Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"Sent to you all His servants the prophets"
Text: Jeremiah 25:4
SENDING OF PROPHETS
The LORD sent many prophets to His people. Jeremiah was one of many of God’s servants who proclaimed His word faithfully.
“‘And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets,
rising early and sending them,
but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.
They said, ‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings,
and dwell in the land that the LORD has given
to you and your fathers forever and ever.
Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them,
and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands;
and I will not harm you.’
Yet you have not listened to Me,’ says the LORD,
‘that you might provoke Me to anger
with the works of your hands to your own hurt.'”
Jeremiah 25:4-7
1. “And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear”
a) The LORD’s effort
i) To send His servants the prophets.
ii) He arose early and sent them.
b) The people’s response
i) They had not listened.
ii) They had not inclined their ear to hear at all.
2. The appeal of the prophets
a) To repent from evil activities and ways.
The LORD would enable them to dwell in the Land forever.
b) To not worship and serve idols.
c) To not provoke God to anger.
The LORD would not harm them then.
These were appeals made by the prophets for years on end!
3. The Response of the people of Judah
a) They had not listened to God at all.
b) Instead, they provoked the LORD to anger by the works of their hands.
i) Their hands perpetrated evil deeds.
ii) Their hands made countless idols to worship.