be saved. Those who reject Him shall be destroyed.

Noah and his family were saved out of the flood. Jeremiah was saved from the destruction, and any man or woman who receives Jesus Christ today will be saved from the coming destruction. He's the same Word of God: yesterday and today.

Avoid the coming destruction. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. The warning is clear, in Christ!

“I Will Give Them A Heart To Know Me”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 24

How does God give a heart to know Him? The only way God gives anything to any man is by His word. The Word of God is what created man. The Word of God is what transforms man. The Word of God is what redeems man. This Word of God manifested in a person named Jesus Christ, the same Word of God that created man from the beginning. The Word of God is He Who went to the cross to redeem the whole world, the world that was created by this Word of God. That's what the scripture said: Jesus Christ, for Whom and by Whom all things in heaven and earth were created, because He is the Word of God.

Hebrews 1:2 “Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds.”

The Word of God, also named Jesus Christ, created all things from the very beginning, and through Him all things consist today.

Colossians 1:16-17 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: [17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”

 All things in heaven and earth were created by the word of God. He said, "Let there be light," and there was light. "Let there be," and there was. That word of God, that same Word of God, manifested into the person, the Man named Jesus Christ. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among men.

 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.

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Jeremiah 24:1-4 “The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. [2] One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. [3] Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. [4] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying.”

 Everything we receive from God is by His word. That Word can only be received by our faith. That Word is now on earth in the person of the Holy Spirit, whom we cannot perceive with five physical senses. Meaning, we cannot hear him audibly, see him physically, smell him, taste him, or feel him physically. We contact Him through our faith in the Word. He said, "You shall know that I am with you and in you."

John 14:20 “At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.”

We know that the Word of God, Who is Jesus Christ is in me in the person of the Holy Spirit, and I am in Him, not by my five physical senses, but by my sixth sense (faith). The only medium through which I can relate to the Word of God in me and with me today in the person of the Holy Spirit is through my faith.

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Jeremiah 24:5-7 “Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. [6] For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. [7] And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.”

The Word of God created man, and the Word of God, when it's received by man by faith, gives them a new heart to know God. The Word of God is Jesus Christ. He is the Word of God manifested into a physical person. He is God coming from the spiritual dimension into the physical dimension.

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Jeremiah 24:8-10 “And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: [9] And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. [10] And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.”

The good figs were those hearts that heard the Word of God and received the Word of God by faith. The bad figs were those that rejected the Word of God through unbelief. The Word of God is always the dividing line. This Word of God is manifested in the person Jesus Christ, Who came as the new blood of God to redeem the whole world out of the old blood of Adam. We reject the World to our peril in Adam’s blood.

Let the Word of God redeem you. BELIEVE, and confess Jesus Christ, the new Blood of God, as we have revealed Him from the old blood. The Word of God manifested in a person, in Christ!

“Who Has Stood In His Counsel? Who Has Perceived And Heard His Word? Who Has Marked His Word?”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 23

He is the Lord Our Righteousness, the Righteous Seed of David. He is the Righteous Branch. He is the Word of God. His Name is Jesus Christ.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 23:1-4 “Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. [2] Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. [3] And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. [4] And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.”

 The people lacked because they were not fed the Word of God. The pastors were feeding them things of their own minds. Jesus Christ, the Word of God must be fed to the people. This is what a true pastor does: he feeds the people Jesus Christ.

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 23:5-6 “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. [6] In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

His Name shall be called the Lord Our Righteousness because He has moved us out of the unrighteous blood of Adam to His Righteous blood. Praise God!!

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 23:7-16 “Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; [8] But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. [9] Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. [10] For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. [11] For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. [12] Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. [13] And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. [14] I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. [15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. [16] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.”

These so-called prophets were not sent by the Lord. They gathered the  people with their own words and caused the people to err. For some, it's a meal ticket. Nothing is hidden from the Lord. He occupies heaven and earth. He will judge every false prophet with the same judgment these prophets received. We must make sure that we have been sent. When He sends a man or woman, He gives them His Word.


We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 23:17-18 “They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. [18] For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?”

There is only one Who has stood in the counsel of the Lord and perceived and heard His Word and has marked His Word. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of God. He is the One that must be fed to the people.

We continue our reading.


Jeremiah 23:19-24 “Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. [20] The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. [21] I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. [22] But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. [23] Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? [24] Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.”

He is not far off. He occupies heaven and earth. He is as close as the breath in our lungs.

We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 23:25-40 “I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. [26] How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; [27] Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. [28] The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. [29] Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? [30] Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. [31] Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. [32] Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. [33] And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. [34] And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. [35] Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? [36] And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. [37] Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? [38] But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; [39] Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: [40] And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.’

They created their own burden. It was not the burden of the Lord. The Word of God is not a burden. The Word of God saves, heals, and transforms. The Word of man is a burden because it's a lie. It misleads people to bondage and destruction.

Receive Jesus Christ. BELIEVE and confess Him, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. There is a Righteous Branch from God, in Christ!

“Because They Have Forsaken The Covenant Of The Lord Their God”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 22

 He is the God of covenants. There is no way to have a relationship with God unless through a covenant. The Abrahamic covenant was the beginning of the new covenant. The end of the new covenant is Jesus Christ and His blood shed on the cross of Calvary. The old covenant was the covenant between God and the first Adam. Every man or woman on Earth is either in the old covenant or the new covenant. There is no in-between. Israel was in the new covenant, the beginning, with Abraham, a seed of Abraham.  That covenant was supposed to bring Israel to the end of the new covenant in Christ. But because of their unbelief of the Word of God, Israel lost their way, and missed Christ. Israel did not recognize Jesus Christ when He stood in their presence because they were so far removed from the Word of God.

Today, we are either in the old covenant or the new covenant. The choice is ours, and it's based on Who we believe or not believe.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 22:1-9 “Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, [2] And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: [3] Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. [4] For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. [5] But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. [6] For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. [7] And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. [8] And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? [9] Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.”

The covenant was promised to Abraham and his seed, which is Israel, but Judah and Jerusalem became a desolation because they forsook the covenant, and God forsook them. Today, if we forsake the new covenant, God forsakes us.

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 22:10-21 “Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. [11] For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: [12] But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. [13] Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; [14] That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. [15] Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? [16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. [17] But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. [18] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! [19] He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. [20] Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. [21] I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.”

This has been the manner of Israel from their youth. Since they came out of Egypt in the wilderness, they walked in unbelief. They would not hear the voice of God. Only two men, Joshua and Caleb, entered the Promised Land through faith. The rest died, and their bones bleached in the wilderness.

Numbers 26:64-65 “But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. [65] For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”

Today, if a man or woman remains in the blood of the first Adam, they die in that wilderness because of the same unbelief.

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 22:22 “The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.”

When the leaders, shepherds, and rulers are lost, the followers are also lost. This was the condition of Israel. The rulers were lost because they heeded not the Word of God, to go the Way of God.

We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 22:23-30 “O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! [24] As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; [25] And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. [26] And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. [27] But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. [28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? [29] O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. [30] Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.”

One covenant is the Word of God. It is the new covenant. It's a blessing. The other covenant is unbelief in the Word of God. It is the old covenant. It's a curse.
Choose you this day which covenant you want to live under. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the blood seed of the new covenant, as we have revealed Him from the first Adam, the blood seed of the old covenant. It's always a choice of faith, in Christ!

“I Have Set Before You, Life And Death"

Reference Jeremiah chapter 21

The same word that came to Adam, that I've set before you: the way of life and the way of death. The same word comes to us today. God has set before you and me: the way of life and the way of death. The way of death is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which is remaining in the blood of the first Adam. The way of life is the tree of life, which is exiting the blood of the first Adam and entering into the blood of the second Adam. Jesus Christ set before the world the way of death and the way of life. He said He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. That means the first Adam is not the way to God, he’s a lie (sin), and he is death.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 21:1-8 “The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, [2] Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. [3] Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: [4] Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. [5] And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. [6] And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. [7] And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. [8] And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.”

 The Word of God is life. To live is to go the way of the Word of God. To die was for Israel to go contrary to the Word of God. The same Word of God from the very beginning is the same Word of God to us today. This Word of God has a name. His name is Jesus Christ.

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 21:9-11 “He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. [10] For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. [11] And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD.”

They heard the Word of the Lord. They just did not believe. Just as it was in the beginning, Adam heard the Word of the Lord. Eve heard the word of the Lord. They did not believe, and found out that believing the word of the Lord is life. Unbelief, which is not believing the Word of the Lord, is death.

We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 21:12-14 “O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. [13] Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? [14] But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.”

God rewards the fruit of our doing. He rewards faith and also rewards unbelief. He rewards faith with life and unbelief with death. There is no in-between.

Receive the better reward. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the First Adam. There is the Way of life, in Christ!

“The Reproach Of The Word”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 20

The Word of God is counterintuitive to logic. The logical man or woman is the one who lives by their five ADAMIC senses. Though they may not be aware, the father of the natural man is Satan.

John 8:43-45 “Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. [44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [45] And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.”

To walk in the way of the Word of God elicits the same hate in the children of Satan. The same hate Satan has for God from the very beginning. It makes the believer a reproach to the logical or natural man. The natural man in Adam’s blood sees the Way or Word of God as nonsensical or foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:18 “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

Jeremiah suffered the reproach in stocks. The Apostle Paul suffered the reproach in stocks and beatings. Any man or woman that will proclaim the Word of God will suffer this reproach from the children of Satan. Stephen suffered this reproach with death through stoning. The Lord Jesus Christ suffered this reproach with beatings, back torn, and ultimate death through nailing to a tree.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 20:1-8 “Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. [2] Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. [3] And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. [4] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. [5] Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. [6] And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. [7] O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. [8] For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.”

In fear, Jeremiah tried not to speak, but he couldn't. That's how powerful the Word of God is. You cannot keep it in. You cannot encounter the true Word and keep it in. You cannot keep in the Spirit in the Word. The Word has to come out.

We continue our reading.
Jeremiah 20:9 “Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”

The Word in the heart of Jeremiah was God in the heart of Jeremiah. This is the Word that became flesh and dwelled among us. This Word has a name. His name is Jesus Christ. This Word is indwelt by the Spirit of God. When this true Word indwelt by the Spirit of God is encountered in the heart, then it cannot be kept silent. The Word will have to come forth, no matter the reproach. The true believer is always willing to seal his testimony of Jesus Christ with the believer‘s blood.

We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 20:10-18 “For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. [11] But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. [12] But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. [13] Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. [14] Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. [15] Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. [16] And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; [17] Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. [18] Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?”

Jeremiah didn't know what we know today: that the reproach is never personal. The reproach is because of the Spirit and the Word coming forth out of the believer. There is a spirit already in the world, which is contrary to the Spirit in the Word coming forth from God through the believer. This is the battle. This is the reproach.

1 Corinthians 2:12-14 “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. [13] Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. [14] But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

This spiritual discernment comes from the fall of the first Adam. It can only be fixed by the man or woman leaving the blood of the first Adam and entering the blood of the second Adam, through a death and a resurrection with the second Adam.

Choose to come out of the blood of the fallen Adam. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we have revealed him from the first Adam. There is a reproach, in Christ!

“The Valley Of Slaughter”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 19

 Do not die in the blood of the first Adam. There is not another chance!

 Israel had forsaken the word of God. Today, we know that the Word of God is Jesus Christ. "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness," means Abraham believed the Word of God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. That means Abraham believed Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. The only way to become righteous is to believe Jesus Christ.

Whenever an individual, a group, or a nation goes contrary to the Word of God or forsakes the Word of God, they are inadvertently forsaking Jesus Christ. The rejection of Jesus Christ did not just begin 2,000 years ago when He walked on the streets of Galilee, but the rejection of Jesus Christ, the Word of God, began before the Garden of Eden, when the angel Lucifer turned his back on the Word of God. Jesus Christ the Word of God was forsaken in the Garden of Eden when Eve chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil over the tree of life, when Adam chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil over the tree of life, when Cain rejected the Way of God. When the sons of Adam walked in unbelief, when the children of Israel walked in unbelief of the Word of God, when any man or woman today walks in unbelief, they are rejecting the Word of God Who is Jesus Christ. One cannot say, "I believe God," and not know His Word, who is Jesus Christ. I can plainly say, "If you don't know Jesus Christ, the Word of God, you do not know God."

Israel forsakes the Word of God, and God squeezes them like a bottle.

Jeremiah writes.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 19:1-4 “Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; [2] And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, [3] And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. [4] Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents.”

 Over and over, you read that God said, "Because they have forsaken Me." They did not forsake Him only in the days of Jeremiah. They did forsake Him when He hung on a cross. They did forsake Him in heavenly places, by angels. They did forsake Him in the garden of Eden, the same Word of God: yesterday, today, and forever. It's the same judgment when we forsake the Word of God. The same judgment on Satan. The same judgment on Adam. The same judgement for any man or woman who forsakes the same Word of God.

We continue our reading.

Jeremiah 19:5-10 “They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: [6] Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. [7] And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. [8] And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. [9] And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. [10] Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee.”

We forsake the Word of God to our own destruction. Israel ate the flesh of their sons and daughters because they  forsook Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 19:11-15 “And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. [12] Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: [13] And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. [14] Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people, [15] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.”

God cannot work with anyone who rejects His Word because God is His Word. His Word has a name. His Word is called Jesus Christ.

Receive Him, the Word of God. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we’ve revealed Him from the first Adam. Life is in the Word, in Christ!

“They Have Burned Incense To Vanity”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 18

Israel stumbled and walked away from the ancient path. The Word of God is always the path. The Word was the path then, is the path today. The Word of God is Who Jesus Christ is. Many did not understand it, but any time God appeared to a man or revealed Himself through a prophet to His people, His Word that was coming to the people was the path. This path or His Word is Who Jesus Christ is. He is the Word of God from the beginning. He is this same Word of God that became flesh with blood to be the new bloodline for the whole world. This is where God is trying to point Israel to, but they had no spiritual discernment to recognize it. They were so far removed from the Word of God that when Jesus the Word of God stood before them, they couldn't recognize Him. The true Word of God was foreign to them. They rejected Him and actually crucified Him. They were rather burning incense to vanity.

Let's read.

Jeremiah 18:1-8 “The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, [2] Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. [3] Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. [4] And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. [5] Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, [6] O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. [7] At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; [8] If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.”

 To turn from evil is to turn to the Word of God. The Word of God, from the beginning, was to bring man into relationship with God. That's why Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain before the foundation of the world. Even before the creation of the world, the redemption plan was ordained. Jesus Christ was crucified before the foundation of the world. Because the plan was ordained before the fall, God cannot do anything with an individual who chooses to remain in the blood of the first Adam. The whole plan of God is based on redemption to remove man from the first Adam into the second Adam. Creation of man is based on this redemption plan. The sovereignty of God is relinquished to this redemption plan. Meaning, God cannot save man any other way. If there was another way, Jesus Christ would not have had to go onto the cross.

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Jeremiah 18:9-15 “And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; [10] If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. [11] Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. [12] And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. [13] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. [14] Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? [15] Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up.”

Israel left the Word of God to their own destruction. Today, we leave the Word of God to our own destruction. The destruction is in the blood of the first Adam.

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Jeremiah 18:16-18 “To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. [17] I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. [18] Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

The people were unaware that they were not contending with Jeremiah, but the Word of God in Jeremiah. This Word of God is Who Jesus Christ is. They hated Jeremiah because they hated the Word of God. They hated Jesus Christ because He is the Word of God. In their spiritual blindness, they hated the only thing that could save them. As it was  then, and so it is today. This is the spiritual blindness Adam encountered in the garden when he fell. This spiritual blindness can only be healed by believing in the Word.

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Jeremiah 18:19-23 “Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. [20] Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. [21] Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. [22] Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. [23] Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.”

That was the spirit of Jeremiah and not the Holy Spirit. Just like the spirit of Moses when strike the rock twice. Just like the spirit of Elisha when he cursed the forty-two children. We have learned today from our Savior that we don't pray against the unbeliever, but we pray that their eyes may be opened to see the only way out is the Word, which is Christ.

Let the Word redeem you. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the Word of God, as we reveal Him from the first Adam. The redemption plan, in Christ!

“Blessed Is The Man That Trusts In The Lord, Whose Hope The Lord Is”

Reference Jeremiah chapter 17

You trust God, but does God trust you? You hope is in God, but is God's hope in you? You have faith in God, but does God have faith in you? You love God, but do you know His love? You talk about God, but does God talk about you?
We are trusted by God. With the hope of God in us, God believing in us, experiencing His love, and Him talking about us like He did with Job when we become one with Him. We become one with God through His Word. We believe everything that God believes. His word will always bring us to the cross to die out of the first Adam and resurrect in the second Adam. His Word is who Jesus Christ is. The Word became flesh and dwelled among us to bring us to the cross to die with Him and resurrect with Him, and now become one with Him in all things. One with Him in trust, in hope, in faith, in love, in confidence, in boldness, in power, in peace, in joy, just like  Adam before the fall.

Blessed is the man or woman who is one with God.

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Jeremiah 17:1-7 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; [2] Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. [3] O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. [4] And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. [5] Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. [6] For He shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. [7] Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.”

The cursed man, like fallen Adam, inhabits the parched places. The blessed man, like the second Adam, is the tree planted by the rivers of water.

Jeremiah 17:8 “For He shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.”

Cannot cease from yielding fruit because you have become one with God.

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Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

We receive a deceitful and wicked heart from the first Adam. We receive a new heart when we become one with the second Adam.

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Jeremiah 17:10-15 “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. [11] As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. [12] A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. [13] O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. [14] Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. [15] Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.”

They are saying the same things today. Where is the Word of the Lord? The Word of the Lord is Jesus Christ. He left and has returned now in the person of the Holy Spirit, to dwell in all believers everywhere, every time.

John 14:28 “Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.”

 We conclude our reading.

Jeremiah 17:16-27 “As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. [17] Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. [18] Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. [19] Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; [20] And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: [21] Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; [22] Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. [23] But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. [24] And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; [25] Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. [26] And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. [27] But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.”

If you will not hearken unto “My Word.” His Word is always the dividing line. Jesus Christ is His Word, yesterday, today, and forever.

 Hearken unto His Word. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. Oneness with God, in Christ!