Jeremiah 25 contains this verse, "Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not provoke me to anger with what your hands have made." Then, concerning what your hands have made, he says this, "...you have brought harm to yourselves."
These
verses started us thinking...what do our hands make now that provoke
God to anger and bring harm to ourselves? Our list got quite lengthy.
How about you? Can you come up with some examples?
Also
some very thought-provoking reading concerning the Recabites. These
people were also known as Kenites,descendants of Jethro, father-in-law
of Moses. They faithfully obeyed the commands of their forefathers.
They did not drink wine, build houses, or plant crops. In other words,
they were nomads. God used them as an example to Judah. These people
obeyed the words of an ancestor, a human being. The people of Judah
wouldn't obey God. This lesson is all about obedience. Additional
lessons we learned:
1. Don't put too much value on pleasurable things (wine)
2. Don't put too much value on earthly possessions (houses)
3. Don't put too much value on what to eat or drink (planting crops)
Jeremiah 25 lists the punishment for spiritual leaders. Not a pretty picture!
The wrath of God is prophesied in many of the writings in the Old Testament including the writings of Jeremiah, the prophet.
Jeremiah 25 CUP OF GOD'S WRATH
The
wrath of God is not a very popular topic. We hear a lot about His
love but not His hate, His grace, but not His wrath. To fully
understand His love and grace we must understand His hate and wrath.
God hates the sin with as much intensity as He loves the sinner.
Because the wrath of God is seldom taught, this phrase may sound
strange to many.
During the last days the believers
will be protected from the wrath of God. Paul explained this to the
church in Thessalonica.
II Thessalonians 1:9b-10
They
tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true
God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
dead-- Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
The
believers will have no reason to fear the wrath of God because they
are saved. We hear that word a lot…saved. What does it mean exactly?
We are saved from what? We are saved from the wrath of God. Jesus
saved us from the wrath of God. That is why we as believers have no
fear of the CUP OF GOD'S WRATH.
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