Showing posts with label Jeremiah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeremiah. Show all posts

Why would God allow His nation to be taken over by bad people?

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I gave the same message to Zedekiah king of Judah. I said, “Bow your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, a...

How did the people know if someone was a prophet?

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              A number of things: first was the person bold enough to stand before others and make tough, unpopular proclamations.  A true p...

Is false hope better than no hope at all?

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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you;      they fill you with false hopes. T...

Why did God put Judah into exile for seventy years?

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“This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. But when the seventy y...

Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?

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“‘But like the bad figs, which are so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the Lord , ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials ...

How is Jesus the “righteous branch”?

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord ,      “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely      an...

Is God against building massive houses and palaces?

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Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upstairs rooms through injustice, who makes his neighbor serve without ...

How can I love a God who is against me?

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“This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: I am about to repel the weapons of war in your hands, those you are using to fight the kin...

Is it okay to wish you weren’t born?

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Why did I ever come out of the womb      to see trouble and sorrow      and to end my days in shame? Jeremiah 20:18             We see s...

What is Topheth?

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“ This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the Lord . I will make this city like Topheth. The houses in Je...

Does God plan disasters for us?

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“Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for y...

Does God give me what I deserve according to my deeds?

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“I the Lord search the heart      and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct,      according to what their d...

Why would God tell people not to marry?

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Then the word of the Lord came to me:   “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” For this is what the Lord says abou...

Does God not want us to pray for some people?

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Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people. Jeremiah 14:11             Of course He does, but in this situa...

Why would God use a belt to make a point to Jeremiah?

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This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” So I bought a belt,...

Today, how do “shepherds” ruin the church?

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Many shepherds will ruin my vineyard      and trample down my field; they will turn my pleasant field      into a desolate wasteland. Jer...

Does God sometimes not listen to our prayers?

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  Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. Although they cry out to me, I will not listen...

Do we have freewill or does God direct our steps?

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I make known the end from the beginning,      from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand,      and I will d...

Is everyone a liar?

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  “Beware of your friends;      do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,      and every friend a slanderer...

What is the balm in Gilead?

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  Is there no balm in Gilead?      Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing      for the wound of my people? Jeremiah 8:...