So, whatever you may be passing through at the moment has an expiry date. It’s a phase which is going to form part of your success stories and it will pass. You will surely laugh in the end. Cheer up!
According to Jeremiah’s words of encouragement, only God has a good plan for them. The plan is not to harm them but to bring them prosperity and not disaster, to give them a bright future they hoped for. Verse 10-11
That they should focus on serving God and seeking Him, calling upon Him and surely, God would answer them, and they would find God, since He was never far from them. Verse 12-14
Not all those who call themselves Pastors, Apostles or Prophets are truly serving God. Many of them are agents of darkness and you need the Spirit of discernment to recognise them.
You will know them by their fruit and what they preach. Forget about their many years of experience in ministry. If they can’t get the message of Salvation right, then there is no message of the Bible they can get right. It will be manipulations upon manipulations.
The truth is, when it comes to prophetic matters, age is not a barrier, which God Himself already made clear to Jeremiah in chapter 1 and he has been instructed not to be afraid of them because they would definitely come after him, which we have seen repeatedly in many chapters.
You may think you have no support for speaking the truth in the name of God, but rest assured that God will still use people to defend and rescue you.
So, when their cup of disobedience became full beyond measure, they willingly and by choice signed up for captivity.
Anyone who keeps disobeying God and committing sin is a slave of sin and this gives the devil power or entry permit to afflict such person. Let’s read what Jesus says here:
34“I speak eternal truth,” Jesus said. “When you sin you are not free. You’ve become a slave in bondage to your sin. John 8:34 TPT
However, if you obey and receive the gift of Salvation and you keep gazing at the Word of truth, you are set free from the bondage of sin and the devil cannot torment you.
Thereafter, from verse 9, Prophet Jeremiah switches from bad political leaders to false prophets and describes how crushed and trembling his heart was when he received God’s Word exposing false and godless prophets. As a matter of facts, in verse 11, he talked about how he caught them in their evil acts right there in the temple and then he pronounced judgement against them in verse 12.
Verse 13 describes the sins of the false prophets in the northern part of Israel (Samaria), while verse 14 described the sins of false prophets in the southern part (Jerusalem).
They were busy committing adultery, sleeping with women right there in the temple. They were also telling lies and, in the process, helping others to do wrong. Jeremiah says, they were as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
This Chapter gives an account of four major instructions given to the royal house by Prophet Jeremiah, which is of course a continuation of his prophecies from the previous chapter (Jeremiah 21:11-12), directed to the royal house – the house of David.
Jeremiah is presenting this as a template for every king that must sit on that throne and they must listen and adhere to every instruction in the prophetic words, because they are holding a very sensitive position.
For Jeremiah to have presented this message to the royal house, it means God has revealed to him a lot of atrocities and high level of frauds and unfairness going on in the palace.
It’s very funny and also ridiculous for the people of Judah to ask for God’s help through Prophet Jeremiah at the last minute they observed the enemies were coming but they were not ready to repent and obey the Lord.