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Jeremiah 3:6-10 During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there. [7] I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it. [8] I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery. [9] Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood. [10] In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretence," declares the Lord.
After king Solomon died the Jewish nation split into two, a northern kingdom called Israel, and one in the south named Judah. Neither nation was particularly faithful to God. He judged Israel, eventually allowing the Assyrians to conquer them.
You might think that Judah would have learned from this and turned back to God. Instead they continued in their sin and rebellion. Now it is there time to feel God’s judgement.
God is hurt by unrepentant sin, when we know that our actions hurt ourselves, others and him. The Bible speaks about his correction as love, as his attempt to bring us to our senses. The truth is that eventually he will allow our sin to find us out – we cannot cover it up forever – and then there will be consequences to deal with. When this happens God forgives us if we repent – he promises to do this, always. But maybe by that time there will be broken relationships, debts to pay, courses o action which the consequences of what you have done have disqualified you from…..
If there is a lesson here for us it is this. Turn back from your sin before it is too late. Examine yourself, ask the Lord to do the same. If there is something that needs to change then do it. Find those you trust to stand with you. But change!
After king Solomon died the Jewish nation split into two, a northern kingdom called Israel, and one in the south named Judah. Neither nation was particularly faithful to God. He judged Israel, eventually allowing the Assyrians to conquer them.
You might think that Judah would have learned from this and turned back to God. Instead they continued in their sin and rebellion. Now it is there time to feel God’s judgement.
God is hurt by unrepentant sin, when we know that our actions hurt ourselves, others and him. The Bible speaks about his correction as love, as his attempt to bring us to our senses. The truth is that eventually he will allow our sin to find us out – we cannot cover it up forever – and then there will be consequences to deal with. When this happens God forgives us if we repent – he promises to do this, always. But maybe by that time there will be broken relationships, debts to pay, courses o action which the consequences of what you have done have disqualified you from…..
If there is a lesson here for us it is this. Turn back from your sin before it is too late. Examine yourself, ask the Lord to do the same. If there is something that needs to change then do it. Find those you trust to stand with you. But change!
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