How shocking that Chorazin and Bethsaida should be compared unfavourably with Tyre and Sidon- worse, that Capernaum should be twinned with Sodom- And yet such was the resistance to the Son of God in these towns that it brought forth this condemnation from the lips of Christ. But where will the privileged villages, towns and cities of England stand in the Judgement-

How illustrative was Saul's trip to Endor. Having rejected the Lord's counsel and command, killed His priests, and been abandoned by His prophet, he is left bereft of help. In desperation he seeks light in the darkest place ever he had known, -If the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness.-

Paul announces in Ephesians 2-10 that we are God's -workmanship-. Perhaps this statement was prompted by the words of Jeremiah. Whether or not it was, Jeremiah gives insights to the work of sanctification the are beneficial for our understanding.