A Word from the Lord

“…Is there any word from the Lord?” (Jeremiah 37:17)

The setting for our text is Jeremiah had been imprisoned for prophesying the seventy year captivity of Jerusalem and Judah by the Chaldeans. The charge against Jeremiah was treason. He had been brought out of jail and was standing before king Zedekiah of Judah when he was asked is there a word from the Lord.

It’s a very good question if folks will listen to and heed the answers.

There is a word from the Lord concerning sin, the forgiveness of sin and how to be saved and go to heaven. There is a word from the Lord on how to live the Christian life, about loving the Lord with all our being and loving our neighbor as ourselves. There is a word on the home, how husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the church and how the wife is to be submissive to her husband as the church is to be submissive to Christ. There is a word about raising children so they turn out right. There is a word from the Lord on every issue of life.

Jeremiah did not change the word upon being released from prison and standing before the king. He repeated the word that had gotten him thrown in jail in the first place. God’s word never changes to satisfy man’s ways.