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Introduction:
Illustration:
The successful movie producers are good at one major part of the business.
They are good at making you feel what the actors are portraying.
They are able to draw you into the movie through passion and emotion.
This results in various feelings.
Sometimes the feeling you have is anger or sadness or excitement.
Then, there are times when the feelings are of hopelessness or shock.
In the last Marvel Comics movie, the ending was one of those types of endings.
It was the best and worst ending ever.
In every superhero movie, you expect that the good guys win.
The movie draws you in and makes you feel the desire of victory and even makes you taste the victory of the good guys.
That is, until time is supernaturally rewound and the nemesis appears to win, and the movie ends with him sitting on his seat watching the Sun rise.
Like this, God’s people were supposed to be the winners in the Old Testament.
They were supposed to be the ones who ended on top; but as the Old Testament is coming to a close, they are destroyed and exiled.
People in Deep Sorrow
Our immediate text reveals to us a people who are in heavy sorrow for the loss of their children.
In spite of this tragic situation, the Lord commands these people to stop weeping because there is hope that the Lord will restore what was lost.
The point that Jeremiah's message is making is that though the people are in this sad situation, there is hope in the LORD and in his promise.
Contemporary Application:
While there are many places to look to for perceived hope today, it is my prayer that you will not be deceived by any other potential source of hope.
- Some have lost a loved one or a relationship and they feel as though there is no hope.
- Some know that there is hope in the Lord but they live without really experiencing that hope.
- Others believe that their hope is in removing all suffering.
- Others hope that if they turn over a new leaf, then there will be hope.
- Some hope that if they could just have a child, then everything will be ok.
- Others hope that if their government would be fixed, all will be ok...
The Lord Himself provides a hope that is beyond anything we could ever conceive.
The Lord Himself provides a hope and He calls us to consider this Hope.
If and when this Hope is received and believed, then we can cease from this saddened condition.
Proposition: My prayer for you today is that you will join me in this story to see how the Lord provides a hope that truly sets us free!
(1) The suitable condition of the people -
The Setting
The setting in the time of Jeremiah is quite troubling.
The Southern Kingdom of Israel (Judah) have been taken captive by Babylon.
This captivity included the deportation of the people to a foreign land.
The Prophet & His Message
Jeremiah is the prophet of the Lord whom God has sent forth to preach to the remnant in the land and to send messages to those in captivity in Babylon.
Jeremiah's message is not as well-liked as that of the false-prophets.
While the false prophets were telling those in slavery that they would be out of captivity in 2 years, Jeremiah is giving the true message of the Lord that the captivity would last 70 years.
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Jeremiah is the prophet of the Lord whom God has sent forth to preach to the remnant in the land and to send messages to those in captivity in Babylon.
Jeremiah's message is not as well-liked as that of the false-prophets.
While the false prophets were telling those in slavery that they would be out of captivity in 2 years, Jeremiah is giving the true message of the Lord that the captivity would last 70 years.
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The condition of the people of God is suitable for one major reason:
Judah had been unfaithful in their covenant vows to the LORD.
They had willfully overlooked what it meant to be a people who were in relationship with the LORD.
Their condition was a spiritual condition.
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This unfaithfulness led to the exile and banishment that they had experienced now.
Illustration:
Over the last couple of months Josiah has been taking our dog to training classes.
One of the things that they’ve been taught is to see when Oreo (the dog) is trying to exert his dominance by putting his paw up.
Josiah has to then submit Oreo through a discipline.
It works quite well.
Josiah gets Oreo, lays him down on his side, and rubs him to calm him down and re-establish that Josiah is in charge.
It is like a little “doggie time-out”.
Oreo gets submitted when he does things deserving of the discipline.
Similarly, the LORD is submitting his people.
They are deserving of this because they have asserted their dominance and refused to be faithful to the God of their covenant.
Contemporary Application:
This gives us a brief view of the condition of all mankind.
Adam and Eve were unfaithful to the Lord.
This led to a banishment from the presence of the Lord.
This led to a captivity under sin and Satan.
It is a condition that they deserved because of their rejection of the Lord.
This gives us a brief view of the condition of all mankind.
Adam and Eve were unfaithful to the Lord.
This led to a banishment from the presence of the Lord.
This led to a captivity under sin and Satan.
It is a condition that they deserved because of their rejection of the Lord.
In like manner, we would like to think of ourselves as good people.
The truth is that "There is none righteous, no not one."
To be unrighteous is to be a sinner.
To be a sinner is to be one who is accountable to the holy God.
To be a sinner is to NOT meet the standard of this holy God.
Though, we as his creatures, should be thankful and grateful to Him, we have rebelled against Him in our hearts, and our enslaved, captivated condition is both suitable and evident:
- we are enslaved to our pride
- we are enslaved to our popularity
- we are enslaved to our popularity
- we are enslaved to pleasure
- we are enslaved to pleasure
- we are enslaved to...
- we are enslaved to...
And what we find at the end of all of these pursuits is emptiness.
We are left in a perpetual state of emptiness and sadness.
We are left with emotions that are dark.
Depression is rampant.
Suicide is on the rise, and yet we won't face the fact that these are all evidences of our condition.
Our condition is that we are slaves to sin/darkness, and we are justly in this condition.
It is a condition to be mourned.
And what we find at the end of all of these pursuits is emptiness.
We are left in a perpetual state of emptiness and sadness.
We are left with emotions that are dark.
Depression is rampant.
Suicide is on the rise, and yet we won't face the fact that these are all evidences of our condition.
Our condition is that we are slaves to sin/darkness, and we are justly in this condition.
It is a condition to be mourned.
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