Perfectly Imperfect Together

In Jeremiah 26 & 27, the Temple priests, prophets, and people sentence Jeremiah to death because he keeps warning them of the coming judgment. The false prophets are telling them want they want to hear but Jeremiah is telling them what they need to hear. Jeremiah speaks for himself in the hearing and makes sure they understand he'd rather die being faithful to God than to be unfaithful and...

In Jeremiah 25, God gives Jeremiah 2 messages. One for the Jewish nation of Judah and the other for the Gentiles. He lets the Jewish nation know they will be in for 70 years of exile as God is allowing Babylonia to take them captive. If they submit to God's will and choose God and God alone, they will be rescued and set free from captivity and Jerusalem will be restored. If not, they will face...

In Jeremiah 23 & 24, God gives warning to the false prophets proclaiming their own ideas and false confidence as though they were words from God. God will hold them accountable for their sins and for leading His children astray. God shows Jeremiah two baskets of figs. One basket has really good figs while the other has totally rotten disgusting figs. The good figs represent those who have subm...

In Jeremiah 22, God gives Jeremiah a message for the kings of Judah. The last 4 kings who reigned before the Babylonian exile were wicked, evil rulers. Jeremiah spoke the truth of their fate and exactly what God told him to say. These 4 kings robbed, exploited, and oppressed the poor, the widows, and the orphans. They murdered innocent people. They worshipped material possessions, false idols, and...

In Jeremiah 20 & 21, the people of God are so disturbed by the truth of the Word of God that they whip Jeremiah and lock him in stocks. Jeremiah is able to speak to the angry mob boldly and confidently through the power and might of God. When alone with God, he is honest with God about his feelings and how hard the mission is. God never promised an easy mission but that He would be with Jeremi...

In Jeremiah 18 & 19, God gives an illustration of the potter and the clay. If the clay is soft and willing, God has the power to re-create it. God wants to re-create every heart anew in Him. The choice is ours to let Him mold our hearts. Clay is not beautiful until the hands, thoughts, and plans of the Potter form it. The Potter creates the masterpiece. We have to choose to submit and let Him....

In Jeremiah 16 & 17, Judgment for sin and refusal to repent is coming. God's children continually choose everything and anything except God so God will step back and let them have all they are choosing. He will remove His protection and judgment will fall. He still gives hope in the midst of His warnings and assures us there will be people who do choose God. They will be a part of the rest...

In Jeremiah 14 & 15, a famine has spread over the land due to the continual blatant sin. God's people are in a covenant relationship with God and God is faithful and true to His Word. They chose sin, so they would face the wrath of God and experience the punishment of sin in their lives. God gave them tons of time and warnings to turn to repent and turn back to Him but their time is quickl...

In Jeremiah 12 & 13, Jeremiah is growing weary and discouraged. He begins to lose focus on the mission of God. God set Jeremiah apart, not aside. God sets our lives up for impact for His Kingdom if we choose to follow Him. He desperately wants us to be a part of His story. God restores. Jeremiah needed to be strengthened and braced for what was to come, not pampered. God does just that. God do...

In Jeremiah 10 & 11, God gives Jeremiah another warning to God's people to turn and repent from their idolatry, worship of false gods and man-made material things, and their wickedness. Everything on earth is temporary and will not last other than the Word of God and the people we take with us our eternal home by spreading that Word to others. God is better than anything around us. There i...

In Jeremiah 8 & 9, God gives Jeremiah a message to warn the false prophets who are lying to God's people giving them confidence they are "fine" because they are in Jerusalem. Judgment was coming for sin and justice would be pouring out. They had the Scriptures but were not practicing the Scriptures or walking them out in their lives. It's about our hearts, not what we were on...

In Jeremiah 7, God has Jeremiah speak out a huge warning cry in the Temple. The very place the people of Judah think they are safe. He speaks against the false worship, false prophets, false gods and the false confidence in the Temple. The Temple is a place to worship God, bring sacrifices, and be made holy. Instead, the people were making the Temple unholy by bringing in idols and worshipping fal...

In Jeremiah 6, God gives one more warning of coming judgment. He calls for repentance and a final chance to turn for sin, evil, and wickedness to God. The false confidence they hold thinking they are safe because they are in Jerusalem is about to face the harsh truth of the reality of God's judgment. God is patient and merciful but leaves it up to us to choose Him and chase after Him with all...

In Jeremiah 5, God searches for even one honest and just person, but all have refused to repent. The people had become ungrateful, evil, wicked, and unfaithful to God. They had turned their backs on God and God was about to let them have the evil they desired and chased after so much. Judgment is coming. They were given warning after warning but rejected every Word of warning from God. They were t...

In Jeremiah 3 & 4, God shows Jeremiah the coming destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon. God pleas and cries out for His people to repent and turn to Him. They refuse and continue to chase after idols and worship false gods instead. Assyria had already conquered northern Israel and Judah still doesn't repent. They have false confidence that they are "safe" because they are in Jerusa...

In Jeremiah 2, God has Jeremiah shout His warnings to His children. He reminds them of all He has done and poured out in blessings in their lives and they still reject Him and turn to worship false idols and false gods. He reminds them God gave them a pure river of Living Waters to drink from but instead they choose the polluted waters of the Nile and Euphrates. When we choose sin and false idols...

In Jeremiah 1, God calls and equips Jeremiah for an extremely difficult mission of warning Israel of coming destruction. He doubts his ability to carry this out, but God gives him the assurance he needs and equips him with God's power and protection. He becomes a radically faithful prophet for God even in the midst of physical dangers and a wickedly evil nation. He trusts God. God will watch o...

In Ezekiel 46 - 48, God shows Ezekiel the river that will flow right from the Temple and bring healing, restoration and even life to the Dead Sea. The boundaries of the land promised to Israel are outlined as they are finally able to both receive and enjoy the land promised to them by God. God is faithful and His promises do come true. Jesus was rejected when He came to earth the first time, but t...

In Ezekiel 44 & 45, God shows Ezekiel the distribution of tasks and land among and around the amazing new Temple. God says to store up treasures in heaven. Heaven is our eternal home and when we pursue God with all our guts, everything in us, we can't help but reflect His love and character to those around us. We bring glory to God through our lives and thus expand God's Kingdom as peo...

In Ezekiel 43, God shows Ezekiel that the glory of the Lord will return. He will appear from the east. Jesus will return and the glory of God will be present in this new millennial Temple. Ezekiel again responds by falling face down. The glory of God is so magnificent. The only proper response is humble worship. The law of the Temple is "absolute holiness!". The entire mountain top will...

In Ezekiel 41 & 42, God continues to show Ezekiel more details about the coming Millennial Temple. This Temple will be like no other. God's Kingdom is like no other. It will be glorious and majestic and amazing and something we cannot even comprehend this side of heaven. God was giving future hope of coming restoration and glory to His people who were currently in exile. In doing so, He al...

In Ezekiel 40, God gives Ezekiel a very detailed descripting of a coming Temple. This Temple is like no other. It gives hope of restoration to the exiles and hope for us that there is resolution coming. This Temple will have no ark, no altar of incense, no lampstand, no table of bread, no veil, and no high priest. None of that will be necessary because we'll be with Jesus. He is our eternal Hi...

In Ezekiel 39, God shows Ezekiel how the enemy is completely wiped out and Israel is restored along with all of God's faithful remnants. It will be done. God's glory and greatness will be revealed to all the nations. All will know God is the Sovereign Lord - the One and only true God. God will bring full restoration and celebration forth for His children.

In Ezekiel 38, God tells Ezekiel to let the enemy know God is on it. The enemy may come in and attack Israel for a time, but God would have the victory and victory is coming in a way that ALL the nations would know God is God. He is Who He says He is. We need to join and pray. The prayers of the righteous break the chains of the enemy. We need to pray for ALL the people suffering, being tortured,...

In Ezekiel 37, God gives Ezekiel a message to speak to a vast number of bones in a valley. He asks Ezekiel, "Can these bones become living again?" Yes, yes they can. Only God can bring forth life and by the breath of our Almighty God, they come alive. Ezekiel is speaking to Israel after Jerusalem had been destroyed and giving them a promise of hope, restoration, and a future. He even sho...