The Blame Game (Jeremiah 14-15)

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ

Please open your copies of God’s word to Jeremiah 15 and I want to begin our lesson by listening to the startling words of Jeremiah 15:1.

Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! (Jeremiah 15:1 ESV)

The Lord proclaims that even if Moses and Samuel were standing before him, he would not be able to turn his heart back toward this people. You are supposed to hear those words and be totally shocked. Moses was one of the great intercessors on behalf of the people. There were many times where God was ready to rightly bring his wrath on the people but Moses intervenes and intercedes for the people. One of the most notable times where we see Moses interceding is in Exodus 32-33 where we see the sin of the golden calf. Moses intercedes with this terrible sin but then continues to intercede when God says that he would no longer go with the people to the promised land…

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