Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 15, Jeremiah 20-21
Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah 20:1-2 ESV
DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU OBEY GOD … AND GET HATED 🥺 – FormerAtheist58
I Need Thee Every Hour – Hymns of Grace
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 14, Jeremiah 18-19
What do we do with “imprecatory prayers” like the one found in Jeremiah 18:23 ESV, “Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger”?
How do we reconcile Jeremiah’s prayer with Paul’s writings in Romans 12:17-21 ESV?
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Romans 12:17-21 ESV
Listen in to a few of my thoughts.
For more on this, I recommend you listen to Austin Cox’s sermon from October 20, 2024 at Collierville Bible Church on Imprecatory Psalms. Listen to it on Spotify here or Apple Podcasts here.
Loving Your Enemies… and Praying for their Harm? – FormerAtheist58
Rise my Soul, The Lord is Risen – Getty
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 13, Jeremiah 16-17
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.
He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:5-8
BLESSED is the Man who TRUSTS in the LORD – FormerAtheist58
Like a Tree – Caroline Cobb
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Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 12, Jeremiah 14-15.
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.
Jeremiah 15:16 ESV
Your Words were Found and I Ate Them – FormerAtheist58
Your Word Endures – Sovereign Grace Music
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Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the LORD has spoken.
Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble…
But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 13:15-17 ESV
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Colossians 3:12-13 ESV
Having Compassion on Those who Won’t Listen – FormerAtheist58
Mighty to Save – Laura Story
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Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV
Where is the one who is wise?
Where is the scribe?
Where is the debater of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.
For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:20-24 ESV
No Boasting Except in the Lord – FormerAtheist58
My Worth is Not in What I Own – Getty and Fernando Ortega
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Jeremiah 7:27 (ESV), “So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you,” encouraged me to simply obey the Lord, to use whatever platform He gives me to speak the truth in love, and then leave the results in His hands. We live in a culture that makes choices based on whether something works, whether it produces the desired results … rather than whether it is right or wrong.
Which reminds me of a hotly contested topic that many people want to avoid: whether a woman should be allowed (or dare I say encouraged) to abort a child diagnosed prenatally with Down Syndrome.
Take a look and listen to something I posted earlier today for my thoughts on the matter:
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, “Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the LORD your God and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree, and that you have not obeyed my voice, declares the LORD. Return, O faithless children, declares the LORD; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.”
Jeremiah 3:12-14 ESV
This reminded me of the parable of the prodigal son that Jesus told in Luke 15:17-20 ESV
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’
And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
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