Jeremiah 13:10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them… I. DWELL UPON A PAINFUL FACT. All was done for them that could be, and yet good for nothing. II. POINT OUT THE CAUSE OF THEIR SAD CONDITION. 1. They refused to hear the Word of the Lord. 2. They followed the imagination of their hearts. 3. They became idolaters. III. SHOW WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN AS A PEOPLE. 1. Separated from the nations as peculiarly the people of God. 2. Before the nations for the glory of Jehovah, as opposed to idols. 3. Among the nations as witnesses and examples. IV. PROCLAIM SOME UNIVERSAL TRUTHS. 1. Refusing to hear God's Word is proof that the people are all evil people. 2. An evil people will substitute a false worship for that which is true. 3. A false worship will produce and foster an erroneous religious life. 4. A people walking according to the imagination of their own hearts must be useless to themselves, to the world, to the Church, or to God. (W. Whale.) Parallel Verses KJV: This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. |
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