But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth--for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. But let him who boasts boast in this,Human wisdom, strength, and wealth cannot secure a person before God. In a nation facing judgment for covenant unfaithfulness, the only rightful ground for confidence was not personal achievement but God Himself. 1Co 1:31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts…
2Co 10:17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Psa 34:2 My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed…
that he understands and knows Me, God calls His people to a true and obedient knowledge of Him. Such knowledge includes receiving His revelation, trusting His character, and living in fellowship with Him. Eternal life is likewise bound to knowing the Father and Jesus Christ whom He sent. Hos 6:3 So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD.…
Jhn 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You…
Pro 2:5 then you will discern the fear of the LORD…
that I am the LORD, The LORD is Israel’s covenant God, the One who revealed Himself to Moses and redeemed His people from Egypt. His name assures His people that He is self-existent, sovereign, and faithful to every promise and warning. Exo 6:7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God.…
Ezk 20:12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us,…
Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me…
who exercises loving devotion, The LORD’s steadfast love governs His dealings with His people. Even His discipline serves His covenant purposes, and His mercy ultimately finds its fullest display in the saving work of Christ. Exo 34:6 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out:…
Psa 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger…
Mic 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity…
justice and righteousness on the earth— God rules not only Israel but all the earth with perfect moral judgment. He defends what is right, condemns oppression and evil, and requires His people to reflect His justice and righteousness in their treatment of others. Psa 33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;…
Psa 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne…
Gen 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will…
for I delight in these things,” God takes pleasure in mercy, justice, and righteousness because they reveal His own holy character. Worship that ignores these concerns is empty, but lives shaped by them honor Him. Pro 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable…
Pro 11:20 The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD,…
Pro 12:22 Lying lips are detestable to the LORD…
declares the LORD. The certainty of these words rests on the authority of the covenant God Himself. His declaration calls every generation to abandon self-glory and to find its highest joy in knowing Him. Ezk 36:23 I will show the holiness of My great name,…
Zec 1:3 So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says:…
Isa 49:8 This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor…
Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. 2. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal existence and faithfulness to His people. 3. JudahThe southern kingdom of Israel, to whom Jeremiah primarily prophesied, warning them of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness. 4. Babylonian ExileThe event during which the people of Judah were taken captive by Babylon, a consequence of their disobedience, which Jeremiah prophesied. 5. Prophetic ContextJeremiah's ministry occurred during a time of great turmoil and impending judgment, calling the people back to a true understanding and relationship with God. Teaching Points Understanding and Knowing GodThe highest pursuit for a believer is to understand and know God personally. This involves studying His Word, prayer, and living in obedience to His commands. Attributes of GodGod delights in loving devotion, justice, and righteousness. As His followers, we are called to reflect these attributes in our lives, promoting justice and righteousness in our communities. Boasting in the LordOur confidence and pride should not be in worldly achievements or wisdom but in our relationship with God. This shifts our focus from self to God, fostering humility and gratitude. Delight in God’s CharacterRecognizing what God delights in helps us align our values with His. We should seek to delight in what pleases God, fostering a heart that mirrors His. Practical RighteousnessUnderstanding God’s character should lead to practical expressions of faith, such as acts of kindness, fairness, and integrity in our daily interactions. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding and knowing God change the way you live your daily life? 2. In what ways can you reflect God's attributes of loving devotion, justice, and righteousness in your community? 3. What are some practical steps you can take to ensure your boasting is in the Lord rather than in worldly achievements? 4. How do the attributes of God mentioned in Jeremiah 9:24 challenge your current values and priorities? 5. How can the call to know God in Jeremiah 9:24 deepen your understanding of eternal life as described in John 17:3? Connections to Other Scriptures 1 Corinthians 1:31Paul echoes Jeremiah's sentiment, urging believers to boast in the Lord, emphasizing that true wisdom and strength come from knowing God. Micah 6:8This verse complements Jeremiah 9:24 by highlighting what God requires: to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. Psalm 37:28This Psalm speaks of God's love for justice and His faithfulness to the righteous, aligning with the attributes of God mentioned in Jeremiah 9:24. Hosea 6:6God desires mercy and acknowledgment of Him rather than mere ritualistic sacrifices, paralleling the call to know and understand God in Jeremiah 9:24. John 17:3Jesus defines eternal life as knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, which aligns with the call to understand and know God in Jeremiah 9:24. | Divine Government | W. Le Pla. | Jeremiah 9:24 | | God and the Earth | Homilist | Jeremiah 9:24 | | God Working on the Earth | Homilist | Jeremiah 9:24 | | The Knowledge of God the Only Real Glory of Man | A.F. Muir | Jeremiah 9:22-24 | | A Prohibited and a Sanctioned Glory | W. R. Percival. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Aims of Life | H. W. Beecher. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Baseless Pride | | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Duty of a Prosperous Nation | N. Emmons, D. D. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Earthly Riches Unavailing | | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Exultation of Heart and Life According to the Will of God | D. Young | Jeremiah 9:23, 24 | | False and True Glory | J. Tillotson, D. D. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | False and True Glorying | R. Hall, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | False and True Grounds of Glorying | E. Cooper, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | False and True Grounds of Glorying | Stephen Jenner, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Glorying | J. Parker, D. D. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | He that Glorieth, Let Him Glory in the Lord | R. Macellar. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | How to Learn About God | H. W. Beecher. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Human Glorying Corrected | J. P. Lange. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Knowing God -- the Greatest Good | | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Of False Glorying | David Johnston, D. D. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | On the Grounds of Pride | W. L. Brown, D. D. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | On the Insufficiency of Human Wisdom, Power, and Riches | E. Edwards. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | On the Unreasonableness and Folly of Glorying in the Possession of External Privileges and Advantages | W. Duff, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Pride of Worldly Greatness | T. Seeker. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Rich in Grace Rather than in Goods | | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | The Chief Good | J. Waite | Jeremiah 9:23, 24 | | The Gospel the Only Security for Eminent and Abiding National Prosperity | Homiletic monthly | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | The Knowledge of God | J. P. Gledstone. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | The Pride of Knowledge | H. W. Beecher. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | The True Ground of Glorying | J. Macgregor, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | True and False Complacencies | E. Johnson, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | What Do I Glory In | J. H. Jowett, M. A. | Jeremiah 9:23-24 | | Whereof to Glory | S. Conway | Jeremiah 9:23-26 |
People JeremiahPlaces Ammon, Edom, Egypt, Gilead, Jerusalem, Moab, ZionTopics TRUE, Boast, Boaster, Boasts, Decisions, Declares, Delight, Delighted, Exercise, Exercises, Exerciseth, Giving, Glories, Glorieth, Glory, Judgment, Justice, Kindness, Knoweth, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Practice, Pride, Righteousness, Says, Steadfast, Understandeth, Understanding, Understands, Wisdom, WorkingDictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 9:24 1070 God, joy of
1175 God, will of
4203 earth, the
5013 heart, divine
5360 justice, God
5762 attitudes, God to people
5830 delight
5874 happiness
5918 pleasure
6677 justification, necessity
8291 kindness
8355 understanding Jeremiah 9:23-24 1125 God, righteousness
8412 decisions Library India's Ills and England's Sorrows
It would seem as if some men had been sent into this world for the very purpose of being the world's weepers. God's great house is thoroughly furnished with everything, everything that can express the thoughts and the emotions of the inhabitant, God hath made. I find in nature, plants to be everlasting weepers. There by the lonely brook, where the maiden cast away her life, the willow weeps for ever; and there in the grave yard where men lie slumbering till the trumpet of the archangel shall awaken …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 3: 1857"Boast not Thyself of To-Morrow, for Thou Knowest not what a Day May Bring Forth. "
Prov. xxvii. 1.--"Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." There are some peculiar gifts that God hath given to man in his first creation, and endued his nature with, beyond other living creatures, which being rightly ordered and improved towards the right objects, do advance the soul of man to a wonderful height of happiness, that no other sublunary creature is capable of. But by reason of man's fall into sin, these are quite disordered and turned out of …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Characters and Names of Messiah
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. S uch was the triumphant exultation of the Old Testament Church! Their noblest hopes were founded upon the promise of MESSIAH; their most sublime songs were derived from the prospect of His Advent. By faith, which is the substance of things hoped for, they considered the gracious declarations …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 How the Simple and the Crafty are to be Admonished.
(Admonition 12.) Differently to be admonished are the simple and the insincere. The simple are to be praised for studying never to say what is false, but to be admonished to know how sometimes to be silent about what is true. For, as falsehood has always harmed him that speaks it, so sometimes the hearing of truth has done harm to some. Wherefore the Lord before His disciples, tempering His speech with silence, says, I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now (Joh. xvi. 12). …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great Original Sin
Q-16: DID ALL MANKIND FALL IN ADAM'S FIRST TRANSGRESSION? A: The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him, by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression. 'By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin,' &c. Rom 5:12. Adam being a representative person, while he stood, we stood; when he fell, we fell, We sinned in Adam; so it is in the text, In whom all have sinned.' Adam was the head …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity A Sermon on Isaiah xxvi. By John Knox.
[In the Prospectus of our Publication it was stated, that one discourse, at least, would be given in each number. A strict adherence to this arrangement, however, it is found, would exclude from our pages some of the most talented discourses of our early Divines; and it is therefore deemed expedient to depart from it as occasion may require. The following Sermon will occupy two numbers, and we hope, that from its intrinsic value, its historical interest, and the illustrious name of its author, it …
John Knox—The Pulpit Of The Reformation, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Thoughts Upon Worldly-Riches. Sect. Ii.
TIMOTHY after his Conversion to the Christian Faith, being found to be a Man of great Parts, Learning, and Piety, and so every way qualified for the work of the Ministry, St. Paul who had planted a Church at Ephesus the Metropolis or chief City of all Asia, left him to dress and propagate it, after his departure from it, giving him Power to ordain Elders or Priests, and to visit and exercise Jurisdiction over them, to see they did not teach false Doctrines, 1 Tim. i. 3. That they be unblameable in …
William Beveridge—Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life The Knowledge of God
'The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.' I Sam 2:2. Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our thoughts, and the praises of angels. God's glory lies chiefly in his attributes, which are the several beams by which the divine nature shines forth. Among other of his orient excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, A God of knowledges.' Through the bright mirror of his own essence, he has a full idea and cognisance …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Jeremiah
The interest of the book of Jeremiah is unique. On the one hand, it is our most reliable and elaborate source for the long period of history which it covers; on the other, it presents us with prophecy in its most intensely human phase, manifesting itself through a strangely attractive personality that was subject to like doubts and passions with ourselves. At his call, in 626 B.C., he was young and inexperienced, i. 6, so that he cannot have been born earlier than 650. The political and religious …
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