“A Glory Abandoned”
Oct.24, 2010 Jer.2:4-13 Play
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COLONELS AND CAMELS IN HEAT
• base commander’s base desires drove hidden criminal
life
• Judah’s lust for idols led to perversion (2:23f;
3:21)
A SENSELESS INFIDELITY AFTER A GOOD START
• began by returning God’s love, led into a rich land
(2:2,21; 3:19; Eph 2:4ff)
• both people and leaders addicted to ‘worthless
idols’, detestable practices (2:25; 2Kings 21:9,22, 23:7; 2Chron 33)
• pictures of apostasy: dry cracked cisterns;
unforgettable jewellery (2:13,32)
• exchanged Glory unlike other nations faithful to
their gods (2:10f)
CONSEQUENCES OF CANTANKEROUSNESS
• God’s charges against, as in courtroom (2:9, 12,31)
• turned into wild vine though should have learned
from northern kingdom’s fate (2:21, 30; 3:8ff)
• judgment from northern nations like boiling pot,
because worship other gods (2:35; 1:13f; 2:14f,17)
GETTING BACK TO OUR FIRST LOVE
• Jesus warned hard-working church of danger of
forsaking first love (2:2f; Rev 2:2ff)
• repent, admit guilt, acknowledge dryness (2:13, 22,
35)
• identify your idols / charms / obsessions (2:20, 32)
• hold God in awe: make Him your ‘glory’ / portion
(2:11,19; Ps 73:23ff)
• stop taking it out on others, gunny-sacking
(‘innocent blood’: 2:34)
• be a blessing: truthful, just, righteous (4:1f)