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When we come across the term “God’s faithfulness,” what does that mean to you?
Does it remind you of the song “Great is thy faithfulness?”
So, is it the new mercies I see morning by morning?
Is it the unchanging nature of God my Father?
Is it the mysteries of the cosmos that we are witnessing on a daily basis?
Or, is it strength that we receive for today and bright hope for tomorrow?
By now, you probably know where I’m going with this.
God’s faithfulness encompasses many things.
His faithfulness works from a personal space all the way to the heavenly realms.
His faithfulness does not start and ends with you.
It started when He spoke the world into motions and forever continues when you glorify Him in heaven.
God’s faithfulness to you and me is the basis of our faithfulness to Him.
You cannot have faith in something if it doesn’t already have a solid foundation.
Would you believe in products built by a start-up company?
Or would you trust companies that have a strong reputation for their products?
My family recently switched to KIA Motors, and it was a surprise to most people and also to ourselves.
But it would even be more of a surprise if I said that to you 20 years ago.
I can still remember a TV show called “Motoring Trend” that reviewed a KIA which claimed to have no steering even if you began to convulse violently.
The stick shift between gears was a mile long.
So on and so forth.
But they’ve come a long way.
They kept improving, and today, they are ranked 3rd in global auto sales.
If it wasn’t for their growing reputation and the trust of the people, we would’ve never bought into their brand.
God’s faithfulness did not have to grow.
It was there in the beginning, and it encompasses all things because it is the foundation of our faith.
That is how powerful and at the same time convicting.
If you look at verses 1 to 3, you can see that God is using the prophet Jeremiah as His mouthpiece to pronounce judgement on the land of Judah, or some may call it the “Southern Kingdom.”
What kinds of judgement?
We wouldn’t be able to go into details because what was recorded on the scroll was the compilation of the 22 years of ministry of Jeremiah started from King Josiah, which was Jehoiakim’s father.
But we could summarize the message of God which was repeated over and over by his prophet.
It was the same message throughout each generation, repent and turn from your wicked ways.
For Jeremiah, no one listened, and he was even threatened with death.
Wouldn’t that be disappointing?
Discouraging?
Or even frightening?
But God’s faithfulness is strength over fear.
When the word of the LORD came upon Jeremiah, his immediate reaction was what?
“Not again….God, I did that already, but no one listened.
They were even trying to kill me!” Rather, Jeremiah had faith in God’s faithfulness and overcame His fear.
Furthermore, it was God’s faithfulness to rescue those that are willing to turn from their wicked ways.
Isn’t that true until today?
That God’s faithfulness never changes?
He is still seeking and saving the lost whose hearts are ready to repent from their wicked ways and turn to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?
Do you see?
The message of God is still the same 2,600 years ago and right now?
Implication #1: God’s faithfulness to save results in our faithfulness to repent and be saved from wickedness.
Verses 4-9,
According to history, it was the year 605 BC.
On the day of fasting, people from all over the land of Judah would gather at the Jerusalem temple.
But, what is so significant in 605 BC is when Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian King defeated the Egyptians in the battle of Carchemish.
The Babylonians became the dominant world power.
The Judeans began to worry, why?
Well, politically speaking, the land of Judah (Southern kingdom) was doing well economically for the Egyptians who destroyed most of the Assyrian army.
They are the ones that conquered the Land of Israel in 721 BC, the Northern Kingdom.
Without going into too much history, now comes Babylon.
So, at 605 BC the Egyptians fell to the Babylonians at Carchemish.
You can look at it this way, you have Dr. Otto Octavius, and Dr. Octopus.
Otto Octavius would be the Assyrian Empire that destroyed the Northern Kingdom and Dr. Octopus destroying the Southern Kingdom.
So now, “Dr.
Octopus is coming, Baruch, go tell all the people of Judah that destruction is coming.”
And in hopes of that, “they will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from their evil way…”
This piece of history tells us so much about the character of God which is His hate for sin.
He demands us to be Holy for He is Holy.
But our God gives us all that we need to become Holy, that is, His Son Jesus Christ.
How does that work you might ask?
God’s faithfulness has always been to make his people holy.
He’s never changed that plan or deviated or normalized anything to compromise His faithfulness.
He wants nothing more and nothing less, that’s our God.
So, in order to do that, He gave us His ultimate “tool”, that is, His one and only Son Jesus.
The anger from God towards the Southern Kingdom is the same anger that God has towards humanity, right now, at this moment.
But you see, because of the cross, in hope, we will come before our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and everyone will turn from their evil ways and repent out of the mercy of God Himself.
So if you examine the cross carefully, on one side, you should see mercy, and on the other, you should see grace pouring down on us.
We deserved the wrath of God – we were in the position to receive God’s anger but because of Jesus and what He has accomplished on that cross so now, we are in a new position.
A place of justification and the road of sanctification for those who believe.
Implication #2: The faithfulness of God is the outpouring of sacrificial love and grace on his people.
Verse 10-15
Nowadays, there are many online influencers be it on YouTube, Instagram, or Tik Tok.
They create content that influences millions of people.
One of them is my son.
One day, he kept asking for a YouTube channel called “Mr.
Beast.”
I questioned myself about what I’d just heard.
Well, I searched and looked him up and Jimmy Donaldson has a combined total of 169 million subscribers to his channels.
Jimmy Donaldson literally runs an online empire!
Jehoiakim is also running an empire with people following him.
We come across some of his officials, to name a few, and they are Micaiah, Elishama, Delaiah, Elnathan, Zedekiah, and Jehudi.
These were the people following their King and they were doing everything that the King tells them to do.
Jehoiakim, unlike his father Josiah, was a godless king.
He had no fear of God and a hardened heart which we will see later.
So, one should expect his loyal officials are the same.
Well, I believe they are without any doubt.
Unless they want to be tried for treason against their king, they’d better follow exactly what he tells them.
But here’s the thing, when Baruch read from the scroll, there was a turning point.
The officials had an “ah-ha!” moment.
It was like a light bulb that lighted up.
They realized that what their king is doing was completely against God.
Their “influencer” in life was influencing their lives in the wrong direction.
This fact in the Bible remains true today.
How many times have we been swept by the waves of culture?
These waves cause us to sway back and forth unable to set foot on a firm foundation.
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