WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:06.400 this is what delights the Lord. This is the Lifespring One Year Bible Rewind and coming to 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:12.580 you from Riverside, California, podcasting since 2004. My name is Steve Webb and I'm your OG Godcaster. 00:00:13.120 --> 00:00:17.220 This is the podcast that comes to you every day and we're reading through the entire Bible in a 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:23.240 year. I'm so glad you're here. Welcome. Thanks for inviting me into your day. The website is 00:00:23.380 --> 00:00:29.740 LifespringMedia.com. You can find all kinds of stuff there. Today is National Pi Day. You know, 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:30.780 That's just cruel. 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:34.980 I'm still trying to lose the extra weight I picked up between Thanksgiving and Christmas, 00:00:35.180 --> 00:00:35.760 and now this. 00:00:36.480 --> 00:00:37.300 How about you? 00:00:37.900 --> 00:00:38.460 Oy vey. 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:40.460 This is Prophecy Friday. 00:00:40.710 --> 00:00:42.480 We'll read Jeremiah 7 through 11. 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:46.140 Then, after my comments, we'll see what happened on this date in church history. 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:50.920 And please remember that on Sunday, we'll have a time of praises and prayer requests. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.600 Now is the time to let me know if you have something to share with the family. 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:57.600 I'll remind you how to do that later on in the show. 00:00:58.080 --> 00:00:58.660 Let's begin. 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:02.500 Our Heavenly Father, how we love you, and we thank you so much for your word. 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:09.080 We thank you, Lord, for letting us know who you are, what you expect, and how much you love us. 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:14.140 That's the most important part, because without that, there would be no way for grace. 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.160 You are unbelievably good to us. Thank you, Father. 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:20.180 As we read today, Lord, I pray that you would help us to understand. 00:01:20.590 --> 00:01:22.580 I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:26.320 Jeremiah chapter 7 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:29.000 A message came to me from the Lord. 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:30.000 He said, 00:01:59.080 --> 00:02:05.020 of the Lord. You must really change the way you live and act. Treat each other fairly. Do not 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:10.539 treat outsiders or widows badly in this place. Do not take advantage of children whose fathers have 00:02:10.679 --> 00:02:16.720 died. Do not kill those who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. Do not worship other gods. 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:22.820 That will only bring harm to you. If you obey me, I will let you live in this place. It is the land 00:02:22.820 --> 00:02:27.840 I gave your people who lived long ago. It was promised to them forever and ever. But look, 00:02:27.980 --> 00:02:34.120 you are trusting in worthless lies. You continue to steal and commit murder. You commit adultery 00:02:34.260 --> 00:02:39.640 and tell lies. You burn incense to Baal. You worship other gods you have not known anything 00:02:39.940 --> 00:02:45.600 about before. Then you come and stand in front of me. You keep coming to this house where I have 00:02:45.700 --> 00:02:51.560 put my name. You say, We are safe. You think you are safe when you do so many things I hate. 00:02:52.260 --> 00:02:56.100 My name is in this house, but you have made it a den for robbers. 00:02:56.900 --> 00:02:59.020 I've been watching you, announces the Lord. 00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:01.180 Go now to the town of Shiloh. 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:04.400 Go to the place where I first made a home for my name. 00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:08.540 See what I did to it because of the evil things my people Israel were doing. 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:12.480 I spoke to you again and again, announces the Lord. 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:16.980 I warned you while you were doing all of those things, but you did not listen. 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.000 I called out to you, but you did not answer. 00:03:20.720 --> 00:03:24.760 So what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house where my name is. 00:03:25.350 --> 00:03:26.960 It is the temple you trust in. 00:03:27.330 --> 00:03:30.560 It is the place I gave to you and your people of long ago. 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:32.860 But I will throw you out of my land. 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:37.580 This is exactly what I did to the people of Ephraim, and they are your relatives. 00:03:38.459 --> 00:03:40.780 Jeremiah, do not pray for those people. 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:43.580 Do not make any appeal or request for them. 00:03:44.030 --> 00:03:44.800 Do not beg me. 00:03:45.050 --> 00:03:46.400 I will not listen to you. 00:03:47.180 --> 00:03:48.420 Don't you see what they are doing? 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:51.700 They are worshipping other gods in the towns of Judah. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.340 They are offering sacrifices to them in the streets of Jerusalem. 00:03:56.040 --> 00:03:57.880 The children go out and gather wood. 00:03:58.220 --> 00:03:59.620 The fathers light the fire. 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:01.140 The women mix the dough. 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:05.540 They make flat cakes of bread for the goddess who is called the Queen of Heaven. 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:08.460 They pour out drink offerings to other gods. 00:04:08.940 --> 00:04:10.420 That makes me very angry. 00:04:10.940 --> 00:04:12.280 But am I the one they are hurting? 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:13.400 announces the Lord. 00:04:13.820 --> 00:04:15.080 Aren't they only harming themselves? 00:04:15.860 --> 00:04:17.060 They should be ashamed of it. 00:04:17.780 --> 00:04:22.100 So the Lord and King says, I will pour out my burning anger on this place. 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:24.540 I will strike people and animals alike. 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:27.680 I will destroy the trees and the crops and the fields. 00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:31.200 It will burn, and no one will be able to put it out. 00:04:31.900 --> 00:04:34.280 The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:39.040 He says, Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices. 00:04:39.620 --> 00:04:40.440 Eat the meat yourselves. 00:04:41.260 --> 00:04:44.000 When I brought your people out of Egypt, I spoke to them. 00:04:44.440 --> 00:04:47.960 But I did not just give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices. 00:04:48.660 --> 00:04:50.160 I also gave them another command. 00:04:50.400 --> 00:04:54.900 I said, Obey me, then I will be your God, and you will be my people. 00:04:55.560 --> 00:04:58.980 Live the way I command you to live, then things will go well with you. 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:00.660 But they did not listen. 00:05:01.280 --> 00:05:03.280 They refused to pay any attention to me. 00:05:03.780 --> 00:05:07.360 Instead, they did what their stubborn and evil hearts wanted them to do. 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:09.420 They went backward and not forward. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:13.160 Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to you. 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:15.400 They came to you day after day. 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:19.460 They prophesied from the time your people left Egypt until now. 00:05:20.260 --> 00:05:21.480 But the people did not listen. 00:05:22.100 --> 00:05:24.380 They refused to pay any attention to me. 00:05:24.940 --> 00:05:25.560 They were stubborn. 00:05:26.180 --> 00:05:29.340 They did more evil things than their people who lived before them. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:33.840 Jeremiah, when you tell them all of that, they will not listen to you. 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:36.580 When you call out to them, they will not answer. 00:05:37.460 --> 00:05:41.200 So say to them, You are a nation that has not obeyed the Lord your God. 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.080 You did not pay attention when you were corrected. 00:05:44.820 --> 00:05:45.740 Truth has died out. 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:47.860 You do not tell the truth anymore. 00:05:48.840 --> 00:05:50.620 The Lord says to the people of Jerusalem, 00:05:51.260 --> 00:05:51.940 Cut off your hair. 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:52.700 Throw it away. 00:05:53.320 --> 00:05:55.820 Sing a song of sadness on the bare hilltops. 00:05:56.300 --> 00:05:57.500 I am very angry with you. 00:05:57.960 --> 00:05:59.280 I have turned my back on you. 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:00.500 I have deserted you. 00:06:01.140 --> 00:06:04.840 The people of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, announces the Lord. 00:06:05.400 --> 00:06:07.240 They have set up statues of their gods. 00:06:07.820 --> 00:06:10.440 They have worshipped them in the house where my name is. 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.680 They have made my house unclean. 00:06:13.200 --> 00:06:14.180 I hate those statues. 00:06:14.980 --> 00:06:18.920 The people have built the high places of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.060 There they worship other gods, and there they sacrifice their children in the fire. 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:26.380 That is something I did not command. 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:28.820 It did not even enter my mind. 00:06:29.260 --> 00:06:31.240 So watch out, announces the Lord. 00:06:31.700 --> 00:06:34.960 The days are coming when people will not call it Topheth anymore, 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:38.320 and they will not call it the valley of Ben-Hinnom either. 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.740 Instead, they will call it the Valley of Death. 00:06:42.340 --> 00:06:46.960 They will bury the dead bodies of some people in Topheth, but they will run out of room. 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:50.400 Then they will not be able to bury the bodies of other people there. 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:55.660 So the bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the wild animals, and no one 00:06:55.760 --> 00:06:56.640 will scare them away. 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:00.680 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness. 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:04.120 The voices of brides and grooms will not be heard anymore. 00:07:05.020 --> 00:07:09.400 There will not be any sounds of joy in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. 00:07:10.020 --> 00:07:11.740 The land will become a desert. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:14.520 Jeremiah chapter 8 00:07:15.760 --> 00:07:19.000 At that time the tombs will be opened, announces the Lord. 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.700 The bones of the kings and officials of Judah will be brought out. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:25.460 The bones of the priests and prophets will be removed. 00:07:26.320 --> 00:07:28.300 So will the bones of the people of Jerusalem. 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.580 They will lie outside under the sun, moon, and all of the stars. 00:07:33.640 --> 00:07:35.960 All of those people had loved and served those things. 00:07:36.700 --> 00:07:38.360 They had followed them and worshipped them. 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:39.820 They had asked them for advice. 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:44.080 So the bones of those people will not be gathered up or buried again. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:47.520 Instead, they will be like trash lying there on the ground. 00:07:48.460 --> 00:07:52.640 Everyone who is left alive in this evil nation will want to die rather than live. 00:07:53.260 --> 00:07:56.520 That is what they will long for in the lands where I force them to go, 00:07:56.960 --> 00:07:58.740 announces the Lord who rules over all. 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:01.100 Jeremiah, tell them, 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.680 The Lord says, when people fall down, don't they get up again? 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.680 When someone turns away, doesn't he come back? 00:08:08.460 --> 00:08:11.320 Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me? 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.280 Why do they always turn away? 00:08:14.080 --> 00:08:15.480 They keep on telling lies. 00:08:15.890 --> 00:08:17.300 They refuse to come back to me. 00:08:17.940 --> 00:08:20.740 I've listened carefully, but they do not say what is right. 00:08:21.420 --> 00:08:23.360 They refuse to turn away from their sins. 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:25.640 No one says, what have I done? 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.560 All of them go their own way. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.960 They are like horses charging into battle. 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:37.440 storks know when to fly south, so do doves, swifts, and thrushes. But my people do not know what I 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:44.340 require them to do. How can you people say, We're wise, we have the law of the Lord? Actually, 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:49.660 the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true. 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:55.960 Those who think they are wise will be put to shame. They will become terrified. They will be trapped. 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:02.860 They have not accepted my message. So what kind of wisdom do they have? I will give their wives to 00:09:02.930 --> 00:09:09.260 other men. I will give their fields to new owners. Everyone wants to get richer and richer, from the 00:09:09.260 --> 00:09:14.560 least important of them to the most important. Prophets and priests alike try to fool everyone 00:09:14.610 --> 00:09:20.940 they can. They bandage the wounds of my people as if they were not very deep. Peace, peace, they say, 00:09:21.040 --> 00:09:26.700 but there isn't any peace. Are they ashamed of their hateful actions? No, they do not feel any 00:09:26.800 --> 00:09:32.540 shame at all. They do not even know how to blush. So they will fall like others who have already 00:09:32.760 --> 00:09:38.460 fallen. They will be brought down when I punish them, says the Lord. I will take away their harvest, 00:09:38.940 --> 00:09:44.480 announces the Lord. There will not be any grapes on the vines. The trees will not bear any figs. 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:49.480 The leaves on the trees will dry up. What I have given them will be taken away from them. 00:09:50.560 --> 00:09:55.860 Why are we sitting here? Let's gather together. Let's run to the cities that have high walls 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:02.140 around them. Let's die there. The Lord our God has sentenced us to death. He has given us poisoned 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:08.260 water to drink. That's because we've sinned against Him. We hoped peace would come, but nothing good 00:10:08.270 --> 00:10:13.560 has happened to us. We hoped we would finally be healed, but all that we got was terror. 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:19.620 When our enemy's horses snort, the noise is heard all the way from Dan. When their stallions neigh, 00:10:19.760 --> 00:10:24.840 the whole land trembles with fear. They have come to destroy the land and everything in it. 00:10:25.340 --> 00:10:30.780 The city and everyone who lives there will be destroyed. People of Judah, I will send poisonous 00:10:31.020 --> 00:10:35.920 snakes among you. No one will be able to charm them, and they will bite you, announces the Lord. 00:10:36.820 --> 00:10:43.220 Lord, my heart is weak inside me. You comfort me when I am sad. Listen to the cries of my people 00:10:43.310 --> 00:10:49.360 from a land far away. They cry out, Isn't the Lord in Zion? Isn't its king there anymore? 00:10:50.180 --> 00:10:54.640 The Lord says, Why have they made me so angry by worshipping their wooden gods? 00:10:55.140 --> 00:10:59.300 Why have they made me angry with their worthless statues of gods from other lands? 00:11:00.180 --> 00:11:05.520 The people say, The harvest is over, the summer has ended, and we still haven't been saved. 00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:11.460 My people are crushed, so I am crushed. I sob, and I am filled with horror. 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:16.260 Isn't there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn't there a doctor there? 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:19.820 Then why doesn't someone heal the wounds of my people? 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:22.060 Jeremiah 9 00:11:23.020 --> 00:11:25.300 I wish my head were a spring of water. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:28.020 I wish my eyes were a fountain of tears. 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:31.480 I would sob day and night over my people who have been killed. 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.460 I wish I had somewhere to go in the desert where a traveler could stay. 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:37.460 Then I would leave my people. 00:11:37.980 --> 00:11:39.040 I would get away from them. 00:11:39.760 --> 00:11:42.480 All of them commit adultery by worshiping other gods. 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:44.220 They aren't faithful to the Lord. 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:48.280 They get ready to use their tongues like bows, announces the Lord. 00:11:48.860 --> 00:11:50.980 Their mouths shoot out lies like arrows. 00:11:51.760 --> 00:11:53.920 They tell lies to gain power in the land. 00:11:54.540 --> 00:11:56.240 They go from one sin to another. 00:11:56.680 --> 00:11:58.760 They do not pay any attention to me. 00:11:59.540 --> 00:12:01.420 Be on guard against your friends. 00:12:01.760 --> 00:12:03.980 Do not trust the members of your own family. 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:06.040 Every one of them cheats. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.400 Every friend tells lies. 00:12:09.100 --> 00:12:10.420 One friend cheats another. 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:12.200 No one tells the truth. 00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:17.140 They have taught their tongues how to lie. They wear themselves out sinning. 00:12:17.800 --> 00:12:24.040 Jeremiah, you live among people who tell lies. When they lie, they refuse to pay any attention 00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:28.720 to me, announces the Lord. So the Lord who rules over all says, 00:12:29.180 --> 00:12:34.480 I will put them through the fire to test them. What else can I do? My people are so sinful. 00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:40.219 Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They tell lies. With their mouths, all of them speak 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:45.580 kindly to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them. Shouldn't I punish them 00:12:45.610 --> 00:12:50.380 for that? announces the Lord. Shouldn't I pay back the nation that does those things? 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:56.920 I will cry and sob over the fields and the hills. I will sing a song of sadness about the desert 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:03.320 grasslands. They are dry and empty. No one travels through them. The mooing of cattle isn't heard 00:13:03.420 --> 00:13:09.420 there. The birds of the air have flown away. All of the animals are gone. The Lord says, 00:13:09.640 --> 00:13:14.880 I will knock all of Jerusalem's buildings down. I will make it a home for wild dogs. 00:13:15.430 --> 00:13:19.900 The towns of Judah will be completely destroyed. No one will be able to live in them. 00:13:21.420 --> 00:13:25.740 Who is wise enough to understand those things? Who has been taught by the Lord? 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:30.920 Who can explain them? Why has the land been destroyed so completely? 00:13:31.780 --> 00:13:34.500 Why has it become like a desert that no one can go across? 00:13:35.260 --> 00:13:40.940 The Lord answered me, Because my people have turned away from my law. I gave it to them, 00:13:41.400 --> 00:13:46.540 but they have not kept it. They have not obeyed me. Instead, they have done what their stubborn 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:51.740 hearts wanted them to do. They have worshipped the gods that are named after Baal. They have 00:13:51.920 --> 00:13:56.920 done what their people have taught them to do down through the years. So now the Lord who rules over 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:03.599 all speaks. He is the God of Israel. He says, I will make these people eat bitter food. I will 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:09.000 make them drink poisoned water. I will scatter them among the nations. They and their people 00:14:09.190 --> 00:14:14.240 before them have not had anything to do with those nations before. I will chase these people 00:14:14.290 --> 00:14:20.260 with swords. I will hunt them down until I have destroyed them. The Lord rules over all. He says, 00:14:21.020 --> 00:14:26.540 Here is something I want you to think about. Send for the women who sob over the dead. Send for the 00:14:26.660 --> 00:14:32.819 most skilled among them. Let them come quickly and sob over us. Let them cry until tears flow 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:39.440 from our eyes. Let them sob until water pours out of our eyes. People are heard sobbing in Zion. 00:14:40.160 --> 00:14:46.000 They are saying, We are destroyed. We are filled with shame. We must leave our land. Our houses 00:14:46.110 --> 00:14:52.200 have been torn down. Women, hear the Lord's message. Listen to what He is saying. Teach 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:58.599 your daughters how to sob over the dead. Teach one another a song of sadness. Death has climbed in 00:14:58.620 --> 00:15:03.480 through our windows. It has entered our forts. It has removed the children from the streets. 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:08.780 It has taken the young people out of the marketplaces. Say, The Lord announces, 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:14.800 The dead bodies of men will be like trash lying in the open fields. They will lie there like grain 00:15:14.800 --> 00:15:22.119 that is cut down at harvest time. No one will gather them up. The Lord says, Do not let a wise 00:15:22.140 --> 00:15:28.940 man brag about how wise he is. Do not let a strong man boast about how strong he is. Do not let a 00:15:28.950 --> 00:15:35.380 rich person brag about how rich he is. But here is what the one who brags should boast about. He 00:15:35.540 --> 00:15:42.560 should brag that he has understanding and knows me. I want him to know that I am the Lord. No matter 00:15:42.760 --> 00:15:49.279 what I do on earth, I am always kind, fair, and right, and I take delight in that, announces the 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:56.500 Lord. The days are coming when I will judge people, announces the Lord. I will punish all those who 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:02.100 are circumcised only in their bodies. That includes the people of Egypt, Judah, Edom, 00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:07.900 Ammon, and Moab. It also includes all those who live in the desert in places far away. 00:16:08.750 --> 00:16:14.039 None of the people in those nations is really circumcised, and not even the people of Israel 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:20.280 are circumcised in their hearts. Jeremiah chapter 10. Hear what the Lord says to you, 00:16:20.420 --> 00:16:26.340 people of Israel. This is what the Lord says. Do not learn the ways of the nations, or be terrified 00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:31.780 by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. For the practices of the 00:16:31.880 --> 00:16:36.680 peoples are worthless. They cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:42.420 They adorn it with silver and gold. They fasten it with hammer and nail so it will not totter. 00:16:42.920 --> 00:16:48.680 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they 00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:55.940 cannot walk. Do not fear them. They can do no harm, nor can they do any good. No one is like you, 00:16:56.120 --> 00:17:01.640 Lord. You are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not fear you, King of the nations? 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:07.719 This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is no 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:13.280 one like you. They are all senseless and foolish. They are taught by worthless wooden idols. 00:17:14.020 --> 00:17:19.459 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uthaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have 00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:25.740 made is then dressed in blue and purple, all made by skilled workers. But the Lord is the true God. 00:17:26.040 --> 00:17:32.439 He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles. The nations cannot 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.480 Endure His Wrath. 00:17:34.360 --> 00:17:39.260 Tell them this, These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from 00:17:39.320 --> 00:17:40.700 the earth and from under the heavens. 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:43.360 But God made the earth by His power. 00:17:44.040 --> 00:17:48.660 He founded the world by His wisdom, and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. 00:17:49.520 --> 00:17:52.200 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. 00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:55.300 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. 00:17:56.040 --> 00:17:59.720 He sends lightning with the rain, and brings out the wind from His storehouses. 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:05.300 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. 00:18:05.790 --> 00:18:10.040 The images he makes are a fraud. They have no breath in them. They are worthless, 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:13.840 the objects of mockery. When their judgment comes, they will perish. 00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:19.660 He who is the portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the maker of all things, 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:24.960 including Israel, the people of his inheritance. The Lord Almighty is his name. 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:29.860 Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege. 00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:35.300 For this is what the Lord says, At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land. 00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:38.540 I will bring distress on them, so that they may be captured. 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:43.400 Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable. 00:18:44.330 --> 00:18:48.180 Yet I said to myself, This is my sickness, and I must endure it. 00:18:48.530 --> 00:18:51.200 My tent is destroyed. All its ropes are snapped. 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:54.100 My children are gone from me and are no more. 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.600 No one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter. 00:18:58.360 --> 00:19:03.440 The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord, so they do not prosper and all their 00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:08.960 flock is scattered. Listen, the report is coming, a great commotion from the land of the north. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:15.880 It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals. Lord, I know that people's lives are 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:22.020 not their own. It is not for them to direct their steps. Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure, 00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:27.299 not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing. Pour out your wrath on the nations 00:19:27.320 --> 00:19:32.540 that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured 00:19:32.700 --> 00:19:38.780 Jacob, they have devoured him completely, and destroyed his homeland. Jeremiah chapter 11. 00:19:39.780 --> 00:19:44.740 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord. Listen to the terms of this covenant, 00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:50.300 and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what 00:19:50.300 --> 00:19:55.800 the Lord, the God of Israel, says. Cursed is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant, 00:19:56.340 --> 00:20:01.060 the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting 00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:06.480 furnace. I said, Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, 00:20:06.860 --> 00:20:12.420 and I will be your God. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a 00:20:12.560 --> 00:20:18.000 land flowing with milk and honey, the land you possess today. I answered, Amen, Lord. 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:24.420 The Lord said to me, Proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. 00:20:25.340 --> 00:20:27.680 Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them. 00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:31.420 From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, 00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:35.020 I warned them again and again, saying, Obey me. 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:37.520 But they did not listen or pay attention. 00:20:38.260 --> 00:20:41.140 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. 00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:45.320 So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow, 00:20:45.850 --> 00:20:47.160 but that they did not keep. 00:20:48.020 --> 00:20:49.000 Then the Lord said to me, 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:53.680 There is a conspiracy among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:58.940 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. 00:20:59.540 --> 00:21:01.560 They have followed other gods to serve them. 00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:05.580 Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:08.240 Therefore, this is what the Lord says, 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:11.160 I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. 00:21:11.780 --> 00:21:14.400 Although they cry out to me, I will not listen to them. 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:20.040 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, 00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:23.180 but they will not help them at all when disaster strikes. 00:21:24.020 --> 00:21:29.180 You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns, and the altars you have set up to burn incense 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:35.400 to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem. Do not pray for this people, 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:41.040 or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time 00:21:41.040 --> 00:21:47.519 of their distress. What is my beloved doing in my temple as she, with many others, works out her 00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:53.800 evil schemes. Can consecrated meat avert your punishment? When you engage in your wickedness, 00:21:54.160 --> 00:22:00.580 then you rejoice. The Lord called you a thriving olive tree, with fruit beautiful in form. But with 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:06.500 the roar of a mighty storm He will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken. The Lord Almighty 00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:11.879 who planted you has decreed disaster for you because the people of both Israel and Judah have 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:18.400 done evil, and aroused my anger by burning incense to Baal. Because the Lord revealed their plot to 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:24.220 me, I knew it, for at that time He showed me what they were doing. I had been like a gentle lamb led 00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:29.680 to the slaughter. I did not realize that they had plotted against me, saying, Let us destroy the 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:34.940 tree and its fruit. Let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:41.860 no more. But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:47.460 vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause. Therefore, this is what the Lord says 00:22:47.570 --> 00:22:52.820 about the people of Anathoth, who are threatening to kill you, saying, Do not prophesy in the name 00:22:53.020 --> 00:22:58.840 of the Lord, or you will die by our hands. Therefore, this is what the Lord Almighty says, 00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:04.620 I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:10.320 Not even a remnant will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth 00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:16.700 in the year of their punishment. Well, beloved, I've got a few words on Jeremiah chapter 9. 00:23:17.130 --> 00:23:21.700 We read today a lot of God telling Jeremiah of the judgment he was going to bring on Israel 00:23:21.930 --> 00:23:27.420 because of their rebellion, didn't we? God listed so many reasons he was angry with them. He said, 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:32.940 I told your ancestors whom I brought out of Egypt that all they needed to do was follow my commands 00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:38.779 and I will be your God and you will live in a land flowing with milk and honey. But if you do not 00:23:38.800 --> 00:23:43.880 follow me, I will cast you out of the land, and you will lose everything. And most of the chapters 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:49.820 elaborated on this basic theme, right? But did you notice what God said in the ninth chapter? 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:56.340 Starting at verse 23, the Lord says, Do not let wise people brag about how wise they are. 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:03.060 Do not let strong people boast about how strong they are. Do not let rich people brag about how 00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:09.520 rich they are. But here is what the one who brags should boast about. They should brag that they 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:16.060 have the understanding to know me. I want them to know that I am the Lord. No matter what I do on 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:21.980 earth, I am always kind, fair, and right. And I take delight in this, announces the Lord. 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:28.840 So this is what delights the Lord, not judgment. He does not bring wrath and judgment because he 00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:34.980 delights in it, He does it because He must. He is a God of righteousness and holiness. 00:24:35.770 --> 00:24:41.620 If He let rebellion and cruelty and the rest go unpunished, He would be no better than the worst 00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:48.120 human that ever existed. He would not be God. But our God does delight in those who seek Him, 00:24:48.270 --> 00:24:54.720 who follow Him, who desire to know Him. I'm so glad that He's not a God who hides who He is. 00:24:55.160 --> 00:25:00.980 He has shown through all of human history that He wants to be known, and He even sent His only 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:06.700 begotten Son to show us who He is and how much He wants us to spend eternity with Him. 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:11.660 This is a God whom I find very easy to love. How about you? 00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:14.720 Our reading tomorrow was Mark chapters 7 and 8. 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:20.540 Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your comments or questions. Go to comment.lifespringmedia.com 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:25.320 or email me at steve at lifespringmedia.com or call the Lifespring Family Hotline. 00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:28.300 Here's the verse of the day. 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:33.060 The verse of the day is Jeremiah 8.18. 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:38.100 Lord, my heart is weak inside me. You comfort me when I'm sad. 00:25:38.780 --> 00:25:40.300 Jeremiah 8.18. 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:59.020 On This Date in Church History is coming right up, but first, how did you find the show? Let me know. Email me at steve at lifespringmedia.com and use the subject line, Here's Where I Found You. 00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:12.180 And speaking of how you found the show, have you told anyone about the show? Share it on your social media. Tell your mom, tell your brother, tell your boss, your butcher, your next-door neighbor. Just don't keep it for yourself. 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His work provided the musical backbone 00:27:43.830 --> 00:27:45.000 for the Anglican hymnal 00:27:45.260 --> 00:27:46.340 and continues to be sung 00:27:46.430 --> 00:27:48.740 in almost every denomination worldwide. 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:51.600 And also on this date in 1915, 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:53.540 Anna Bartlett Warner passed away. 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:56.520 While many probably won't recognize her name, 00:27:56.760 --> 00:27:58.960 nearly every person raised in the church 00:27:59.320 --> 00:28:00.140 knows her words. 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:03.360 In 1860, she wrote a simple poem for a novel 00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:05.440 to comfort a dying child in the story. 00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:08.000 Those lines became the world-famous hymn, 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:10.360 Jesus Loves Me, This I Know. 00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.420 What began as a literary device 00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.940 became perhaps the most influential tool 00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:17.800 for teaching the gospel to children across the globe. 00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:20.520 I did two episodes of Lifespring Hymn Stories 00:28:20.780 --> 00:28:21.620 about Jesus Loves Me. 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.660 You might want to take a listen. 00:28:22.780 --> 00:28:24.660 You can find them at Lifespringmedia.com 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.500 and just search for Jesus Loves Me, 00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:29.000 or I'll put the links right in the show notes 00:28:29.260 --> 00:28:29.920 for today's show. 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:36.960 We'll be having a time of praises and prayer requests on Sunday, 00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:39.480 so now's a great time to send yours in. 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:42.480 When you send them in, I'll pray for you in my daily prayer time, 00:28:42.780 --> 00:28:44.000 and I'll share them on the show. 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:47.880 As always, if you want to remain anonymous, all you have to do is let me know. 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:53.300 Go to prayer.lifespringmedia.com or email me at steve 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00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:10.640 The Lifespring One Year Bible Rewind is a Lifespring Media production hosted by Steve Webb, the OG Godcaster since 2004.