Seeking the Gospel Truth

These next 3 chapters of Jeremiah’s show us that kings and rulers come and go, but the Word of God lasts forever. Furthermore, it continues to show us that all God wants from us is respect and obedience. At the end we’ll see what makes a devoted Christian. Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper: https://giselleaguiar.com/2022/01/06/jeremiah-34-36-god-wants-respec...

God loves to REVEAL! You can read the Bible over and over again and each  time you read it, God reveals something new! I’m amazed how He uses the  YouTube algorithm to reveal more in-depth video lessons. Yesterday, up  popped a video from a ministry that I had watched in the past, FAI ,  based in Israel. They had an interesting video (it’s at the bottom)  explaining how Go...

Imagine worshiping God forever! In other words there are no other  people, things, rites and rituals, nothing else before HIM. That’s what  it will be like in Heaven when all born-again believers — and ONLY born-again believers will be worshiping King Jesus and Him only!  In today’s chapter, God assures Jeremiah that even though Jerusalem is  being held in siege by the Babyloni...

Yesterday we ended with a statement of judgment. Today we have a chapter full of hope and a promise from God that you can start taking advantage of immediately! It’s the New Covenant ! Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig deeper and watch the special video at the bottom: https://giselleaguiar.com/2022/01/03/jeremiah-31-hope-in-a-new-personal-relationship-with-god-in-y...

That’s a promise! That’s something that you can  believe, that you can claim, that you can stand on. Notice, however,  that He says, “your God”. Only 1 God. Not one of your gods , idols , things to worship , venerate , pray to . No, He will be YOUR GOD. That also means You will be HIS people. HIS only! Friend, that is a RELATIONSHIP. Religion is not a relationship. Rituals and rites are...

It’s January 1, 2022, and we’re all still here. The Rapture hasn’t happened yet! If you haven’t realized it, we are living in the end times and last days .  That’s why studying the Old Testament Bible Prophets is important to  help us understand what’s going on in the world today. I just updated  the Top 10 Bible Prophecies that are Happening Now .  That was the most popular bl...

What happens when you know something is true from God by the authority  of the Holy Spirit and someone comes and contradicts the fact? An  argument starts. You know you’re right. The other person is wrong. Yet,  there’s no way you’re going to convince them of that. In the case of  Bible Prophecy, when it comes true, you know that God was right. Here we  have a prophet who...

God is angry. There’s no doubt about it! Like any parent, God gets angry  when we disobey. If you’re good, you get rewarded. If not, you get  punished. That’s a loving parent. Any parent who doesn’t correct and  discipline a naughty child is bad parent. God loves us and He’d rather  not see us mess up. He’d rather see us obey the 1 0 Commandments that Jesus so conveniently put...

Just as there were good kings and bad kings, there were good prophets  and bad prophets. Likewise, today, just as there are good leaders and  bad leaders, there are good bible teachers and bad teachers and  preachers who don’t teach the true Word of God. Here, God has messages  for the bad kings of Judah. Yet, He promises that Messiah will come from  King David’s lineage....

American Christians really don’t know what  “intense” Christian persecution is. We have it so easy! Sure, there are  some government officials who try to shut churches down. Additionally,  there are powerful entities who would love to shut us up. Nevertheless,  we keep on keeping on with the missions God placed upon us. Visit Persecution.com (Voice of the Martyrs – VOM) or Pers...

God is the Master Potter. Are you allowing Him to mold you into a vessel  He can use? Or do you feel you’re dried out, cracked and useless? No  problem. He uses broken things, also! No heart is too hard for Jesus! In  these next 2 chapters, God uses the potter, clay and jars to illustrate  His relationship to the people of Judah and us. Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog whe...

Jeremiah had one of the toughest jobs of all the Old Testament prophets.  He oversaw God’s judgment on Judah and Jerusalem. God warned the people  over and over again to turn away from worthless idols and false gods and trust in Him and Him ONLY. But, no, the people went their own way  and they suffered the consequences. Israel, a nation born out of bondage  in Egypt was sent t...

We just celebrated Christmas, the birth of Jesus, the Messiah .  Soon, all the decorations and lights will be put away until next year.  The tree, if it was real, will become mulch. All the gift wrap will be  tossed away and gifts we don’t need or want will be stuffed in a closet  until you can give it to somebody else. What’s left? Did we miss  something? How about the Gi...

Only 2 of the Gospels cover the Christmas Story,  Matthew and Luke. Mark starts his account of the Life of Jesus with His  baptism. We’ll be doing the Gospel of Mark for Easter 2022. John, the  Apostle, writes a totally different introduction to the Life of Jesus.  I’ve covered it before here ,  but this year for Christmas, the Holy Spirit revealed to me something  un...

Drought. Living in the Southwestern United  States, you quickly learn to appreciate rain (and snow for the “high  country”). Every living being needs water to survive. Yesterday, the National Drought Mitigation Center released the current U.S. Drought Map. ( You can see it at the bottom of my blog .)  It seems the summer monsoon helped Arizona quite a bit. It’s still in  the “a...

Imagine that! Jeremiah actually asked God the  “Why” question. He was puzzled. How, if God was in control, WHY did He  allow heartless, sinful, evil people to rule and prosper? It’s one of  the questions of the ages. The cool thing is that God actually answers  him — sort of. It’s a lesson we can all learn from! Let’s dig in… Keep reading in my blog where there are links to dig...

Surrender. The word conjures up images of an  army surrendering to a more powerful opponent. It’s when you know, deep  in your soul, that you can’t win no matter how hard you try. It’s when  you give up. There’s no more fight in you. That’s exactly how God needs  us to be if we want His Salvation , His Assurance of a 1-way, non-stop ticket to Heaven . He needs us to give up our...

There is a HUGE difference between religion and relationships . In Leviticus 26:12, God told the Israelites, “I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.” That’s a relationship ! God created humans in His Own Image so He could have a relationship with us. Unfortunately, we blew it . We had it made and we blew it. The sad thing is we keep blowing it. As we covered in the l...

A few days ago, I watched the video that is embedded at the bottom.  Pastor Tom Hughes read a message from a “contributor” who listed all the  sins that people in America are committing right now. From a corrupt  government to rampant sexual immorality, to abortion and lawlessness. He  said, “I cannot pray for God to bless America any more.” Then, Pastor  Tom quoted some v...

Sound the alarms! This is a chapter of alarms.  An alarm warns people of an emergency, an attack, or an invasion. It’s a  warning siren of incoming missiles, a fire, a bombing, tornadoes,  tsunamis, hurricanes or some other catastrophic event. Imagine if the  U.S. had gotten a sufficient, time-sensitive warning of the attack on  Peal Harbor. The military stationed there wo...

At some point, in the not-to-distant future, God will judge EVERYONE. No one will escape God’s judgment. With that said, the Good News is that if you are a born-again believer, you are already pardoned! What you’ll get is a crown — a  reward — based on the life you led on earth. Obviously, if you’re NOT born again , then you are doomed to spend eternity in hell .  Therefore, it behooves...

Yes and yes! God’s words here are very descriptive and there’s no doubt  what He’s talking about. He’s telling Jeremiah about the end of the  world, the apocalypse. In order to have a new heaven and a new earth,  the old ones have to go. That happens in the Great Tribulation . It’s going to happen. Here, God is promising it — and God keeps His  promises! You really want to make...

As we saw in chapter 2 , God is still grieving about how His beloved people rebelled and rejected Him for false pagan gods and idols . However, in the 2nd part of this chapter, the prophet gets prophetic and mentions the Ark of the Covenant .  What happened to it? Did the Babylonians get it? If not, where is it?  Is it even important? Check out the legends, theories and the actual  ...

The honeymoon was over fast. It didn’t take much for the Israelites,  once they made it to the Promised Land, to abandon the One True God.  After God rescued them from slavery, led them for 40 years in  the wilderness, to a fruitful land, they became blinded by the pagan  worship practices of their neighbors. They ended up like an unfaithful  bride who defiles what was hol...

Today we start seeing Israel of the Old Testament through the prophecies  of Jeremiah. He, along with Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel are  considered “Major Prophets” because their books are longer than the  shorter “Minor Prophets”. ( We’ve met some of those .)  Jeremiah is known as the “Weeping Prophet”. Though he spoke the words  that God gave him, intertwined wi...