“…behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.” (Jeremiah 6:10)
Storm clouds of God’s judgment on the nation of Judah were on the horizon. They had ignored the warnings of God through His prophets, had committed, “spiritual adultery,” with false gods and as Jeremiah said, they had forgotten God, “days without number.”
Our text says that the word of God was a reproach to Judah. They had no delight in what God said. How different from the blessed man or happy man of Psalm One:“His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psalm 1:2) Judah’s neglect of God’s word and the God of the word resulted in their captivity to the Chaldeans for seventy years.
Today in America, the Bible is still a best seller but I wonder if we really delight in it or are its words a reproach to millions of people in regard to homosexuality, abortion, adultery, honesty, lying, faithfulness to the worship of God and morality in general?
The Bible is not a comic book that we can take or leave, toss in a corner, and ignore without serious consequences. God takes His word very seriously. Woe to any nation, people or person who neglects the teaching of God’s word.
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