Friday, May 9, 2014

Do you know people who think they can ignore and even destroy God's Word? Jeremiah 32-36

Jeremiah 36:32 (NASBStr)
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.

This story in Jeremiah 36 about Jeremiah writing all the words God gave him on a scroll is something everyone should come to know.  In the beginning of the chapter Jeremiah is instructed by God to write everything he was told by God on a scroll by Baruch.   Then he was told to have Baruch to go out to the kings palace and read the content of the scroll.   Jeremiah was "shut up" in the court and was not allowed to mingle freely through the city of Jerusalem and certainly not to the king.    So, Baruch did as he was told.   But, when the king heard the contents of the scroll (only a few columns of content) he tore it up and tossed it into a fire, showing no respect for God's Word or tolerance for it.    The king then demanded that Baruch and Jeremiah be killed.  However, God hid them from the king.   It is at this point that the above verse is recorded (on another scroll we are now reading).   Notice that God will not allow His Word to be destroyed.  There are wicked men who think they can destroy copies, but God will restore what He wants us to know.   In the above verse we see that God not only restored the previous words but "added to them."  Those who reject God's Word need to know that they cannot destroy God's Word.   He will not only replace what they try to destroy but add to them.   This has happened in country after country as men have tired to destroy both God's Word and the places and people who preach it.   The Word simply multiples.   We can be assured, as believers, that God will continue to keep His Word alive.  

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