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JEREMIAH DENOUNCES FALSE
PROPHETS
t 'international Sunday School Lesson
for December 4th, 1949
Memory Selection: ""He hath ray
word, let him speak my word faith
' fully."-Jeremiah 23: 28.
,., Lesson Text; Jeremiah 23: 16, 21-32
- Between the ministries of the pro
phets Isaiah and Jeremiah, there was
, an ihterval of seventy years. The son
v of Hilkiah, who lived at Anati&th,
. near Jerusalem, Jeremiah was conse
crated to God before his birth. He
began his ministry at his birthplace
but soon moved to Jerusalem, where
most of his life was spent. There,
v for uiore than forty years, he faith
fully proclaimed God's message and
passed through the most trying and
soul-stirring- experiences,
v Jeremiah's ministry was a life-long
martyrdom. Answering the call of
God, it became his task to stand uo
boldly alone and tell the people of
- their sins and of the coming destruct
ion of the Temple.
Fearlessly he preached the truth of
God but the people did 'not want to
' change their ways and refused to
, believe him. So bitter did they be-
come against him that, at one time,
, his own townspeople tried to murder
mm and hia own family treated him
. treacherously. Even the i religious
. leaders of his day thrust him into
stocks for blasphemy when he pro
aroused by the stirring messages of
Jeremiah,, especially" when he was
openly condemned by "these prophets.
They preferred to believe the false
' ' prophets who preached a soft, ea9y,
" comfortable religion.
' The land was full of such preach
v ers astrologers, fortune tellers, wiz
' ardsand witchea, healers of various
'. sorts, who were growing rich on the
. ignorance, superstition ., andwicked
) ness of theease-lovuig people.
When Nebuchadnezzar the Baby
lonian conqueror, attacked Jerusalem,
Jeremiah predicted its complete over
throw and the captivity . which would
follcw. For this kind of tlk the
people condemned him as a traitor.
The false prophets assured the King
and the people that no harm would
coine to the city but, in the face of
the fierce hatred and opposition of his
" his unpopular message from God. '
How 'pertinent is. that lesson for
.; us today! On every hand we are con'
phesied of the destruction ', of the
'- Temple. .;
Lulled into complacency by the
false teachings and leadings of the
i popular prophets of that day, the
people were tod comfortable to be
fronted with the task 'of winnowing
the truth from the false. We are
beii.g assailed with", cleverly concealed
propaganda from various, groups, de
signed to mount public opinion. . Ex
perils-worded advertisements often
times carry false propaganda and es
peoially is thia true in the case of the
liquor advertising.' : They -show 'only
one side of the picture. ' Never, in any
of their advertising, doe one see the
drunkard wallowing in the gutter or
, the drunkard's family deprived of the
ver necessities of , life because of the
, money spent for alcohol. ;
And, aid to say, we are today of
ten exposed to the preaching and
teaching of false prophets, who, like
the false prophets in Jeremiah's time,
" claim 4o have been called of God to
- speak for God and to. act. for God,
'. when instead of giving God's message,
feed their people on messages they
war.:-to hear.
How' may we tell the true leader
from the false? Jesus gives us an
excellent, rule to follow, in Matthew
; 7; 15- and -16. "Beware of false pro'
phets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly: they are rav
ening wolves. Ye shall know them
' by their fruits."
A little study of life and works of
any leader, whoever he of she -may
be, will reveal, the sincerity or in
sincerity of. that particular -"person,
We should ' not he influenced -too
greatly by outward appearances but
should rather be guided by his act'
ions. Does he";, practice what - he
preaches 7 ' Does association .with this
person lead one to a: better lifer,
- Jeremiah died a t martyr's death
stoned at the hands of his fellow-
townsmen, but time vindicated the
. truth of his teachings, t-Jesus, died on
the cross crucified by tils own peo
ple, but the centorie have proved the
truth of his teachings' and the bless
ings which come to those who try
- earnestly and sincerely to follow, his
iaui.qj.
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This is the one contract that a lawyer
cannot draw up. It is also the one contract
that has no standing in court.
When a man enters into a contract witn
God he needs neither lawyer nor code of
laws. All he needs is a grateful heart!
He may write this contract on a church
pledge card, or make' a "mental note" of
it but the terms are always the same :
"Because God has Given me so much,
; l I will return ALL I CAN TO GOD."
We have churches and
institutions of mercy today
because men have made and
kept, such contracts
through the ages. What
we will have tomorrow de
pends on the honesty and
gratitude with which , we
deal with God today!
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