Jeremiah 50:17 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“17Israel is a scattered flock,
chased away by lions.
The first to devour him
was the king of Assyria;
the last to crush his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
Biblical Israel Today
Who is Biblical Israel today? We are both Jew and Gentile by
biblical faith in Jesus Christ, in death to sin and in walks of obedience to
God, in the power of God, as led by the Spirit of God in holy and righteous
living. We are all whose lives are surrendered to the Lord Jesus Christ, to
doing His will and purpose for our lives. But this does not mean that we will
never sin (1 John 2:1-2), but it does mean that sin against God should no
longer be what we practice. For obedience to our Lord should now be what we
live by.
It is possible, though, for a true follower of Christ, at
some point in their lives, under certain circumstances, to be led astray from
their pure devotion to the Lord and to fall back into sin and to need to repent
and to return to the Lord in surrender to His will, in obedience to His
commands. And it is happening today that many who profess faith in Jesus Christ
are being led astray by “lions,” i.e. by people who, by their lies, devour
other people by chasing them away from pure devotion to God to let them keep
sinning.
Israel Today: [Matthew 21:43; John 8:18-19,38-47; John
10:16; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 9:4-8,25-28; Romans
11:1-36; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2
Corinthians 6:14-18; Galatians 3:16,26-29; Galatians 4:22-31; Ephesians
2:11-22; Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians 3:12-15; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews
4:1-16; Hebrews 8:6-13; 1 Peter 2:9-10,24; 1 John 2:22; Jude
1:5; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9; see also Genesis 17:7-9; Genesis 18:19]
Jeremiah 50:18-19 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
18Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
“I will punish the king of Babylon and his land
as I punished the king of Assyria.
19I will return Israel to his pasture,
and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
his soul will be satisfied
on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.”
Being Led Into Sin
The New Testament Scriptures speak harshly against those who
willfully and deliberately lead God’s people, His true sheep, astray. They are
guilty before the eyes of God of sin just as much or more than the ones who are
being led into sin. And in today’s world, here in the USA where I live, this is
exactly what so many “shepherds” of the sheep are doing. For we have many
pastors teaching lies to the people, telling them that God does not require of
them that they die to sin and obey God and His commands, but He Does!
Those who lead others to sin: [Matthew 18:6-9; Mark 9:42-48;
Luke 17:1-2]
But now this is never to be used as an excuse for sinning
against God. No matter what others have done to us or said to us or put
pressure on us about in order to get us to fail God and to sin against Him, we
are all still responsible before God for our own actions. We are still guilty
of sinning against God if we yield to the pressure to disobey God. And so all
who have committed sin against the Lord must repent of their sins, and they
must now walk in obedience to our Lord and to His commands, as servants of God.
Jeremiah 50:20 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“20In those days and at that time,
declares the LORD,
a search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none,
and for Judah’s sins,
but they will not be found;
for I will forgive
the remnant I preserve.”
Biblical Salvation from Sin
When Jesus Christ died on that cross it was to put our sins
to death with Him, and He rose victorious over death, sin, Satan, and hell on
our behalf so that, by faith in Him, we will all deny self, die to sin daily,
and walk (in conduct) in obedience to our Lord and to His commands as a matter
of life practice, because we love God, and we want to serve Him with our lives.
We will then be forgiven of our sins, and we will have the hope of eternal life
with God, but provided that we continue in walks of obedience to our Lord.
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny
self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if
we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity.
But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience
to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with
God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew
7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our
own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ
to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as
slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no
longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires.
For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is
what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with
God (see Romans 6:1-23).
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
Forgiveness and Renewal
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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Jesus paid the
ransom so we’d be forgiven;
Purified from our
sin so we’d be set free.
Crucified on a tree;
took on Him our sin.
Buried our sin with
Him; rose in victory.
Jesus calls us to
Him; asks that we flee from sin;
Obey His
commandments; live eternally.
God our Father loves
us, which is why He gave us
His Son to die for
us on a cruel tree.
God created us to
walk in fellowship
With Him daily
trusting in His righteousness.
He has a plan for us
to abide in His grace;
Be transformed in
our hearts; live for Him always.
Won’t you trust in
Jesus? Be your Lord and Master?
He wants to forgive
you, give you victory.
Over sin and
yourself, Jesus set you free.
Daily walking with
Him, live victoriously.
Invite Him in your
heart. He’ll give you a new start.
Your old life behind
you, a new creature be.
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