JEREMIAH 5

JEREMIAH 5

JEREMIAH 5

Looking for a man (1–9). God would have spared Sodom had He found ten righteous men (Gen. 18:26–32); but to spare Jerusalem, He would have settled for one! Yet Jeremiah could not find one, not even among the “great men” who were spiritual leaders in the city. Never underestimate the importance of one person living wholly for the Lord. Perhaps you can be that “righteous one” in your home or place of employment.

Looking for truth (3). The eyes of the Lord search for people who are faithful to Him and His Word. They may be in the minority and they may be persecuted, but they are God’s own people and He will bless them.

Looking but not seeing (20–25). The eyes of the spiritual leaders were blind to God and what God was doing (Isa. 6:10; Matt. 13:15). They were also blind to the judgment about to fall on the nation. The waves of the sea know where to stop, but Judah’s leaders went beyond the limits God had set. They might be popular and prosperous, but their prosperity would destroy them.

A Righteous Man

Henry Varley said to evangelist D. L. Moody, “The world has yet to see what God can do with and for and through and in a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to Him.” Moody asked God to make him that man, and the Lord gave him his request. God used Moody in a marvelous way, and his work is still being blessed around the world.

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