Jeremiah 31:1 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“1At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
Who are “all the families of Israel” today? Who are God’s chosen
people today? According to the teachings of the Scriptures they are all people
(Jew and Gentile) who are of biblical faith in Jesus Christ, who have by faith
in Jesus Christ denied self, died to sin, and who were then or who are now
walking in obedience to our Lord’s commands, in practice. Sadly, not all who
are of genuine faith in the Lord Jesus are presently walking with Him in full
surrender and in full obedience to Him and to His commands.
However, the Scriptures do teach that if we profess faith in
Jesus Christ with our lips, but we do not then submit to Him in obedience to
His commands, but we continue to go our own way, to walk in sin, and not in
surrender to Christ as Lord of our lives, that we are not of genuine faith in
the Lord, and we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. For
not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the
ones doing (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven (Matthew
7:21-23).
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 31:2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
2This is what the LORD says:
“The people who survived the sword
found favor in the wilderness
when Israel went to find rest.”
Now, when I think of the wilderness I think of the time when
God used Moses to rescue His people (the Jews only at that time) from slavery
in Egypt, and how they were in the wilderness for 40 years. And during that
time the Lord tested them, and He tried them, but the majority of them would
not bow to the Lord, but they bowed to their idols instead – idols of sexual
immorality, drunkenness, and revelry. They put Christ to the test and they
grumbled and complained about Him, so they died in the wilderness.
Yet this seems to have a different meaning to it, though
similar. This seems to carry with it the meaning of those who escaped
entrapment to sin, who found grace in the Lord Jesus Christ, and although
walking through the valley of the shadow of death in great trials and tribulations,
they are now at peace with God. They are resting in the Lord who is leading and
guiding them in the ways of the Lord. So they are now following Him in
obedience to His commands. All the others were left behind. For they were not
ready.
Jeremiah 31:3-6 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
4Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt,
O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out in joyful dancing.
5Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out
on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Arise, let us go up to Zion,
to the LORD our God!’”
Translated to today, under the New Covenant, this is part of
the gospel of our salvation. For we could not be saved from our sins and to
have eternal life with God if God did not love us, and if He did not draw us to
faith in the Lord Jesus. And we could not grow in our walks of faith if we did
not have the Holy Spirit living within us empowering us and guiding us and
helping us to live godly and holy lives, in service to our Lord. But because of
Jesus’ sacrifice for us we can be delivered from sin and have eternal life with
God.
And because of that, there is much cause for rejoicing and
for celebrating His goodness to us. But then we are to remain in Him, in
fellowship with Him, and we are to walk in His ways, to do what He calls us to
do. And we are to live for the Lord in obeying His commands and in being His
witnesses to the people of the world, sharing with them the gospel of Christ,
letting them know that Jesus put our sins to death with Him on that cross so by
faith in Him we will die to sin and live for our Lord in obedience to Him.
Jeremiah 31:7-9 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
7For this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the foremost of the nations!
Make your praises heard, and say,
‘O LORD, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel!’
8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
including the blind and the lame,
expectant mothers and women in labor.
They will return as a great assembly!
9They will come with weeping,
and by their supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk beside streams of waters,
on a level path where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel’s Father,
and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
This weeping has to do with repentance. When we repent of
our sins we now choose to walk in the ways of the Lord, under His guidance and
direction. And He fills us with the Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth. He
leads us in the ways of righteousness. He leads us on a straight path, the way
of holiness, godliness, and moral purity, in submission to God. So sin is now
no longer our habit, but living for the Lord to do His will is now our
practice.
Many people confuse admission of sin with repentance of sin.
They are not one and the same. For some people may admit their sins with their
lips, and even feel sorrowful over the wrongs they have done, and still never
repent of their sins. For to repent is to have a change of heart and mind
resulting in a change of behavior. To repent is to stop doing the wrong that
you were doing and to now to do what is right. It is to completely change
course, to go the opposite direction of where you had been going, no longer to
live in addiction to sin but now to live as slaves of God and of His
righteousness.
[Matthew 3:8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 7:21-23; Matthew
11:20-21; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 21:28-31; Mark 1:15; Mark 6:12; Luke 5:32;
Luke 9:23-26; Luke 13:3,5; Luke 15:2-8; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19-20; Acts 5:30-31;
Acts 8:22; Acts 11:17-18; Acts 17:29-31; Acts 19:18-20; Acts 20:21; Acts
26:18-20; Romans 2:4; Romans 6:1-23; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10; 2 Corinthians 12:21;
Ephesians 4:17-32; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:24-26; 2 Peter 3:9; 1
John 1:5-10; Revelation 2:5,16; Revelation 3:3,19]
Where We Will Not Stumble
An Original Work / August 19, 2026
Christ’s
Free Servant, Sue J Love
Your Word
Based off Psalms 119
An Original Work /
December 27, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Praise You with an
upright heart as
I learn of Your
righteousness.
I seek You with all
my heart;
Do not let me stray
from Your law.
I have hidd’n Your
word in my heart
That I might not sin
against You.
Open my eyes that I
may see
Wonderful things in
Your word.
I am a stranger on
earth.
I have chosen the
way of truth;
My heart is set on
Your word.
I will walk about in
freedom,
For I have sought
out Your truth.
Teach me knowledge
and good judgment,
For I believe in
Your law.
Your hands made me,
and they formed me;
Give me
understanding, Lord.
I put my hope in
Your word.
Your word is a lamp
to my feet
And a light unto my
path.
You are my shield
and my refuge;
In Your word I put
my hope.
My heart trembles at
Your word, Lord.
May my lips o’erflow
with praise.
May my tongue sing
of Your truth, Lord.
Your salvation,
Lord, long I.
Your word, Lord, is
my delight.
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