Their Ears are Closed
Jeremiah 6:10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“10To whom can I give this warning?
Who will listen to me?
Look, their ears are closed,
so they cannot hear.
See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them;
they find no pleasure in it.”
What kinds of warnings are we given in the New Testament
Scriptures? And what kinds of warnings should we be giving out to the people of
our nations, and in the world at large in this day and age? The most critical
of them all is that we must warn against false teachers and preachers who are
preaching lies to the people, and against the false gospel message that so many
of them are teaching to the people which is giving them a false hope of salvation.
For the lies are sending many to hell on the promise of heaven.
Now Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny
self, take up our cross daily (die to sin daily, and suffer for the sake of
righteousness), and follow Him in obedience to His commands. For if sin remains
our practice, and not obedience to our Lord’s commands, we do not have
salvation from sin nor eternal life with God. But sadly so many people
professing faith in Jesus Christ are closing their minds and hearts and ears to
this message, for they want to continue in deliberate and habitual sin without
obedience.
When There is No Peace
Jeremiah 6:13-15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“13For from the least of them to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;
from prophet to priest,
all practice deceit.
14They dress the wound of My people
with very little care,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace at all.
15Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed?
No, they have no shame at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they will collapse.”
We live in a day and age, at least we do in the USA, when we
have so many preachers and pastors and teachers of the Scriptures who are
speaking lies to the people in order to tickle itching ears. They are
convincing the people that a mere verbal confession of Christ as Lord is enough
to secure them forgiveness of all sins and a permanent home in heaven with God when
they die, or when Christ returns for His faithful bride, His church, the body
of Christ. But that is not what Jesus and His apostles taught as the gospel.
So, why do they speak lies? For one, they want to attract
the world to their gatherings, and the gospel message taught in the New
Testament is not going to draw in large crowds of people from the world into
their gatherings. It will offend most of them, in fact, for it demands death to
sin and walks of obedience to God and to His commands as a matter of life
practice. And it teaches that if sin remains our practice (our habit), and not
obedience to God, we will not have the promise of eternal life with God
guaranteed.
But these false teachers and preachers “dress the sin wound”
of God’s people (and those who profess faith in Jesus with their lips only) as
though it is not serious, and as though a mere “I believe in Jesus” confession
takes care of it all and now they are good to go for eternity even though most
of them are still living in addiction to sin, especially in the area of sexual
immorality. And they tell them if they “prayed the prayer” that heaven is now
guaranteed them and God’s grace covers all their habitual sins.
For this gets them more people coming to their “churches” if
they soften the message of the gospel to make it less offensive to the people
who they want to attract to their gatherings. And not only are they not ashamed
of the lies which they teach, but they often will go after those who are
speaking the truth in order to silence them by accusing them falsely of
teaching “works salvation.” Thus, those who teach the lies and those who
believe and live the lies will both hear Jesus say, “I never knew you. Depart
from me.”
[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]
To Whom Can I Give Warning?
An Original Work / October 21,
2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
Jesus, Rescue Me
Based off of Romans 7:7-25 thru Romans
8:1-39
An Original Work / September 18, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Jesus, rescue me
today.
Listen while I bow
and pray.
I need Your help to
obey You;
Live for You always.
Meet me in my hour
of need, Lord,
As I pray to You.
Help me walk in
fellowship, Lord,
Living in Your
truth.
Jesus, how I long
for You to
Change my heart
anew.
Father, God, my
heart’s desire
Is to live for You
this hour
In Your Holy
Spirit’s power
Living in me now.
Teach me to walk in
Your love, Lord,
Guiding me each day.
Help me to show love
and kindness
To the lost, I pray.
Father, teach me to
love others
As You love always.
Holy Spirit come in
pow’r.
Revive our hearts in
this hour.
Change our hearts to
be like You, Lord;
Live for You each
day.
Help us to forsake
our sins, Lord,
As we humbly pray.
Teach us how to live
for You, Lord,
Obey You always.
Holy Spirit come in
power,
Revive us today.
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