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Today is Sunday August 23, 2009 and we will be continuing our studies in the book of Jeremiah, please read chapters 32-32 in your Bible or Click Here to read them. http://www.readytofollow.com/bible-august-23.php

Today's Message:
We can be sure that, regardless of how things appear, whatever God says will come to pass, however Christian's can rest assure that we are forgiven and will always have God with us.

As Christian's we face much mockery and persecution for our belief in God's Word, there are three main reasons for this. One they do not believe that it was written by God, two they have a hard time believing in someone that they can not see, and three, the biggest reason of all, they do not want to obey. They think if they ignore God's Word that the things that are about to come to pass will not happen. However, those elect few that hold on to God's Word no matter what challenges they face will prevail. Jeremiah, faced much mockery and persecution for stand by God's Word, he was even put in prison. “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. 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. 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; 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; 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.” - Jeremiah 32:1-5. Although Jeremiah was in prison, there was no harm done to him, amazingly enough, he was allowed to teach God's Word to the guards. So, why was he in prison? Simply because King Zedekiah did not like hearing the truth. He got tired of hearing Jeremiah's prophecy about how the city would fall into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

Of all the books in the Bible this one should concern us the most, God is giving us a warning by showing us what happened to Jerusalem, He is instructing us to get right with Him before it is too late. The king of Babylon represents the false messiah and Jerusalem represents the world. What is taking place today is coming to pass quickly, just as it did when the people failed to listen to this warning. In this same chapter God speaks about the people turning their backs on Him and following worldly gods. “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. But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. 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.” - Jeremiah 32:33-35. The valley of the son of Hinnom is the garbage pit right outside the gate that had it's fire's burning twenty four hours a day. Christ used this garbage pit as a symbol of Hell. God is comparing this to their practice of building the high places of Baal and the fire that they burned their children unto Molech. This form of religious practice offered their own children as a sacrifice to God, and God is saying that He never told you to do it. The thought of this never entered God's mind. When the false messiah returns, Satan will come and claim to be the true Christ and the entire world will be delivered into his hands, except for God's elect that shall not be deceived.

How wonderful to know that, in the midst of the most difficult circumstances, we can rest assured that God is merciful and will protect and provide for the needs of His faithful servants. “Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.............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. 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.” - Jeremiah 33:2,3,8,9. This statement is the foundation of the blessings of God. Only God can cleanse us from our iniquity. We can cleanse our own home, but only God can can cleanse us from our sins and that only comes from the blood of Jesus Christ. To pardon does not mean that the sin did not exist, but it means that the penalty required for that sin is taken from them. Praise God We Are Forgiven!

Have a wonderful and blessed Lord's Day.
God Bless You,
Christina

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