Today’s passage: Jeremiah 5:1-31
Helpful thoughts:
- Verse 2 is a striking follow-up to verse 1. The people of Jerusalem thought they were godly, yet not one of them was repentant.
- We can be blind to our blindness. The temptation is to read these verses and look down on the people of Jerusalem at the time. What we need to do is ask God to reveal the truth of our own hearts to us. He know us better than we do.
- This chapter may be more applicable for the church today than we would want to admit.
- The people of Judah saw themselves as experts of God’s Word, and then when God’s Word came to them to tell them to repent, they rejected the words. (Verse 12)
- Verse 28 reminds us of Asaph’s complaint in Psalm 73 (Verse 4). Asaph complained because the wicked had grown fat and sleek (Signs of prosperity). In Jeremiah 5, God calls the people of Judah fat and sleek.
- God’s rebuke? They had prosperity and they hoarded it for themselves instead of using it to love others.
Questions to consider:
- What came upon the people of Judah as a result of their willful blindness? (Verse 29)
- What should we be doing right now as Christians (And as the First Baptist Church) in our community? How are we doing? If we need to repent, what would that look like?
- If God uses the word to reveal something to your heart, what must you do? If we are convicted and we turn and carry on without change, what are we saying/doing?