Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ

We have been looking at the book of consolation which is contained in Jeremiah 30-33 in which God is proclaiming to the people the future hope that will come when Christ comes. You can see throughout this section of Jeremiah that repeated promise that “the days are coming.” Messianic hope still exists for God’s people. Even though the people are being judged for their sins and being taken into Babylonian exile, God is will remain faithful to his covenant promises. So we have been spending these lessons looking at what Christ would accomplish when he came to the earth and what would be the result for the people of God. This helps us appreciate what the New Testament is teaching us about what we have in Christ now as it sheds further light on the meaning of these prophecies. It is important that we see our hope in Christ that we have now so that we can strengthen our faith and be encourage to not give up or lose heart. Open your copies of God’s word to Jeremiah 31 and we are going to look at the second half of this chapter…

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How do you know if you belong to God or not? How do you know if you are in a relationship with the Lord? One of Paul’s purposes in the book of Romans is to teach the answer to these questions. Since the wrath of God has been revealed from heaven and the gospel is the power of God for salvation (cf. Romans 1:16-18), then who are the people of God? So I would like for us to take a moment to think about these questions. How are you supposed to know if you are in a relationship with God? How do you know that you belong to God? The apostle Paul is going to challenge the traditional measurements that were used to know if they were children of God. Paul is going to take us to the heart of the gospel…

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This paragraph begins with a jarring truth declaration: God will repay each person according to their works (Romans 2:6). This is a repeated declaration that is made throughout the scriptures. The psalmist states that this is true.

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God, and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work. (Psalm 62:11-12 ESV)

In our study of Jeremiah’s prophecy, he also taught this truth:

I, the LORD, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve. (Jeremiah 17:10 CSB)…

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When we look at the prophets we are often able to find sections when God turns his attention to speaking about a future hope for his people. For example, in the book of Isaiah we see a shift in chapter 40 when God through Isaiah starts proclaiming what the future will look like for his people when Christ comes. Even a prophet like Amos, in which so much of the prophecy contains judgment, ends which the future hope of restoration at the very end of chapter 9. We are coming to the section in Jeremiah that is often called “the book of encouragement” or “the book of consolation.” The reason is that in Jeremiah 30:2 we see the Lord instruct Jeremiah to write a book of all the words that he is speaking to him. Jeremiah 30-33 contain words of encouragement through prophecy and lived out pictures that describe what will happen when Christ comes. In fact, Jeremiah 30:3 gives a summary for the contents of this encouraging word…

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In 2 Samuel 12 the prophet Nathan comes to King David after David had sexually sinned with Bathsheba and attempted to cover up the pregnancy by killing Bathsheba’s husband and marrying her. So Nathan must come to David with a story about a rich man and a poor man. The rich man had a very large flock of sheep while the poor man had only one small ewe lamb that he bought. The poor man raised this small sheep with the family and fed the sheep from the meager food the family had. He loved this sheep and cared for it like a family member. The rich man had a guest come to his house and rather than killing one of his many sheep, he took the poor man’s lamb and killed it for his guest. At hearing this, David’s anger burned and he passes righteous judgment. This rich man deserves to die for what he has done. He owes this poor man four lambs for the one he has taken from this poor man because of what he did and because he had no pity. Nathan then responds to David’s indignation by telling David that you are that rich man. God gave you everything but that was not enough for you. What is important to consider is how we can so easily see the sins and unrighteous acts in other people but are blinded by our own sins. When we do something, we do not see what is wrong with it but we are outraged when we see others do the very same thing. This is where Paul opens in Romans 2…

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Isaiah 40 is the proclamation of good news. God is giving words of comfort to his people so that they will stand on high mountains proclaiming, “Behold your God!” (Isaiah 40:9). Then Isaiah pictures the immense power and majesty of God. Isaiah 40 is to help us have the right lens of the Lord when we look to him. How we look at the Lord will affect how we live. So Isaiah is giving a clear picture of the Lord. The Lord comes with power who will gather his sheep into his arms and gently lead them (Isaiah 40:10-11)…

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We are looking at Romans 1 in which the apostle Paul is teaching what happens to us as humans and as a culture when we fail to honor God and give him thanks. Three times in Romans 1 we are told that God gives us over to our sinful desires (cf. Romans 1:24,26,28). In the last lesson we noticed that we are given over to our sexual desires which results in the degrading of our bodies with one another. But there is more destruction that comes from choosing to not live your life in honor, worship, and gratitude toward God. In Romans 1:28-32 we will see the apostle Paul describes more outcomes for us when we do not think that God is worthy of our worship, time, and praise…

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First Kings 13 set the tone for the spiritual condition of the northern nation called Israel under the reign of King Jeroboam. Some time back we studied about a man of God coming to Jeroboam and pronouncing judgment for his sins. Jeroboam attempted to have the man of God arrested, only to have his arm wither so that he could not draw it back. Rather than listen and repent, Jeroboam begs for healing and attempts to turn this man of God into a prophet for hire. Wisely, the man of God refuses and returns back to Judah. Jeroboam lacks concern for God’s will…

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The year is 605 BC, the year of the Babylonian invasion by Nebuchadnezzar into the nation of Judah. This was the first of three invasions until Jerusalem was captured, the nation destroyed, and the majority of the people are carried away into captivity. Jehoakim is the king of Judah at this time and God is going to give his prophetic message one more time to warn his people of the coming invasion and destruction…

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We have a song in our songbook titled, “Where Could I Go?” The first verse talks about the difficulty of facing temptations. So then the question is asked, “Where could I go but to the Lord?” The second verse speaks about having good neighbors. But when my soul needs manna from above, where could I go but to the Lord? The third verse talks about having good friends and receiving comfort from God’s word. But when I face death, where could I go but to the Lord? …In Isaiah 40:27 the people are questioning God. They are saying that God does not see what they are experiencing and that God does not care. Isaiah has given two pictures about God through verse 17. God is pictured as a saving shepherd, gathering his sheep into his arms. God is also pictured as being so great in power and majesty that nothing is too hard or too big for him to handle. The third picture of God that we are going to see begins in Isaiah 40:18. The key question to this picture is asked twice. With whom will you compare God? (Isaiah 40:18,25). What Isaiah is going to tell us about God is so that we will draw the same conclusion as the song, “Where could I go but to the Lord?”

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