Jeremiah 19

Verse of the Day: V15 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.”

1.  Man Rebels

V15 “... because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.”

Since the day of Adam and Eve, man has hardened their necks and rebelled against God. When God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, they rebelled and ate the fruit and caused sin and death to enter into all men.

Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

2.  Man Reaps

V5 “They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:”

The people worshipped Baal or the Devil by cruelly sacrificing their sons as burnt offerings and subsequently God punished them by letting them eat the flesh of their friends and even their own children in order to survive the long siege of their enemies!

V9 “And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one of the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.”

3.  God Reigns

V15 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.”

Since creation and throughout the centuries man has been trying to outsmart and outwit God but they fail to realize that they can never really win God because He reigns forever on earth and in heaven. The truth of the matter is that man shall reap what he sows and if he rebels against God, he shall reap the severe punishment from the Almighty God.

Galatians 6:7 “Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

Prayer of the Week

Dearest God, please help me submit to You and not harden my neck against You.