Reprobates Are After You

Jeremiah 5:6

(read vs.1-5 as intro to v.6)

Who is after you?

I. The Devil As A Lion.

II. The Deceivers As Leaders.

III. The Depraved as Likeminded.

These are lost church members as deacons, teachers, worship leaders, etc.

“a leopard shall watch over their cities”

1. We Become Prey.

Jeremiah 13:23

Lost church members will wind up in sinful acts.

Lost church members will wind up in sinful crowds.

2. We Become Predictable. [1]

Absence Of Spiritual Leaders - Exodus 32:1

Evil Associations

1 Kings 11:4 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.

Worldly Success

2 Chronicles 25:2 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 2 Chronicles 25:14 14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Shallowness - Luke 8:13

Emptiness Of Life - Luke 11:24-26

Lack Of Spiritual Insight - John 6:63-64, 66 1 Timothy 5:15 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

Love Of The World

2 Timothy 4:10 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Conclusion:

Why not return today to the God that loves you?

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