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Today is Sunday August 15, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the Book of Jeremiah, chapters 4-6. If you would like to read the chapters along with us here online you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this link onto your browser: http://www.imfollowingjesus.com/bible-august-15

Today's Message: Heed His Warning

Regardless of whether or not we are Christians we all get ourselves caught up in situations we wish we never gotten into. Most people, when they get caught in these situations, try to figure out how they managed to let things get so far out of hand. They think back to how it all started in the first place and wish they had not even allowed it to happen. While we can not do anything about the past, as Christians, it is easier to get things right when we repent and seek help from God. Isn't it amazing that no matter what situation we get ourselves into God is always there to help us when we ask Him for it? You know, He was even there before it all started and even warned us not to do it. Yes, God does warn us that we better stop before it is too late, we just ignore it and once we take that step there is no turning back. God always allows temptation in our lives, but He never tempts us with something that we can not get ourselves out of. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - I Corinthians 10:13. God tests our faithfulness to Him through temptation, He knows people are going to fall from time to time, but it is one thing to be faithful and sin once in a while than to pretend to be faithful and live in sin. God will not be mocked, He will cause judgment upon anyone who mocks Him and that is what He warned the Israelites before the destruction of Jerusalem and is warning nations as well.

God sent Jeremiah to warn Judah that they had better repent before it is too late and Jerusalem is destroyed, “If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.” - Jeremiah 4:1-4. God is telling them to return to Him, but get rid of all the things that are an abomination first. God wanted to bless them, but He will not bless those that refuse to study His Word, and apply His instructions to their lives. If we choose to reject God's Word, and the laws and instructions He gave, He will not bless us and this includes those who are ignorant to God's Word. Just because one ignores God's Word it does not mean that he is exempt from suffering the consequences for it. The word fallow means to be barren, empty, and unprofitable, when a person who knows Christ disregards God he is unprofitable and eventually he will fall and face His judgment. But God assures all that if they just get rid of the things that keep them from following Him wholeheartedly that they will be blessed and not face any judgment.

As Jeremiah warns the people he begins crying out to God for them, “Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.” - Jeremiah 5:1-5. God is telling the leaders that they have been giving false information to the people, yet they refuse to hear or learn the truth and are going to suffer for their foolish ways. Today, just like then, even if you go into a house of God, they swear that what they are saying is directly from God, and yet they teach a bunch of false information. The false preachers go on deceiving the people, they teach their lies and false doctrines, and swear that it is in the Father's name. It's time to really examine the church that you belong to and see for yourself if it lines up with God's Word, if they are not Bible centered and encourage you to read another book instead of the Bible you are being deceived.

God is giving us all a warning, His judgment is not singled out just at Jerusalem, but all nations and people who refuse to heed His warning.“To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it....Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.” - Jeremiah 6:10,19. God is trying to get everyone's attention, do not be deceived, heed the warning and get right with Him before it is too late. Those who call themselves Christian's are going to have a rude awakening because they have become so ignorant to God's Word that they don't know what to expect. Like I said before, God will not be mocked, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” - Galatians 6:7. Those who do not heed the warning and follow God's Word with all their heart are going to face judgment.

Jesus Said, “Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” - Matthew 24:4-8. The Holy Spirit will always lead and be in accordance with the Word of God. He will not contradict what is written in God's Word. We need to recognize that the prophecies that were written long ago are in fact happening today and exactly on time, proving that the Word of God is accurate in detail. It could become very disturbing to be living around the events that are marking the close of this generation, without the knowledge that God is in control. Praise God for His Word!

Enjoy the rest of your day/night and week.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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