’’The Corrective
Word”
By REV. GEORGE T. MOORE
RMumcttoa Lutheran Church
TKXT: Jeremiah 7:1-3.
The word that came to Jeremi
ah from the Lord: "Stand in the
gate of the Lord's house, and pro
claim there this word, and say,
Hear the word of the Lord, all
you men of Judah who .-nter
these gates to worship the Lord.
Thus says the Lord of hosts, the
God of Israel. Amend your ways
and your doings, and I will let
you dwell in this platT.”
One of the great miracles of to
day is tlx- miracle of hearing.
Not only are we able to heat
sounds nearby, but sounds afar,
off. sounds from any point on
earth. Tbe air is filled, every mi
nute. with millions of words, with
countless melodies of music
words and music being broadcast
around the globe.
Yet these are not the limits.
Just this past Friday we heard
*the hum of Ranger 7. right up to
its moment of imnact on the
moon's surface. Intelligible sounds
coming from over 240.000 miles
away! Not very many months
ago another roving satellite trans
mitted its information act iss mil
lions of miles of space as it sped
by the planet Venus, and we
heard it.
Tbday. radio telescopes are re
celving signals from the distant
corner* of the universe, distances
so great as to stagger human im
agination. One of the great mi
racles of today is the miracle d*
hearing!
However, a greater and far
m«re Important miracle, one
which overshadows all the others,
is the miracle of the voice of God.
It is the voii'e of the <• xt wh**
speaks and Who must be heard.
‘Titus says the Lord of hosts, 'is
tht miracle we must hoar!"
Tills is the true miracle, where
in God speaks anti is heard. Kot
when God speaks there is erea
titm and life. re<Toati >n anti eter
nal life. It is most important to
see the contrast as fust illustrated
because God’s voice is not getting
today, the attention it must an,I
should. Ranger Ts achievement
w'ill get far more attention tlvan
will the voice of God. It already
has!
Why? Because tht Word of God
even where reveren.-ed. is consid
e -ed to be the sounds of a bygone
day. unable to cone with the de
• mands and challenges of tht 2nth.
century. The most a lot of people
get out of Gjd’s Word, and this
includes a lot of Christians, is a
set of rules and regulations about
being good, honest, upright, re
spected citizens, on their terms!
It is true that God did speak to
a hygont day. He called a chosen
|>eople unto himscir. To these se
lect ones Re -joke of pr >mise
and assurance. To a disobedient
people He spoke of wrath and
destruction, even though Ht was
c->nstantly eager to have them
hear anew and return unto Him.
Therefore, in the face of disin
terest. wandering astray, and re
bellion. God was always speaking
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tht corrective word. He spoke
that men might hear and hearken
and obey, and be saved from self- i
destruction.
The word that came to Jere
miah from the Lord: ‘Stand in
the gate of the Lord's house, and
proclaim there this word. antf
sap. Hear the Lord, all you men
of Judah who enter these gates
to worship the Lord. Thus says
the Lord of hosts, the God of Is
rael, Amend your ways and your
doing* ad I will let you dwell in
this place'.”
There is no question ab tut it.
Judah had forgotten Its God. Be
sides all the other evils which
they were committing, their wor
ship was of the lifMt and not of
the heart. And the necessity of a
proyphet being sent was the
proof of the need for correction.
It was God speaking the cor
rective word. If you hearken t
my voice it will be well with you.
If you will not. if you continue in
your ways, it will be death for
you! For God e.\pe<*ts his own to
he different, to show a change
for the t-etter. to he new men.
They are to be God's own child
ren in heart and mind and soul,
to he God like before the world!
The important point is that this
is the* voice of the eternal God!
And He is sneaking these same,
identical words to you and me
:his very day. his corrective ward!
Withojt daring to judge (for
no one dare do sot. the facts hit
us with the impact of doom itself!
Is the w »rld Christian? Two
thirds of the world's population
do not yet know the Christ of re
deeming life!
Is the world well-fed. well
clothed, and satisfied? TVo
thirds of the world's population
lives on a starvation diet, ill
clothed. and dissatisfied!
Is the world one in Christ?
The tremendous waste of dupli
cation of effort, of cimpetition
between religious groups and de
nominations is an insult to the
Christian Church, and to Jesus
Christ, the Head of the Chu'vh!
Is the world one in Christ? The
world is seeing blood shed in its
streets, property destroyed, hat
red intfnsified. because it carvwt
'-all every man brother: because
it cannot’live in oeace with each
other even as Christians!
Is the world giving its first al
legience of time, talent and pos
sessions to the work of the king
dom of God? We spend more
t'me. attention and money, every
vear. on the core and heautifica
tion of the body than we do or
he work of the kingdom of God.
And what does God sav? *'What
-hall it profit a man if he should
•»s’n the whole world and lose
Vs own soul?" "What shall a
man give in exohstige for his
toul?"
Remember? Jesus wept over a
city and a nation that had sold
its soul in pride and self-satisfac
tion. with no desire to hear what
God was saving.
Mark this well! If God's Word
s true. He is weeping over us.
over our nation, over our world
today!
The wonderful truth, and how
-edeeming it is. is that God is
still speaking, still saying “If..."
“If you. who are cant'd by my
Name shall humble yourselves,
anti pray and seek my face, anti
turn from your evil ways, inen I
will hear from heaven, and I will
forgive your sins and heal your
land.” It's not too late!
Over al| other sounds, there
•times anew the voice of the gra
cious God. Over the sounds of
strife and urmoil and anxiety,
over the sounds of modern -day
miracles, over the greatest we
.•an produce, the still small voice
of God is heard, loud and clear!
I am the Lord, the Almighty, your
I.f>rd and your God. Return unto
me and hearken unto my voice,
anti I will sustain vou.
The world in which we live,
filled though it may he with all
the wonderful achievements of
men. makes no sense apart from
God. the God Who created it.
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one out of every five to more
than three out of every four per
sons, the Health Insurance Insti
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In 1W3, 19 per «-ent of the U. S
civilian population were protected
by some form of health insurance,
the Institute said, while at the
Who made possible all its won- j
decs.
Human history makes no sense
what soever, apart from God. tite
God Who stands over and ^nidi's
all history.
Your life, and my life, makes
no sense, whats-iever. apart from
(Jod. the (Io<l who loved us and
Who jnve him'=''lt f«-i us
He is Lord! May it always be
so in vt.jr I fe! A met
beginning of hi* year 77 per lent
of American* were *o covered. At
the midway point. 1973. some 81
percent of the population had
health Insurance.
Twenty year* ago. only 21 mil
lion Americans were covered by
hospital expense insurance. Since
then there has been a six-fold
increase anti over 14.7 million
pot sons were protected against
the cost of hospital care at year
end lPtst. hy insurance companies.
Blue Cross. Blue Shield, anti oth
er plans. In 1H6.1. over 97 million
were so insured
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fa.-t irs. among which is the pub
lie's growing awareness of the
value of modem health care and
its need to find a mechanism to
help nrepay thei-ost of such care.
The same type of growth has
been shown, said the Institute, by
other forms of health insurance.
In 10 million Americans had
surgical expense insurance, but in
the following 20 years there was
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skiiit?
I've lost mv social security
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since 1 last us«l it. What should
1 do’
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est soc.al security offiiv where
they'll supply you with the infor
mation and form you'll newt to
of lt*».» nearly 135 million per
sons had pr d eel ion against the
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ai e
Kegular medical expense insur
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Americans in 1943. There was a
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card?
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t much of a redm tion I will have
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