Every Word – The Bridge
They were teetering on the edge…
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you! But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth.”
– Jeremiah 44:16-17 NKJV
They were teetering on the edge…
“As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you! But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth.”
– Jeremiah 44:16-17 NKJV
We can learn from that. “It was not you who sent me here, but God.” – Genesis 45:8 (NKJV)
[Genesis 21:10] “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir…”
[Isaiah 46:4] And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
He knew they had done wrong. “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way.” – 1 Samuel 12:23
So you might live. “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth.” – 1 Peter 2:22 (KJV)
[Ecclesiastes 9:5] For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.