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Johanan insincerely seeks God’s will

Jeremiah 42-43 CEV
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DEUT 17:16

 

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ISA 30:1-3

 

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ISA 31:1

 

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JER 41:16-18

 

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An ApplicationIn JER 42:6 & 43:2, they were giving God a chance to be on their side, but if He wasn't, then they had no room for Him. But JER 42:6 was their claim, which made them liars. The Pharisees will behave just as stupidly to Jesus a half millennia later. How often do we do the same? Jesus called Satan the "father of lies" in JN 8:44 and those who opposed Him "children of" that liar. We get the impression in JER 43:12 that God was unhappy with both the Jews and the Egyptians for...

Connect the Dots...worshiping the wrong gods. May we not choose to commit the same offense. / Compare JER 43:13 to NUM 33:3-4, and while we're at it, EX 20:3-4 and 34:14. / JER 43:11 may be a prophecy for 4-5 years later, and relate to the third deportation described in JER 52:28-30.

JER 42-43
Johanan insincerely seeks God’s will
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