SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 9:7-16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Here we see that God disciplines His people to refine them. The reason we criticize God for being so harsh is because we minimize our sin, we tend to dismiss its seriousness and to see God as extreme. In reality, our sin is VERY SERIOUS, and it has devastating consequences for all…
Dec 11 — Jeremiah 8:18-9:6
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 8:18-9:6 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: It is not clear to me who is speaking here, but as I read through it I concluded that it was God. This is remarkable, because He speaks of needing comfort in His sorrow, of His heart being weak as He hears the cry of His people suffering the consequences of their…
Dec 10 — Jeremiah 8:4-17
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 8:4-17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I find this passage very applicable to me. I hear God saying to me, why do you keep on returning to your selfish, sinful ways? There are specific sins that the Lord is bringing to my mind. I can say that its not that serious, that everything is OK (‘peace, peace when…
Dec 9 — Jeremiah 7:30-8:3
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 7:30-8:3 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Child sacrifice… Cannot imagine how anyone could do this, to sacrifice their children for their lifestyle (i.e. religious) choices. Hmm, put that way, it seems that many people actually do this. I have heard someone compare abortion (for most, not all) to child sacrifice, putting unborn children to death because they do…
Dec 8 — Jeremiah 7:21-29
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Dec 7 — Jeremiah 7:1-20
SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 7:1-20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The problem here is not just that God is mad at the Israelites for neglecting Him or His ‘religion’. The people were living cruel, immoral, selfish and shameful lives, then going to ‘church’ (the Temple) and pretending to be pious, God’s special and protected people. God has finally stopped appealing for them…
Dec 6 — Revelation 11:15-19
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 11:15-19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The visions have once again culminated at the foot of God’s throne. This is what we believe, that one day we will all stand before God to give an account of our lives. And no matter how bold or boastful we were against God, on that day we will be humbled and…
Dec 5 — Revelation 11:1-14
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 11:1-14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The vision occurs during the sixth trumpet, the last stage before the final judgment. Compare this with the 6th seal, where an earthquake also occurs (Revelation 6:12), and the 6th bowl where the kings are gathered, and the earthquake occurs at the beginning of the 7th bowl (Revelation 16:17-18). All of the 7’s lead up to a final…
Dec 4 — Revelation 10:1-11
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 10:1-11 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: We have seen 7 seals opened, and we are now in the seven trumpets. The seventh trumpet represents the final judgment (as did the seventh seal), but the actual “sound” of that judgment, described as seven thunders, is sealed up until the end (this is related to the silence of the seventh…
Dec 3 — Revelation 9:1-21
SCRIPTURE: Revelation 9:1-21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The vision is symbolic, but it is still horrific. If we attribute the brutality of what happens to God, its hard to fathom how He could allow it. But when we recall that this is the outworking of our sinful rebellion, that this is the curse resulting from our immorality and selfishness,…