Hope Springs Eternal - Jeremiah, Week: 33

These verses, friends, unequivocally proclaim the judgment of the Lord upon the wicked and upon all those who sin against him, specifically when? In the latter days. It's very clear there, in the latter days. It this is no doubt rather harsh and jarring. Amen? But that is what sin deserves. Sin brings the wrath of God. And listen friends, we cannot say self righteously say, yeah, God, let them have it. Let all those sinners go to hell. We can't say it friends because we are they. [00:48:46] (37 seconds)  #LatterDaysJudgment

There is no human remedy to sin, but God can and God has when he sent Jesus to the cross. When Jesus stepped out of heaven and as a sinless sinless human being, he lived a sinless life. Therefore, he was able to offer himself as the sacrifice for all of his brothers and sisters that whosoever believes in him and what he did for them will not perish but have everlasting life. That's the good news of the gospel. Amen? And that's the good news of how our wounds and our sin wound can be healed through the cross. [00:40:23] (38 seconds)  #JesusOnlyRemedy

Friends, Jesus calmed that storm in an instant. Here's what I wanna tell you today, friends. There is no storm that Jesus can't calm, including the storm of God's wrath against your sin. Jesus took the wrath of God against our sin upon himself on the cross so that we wouldn't have to. Friends, when we know him, he is our ticket to peace. Amen? He is our ticket to peace. And when we know him, there is nothing to worry about. [00:54:04] (36 seconds)  #JesusCalmsAllStorms

For sure, how can that be possible? Two verses earlier, God says, your wounds are incurable. Here in verse seventeen, two two verses later, God says, I will heal you of your wounds. How is that possible? Friends, it's possible like this. With man, it is impossible. We can't heal our own wounds, friends, but with God, as the scripture says, all things are possible. God can do what we cannot, friends. We can have we all have a self inflicted wound from our sin that we cannot heal and humanly speaking that we can do nothing about. [00:39:48] (35 seconds)  #GodHealsTheIncurable

But look at what he says in verse 17. He goes even a step further. He says, for I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord, because they called you an outcast saying this is Zion. No one seeks her. So listen, there's no good reason that God's healing them, but God promises just because he wants to to heal them anyway. He promises to heal his people. Now, this here is a promise. It's certainly a promise that looks solely to horizon two. Where are they healed from their sin, friends? We are healed from our sin at the cross. [00:37:58] (41 seconds)  #HeRestoresTheOutcast

In the old testament, the priest the high priest was the one on once once a year on the day of atonement could go into the holy of holies and only after he had made atonement for himself first, then he can make atonement for the people. But here, god is saying that they will have a leader. They will have a king that will draw near to him, to god, and he shall approach me. Friends, who in the world could that be talking about other than our Lord Jesus Christ, who is both king and priest? He is the only one that qualifies to fulfill this prophecy. [00:44:56] (35 seconds)  #ChristKingAndPriest

God in this prophecy and talking about the fact that they are gonna be released from their bonds and they will instead of serving others, will serve the Lord and they will also be led by David their king. They will be led by their Messiah whom we know has been fulfilled in that second horizon as Jesus Christ. Amen. David's greater son. So this part of the prophecy, it's not fulfilled at horizon one. It is fulfilled. It points to horizon two when Jesus steps out of heaven and comes on the scene. Amen? And ultimately to horizon three when Jesus comes back to rule and to reign over Israel and all the world. [00:29:43] (42 seconds)  #MessiahFreesAndLeads

God speaks these words to them to give them hope for the future, so they can see the light at the end of the tunnel and to let them know that he still has a plan to use them. Can you imagine those Israelites, those those people of Judah actually gotten into exile? You know, what would I imagine they thought, you know what? We've messed up. We've done it, you know. God's throwing us away. Not never more is God gonna use us. We just might as well quit, might as well die. God says, no. If you'll trust me, there is light at the end of the tunnel. [00:03:57] (40 seconds)  #HopeBeyondExile