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Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 1-6 NIRV

Podcast Introduction

This is Prophecy Friday. We’ll begin the book of Jeremiah with chapters 1-6. Commentator G. Campbell Morgan said, “Among all the prophets of the Hebrew people none was more heroic than Jeremiah.” Let’s see what led him to that statement. I’m calling the episode “ You Are Not An Accident.”

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Comments on Jeremiah 1

2 Timothy 3:16 says: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God, may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

I believe that. Do you? 

Ok. With that out of the way, here are some thoughts from today's reading

I love the message from chapter 1, verse five. “This is the account of how God called Jeremiah. God said, “Before I formed you in your mother's body I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart to serve me. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

I love it when we are reminded that God knows us even before we are conceived. He has a plan for each and every one of us. Before we are conceived. There are no mistakes. There are no unplanned pregnancies. We might be surprised, but God is not. 

And it is God who forms us. It’s not just biology. It’s not simply random cells multiplying and then dividing into distinct organs and other tissues. It is God himself who fashions each one of us. You are who you are because God made you the way you are. Each of us is different, and each of us is perfect. Maybe not by human standards, but certainly by God’s standards. I happened to be born with what most would consider to be imperfect eyes. I was terribly nearsighted until I got LASIK surgery about 20 years ago. And now that I’m older I’m farsighted. And not only that, several years ago the retina in my left eye became partially detached, leaving me completely without vision in the bottom third of that eye. That’s ok. I don’t know why God gave me less than perfect vision. But I’m ok with the body he fashioned for me. He made it, so it’s the body I was meant to have. 

The point is that none of us are accidents in any way whatsoever. God knew us before we were born, He has a purpose for us, and He does not make mistakes. That is true for each person ever conceived. And I believe that it is wrong, wrong, wrong to voluntarily terminate any pregnancy because of this and other scriptures that confirm this fact. 

Some may argue with me, but I’m just telling you what the Word of God says. Take it up with Him. 

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Jeremiah 1-6: You Are Not An Accident (LSFAB S13E090)

[TEASER - 0:00]God knows us even before we are conceived.

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