Jeremiah Among the Prophets (Jer. 26:1-34)

Our passage tonight underscores the necessity of obedience to God’s law in order to obtain God’s blessing.

In our day there is considerable confusion over what this means now. Some say that the Law was entirely set aside by Jesus. But Jesus himself said, “I did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.”

In response, others say that modern nations need to follow the judicial Law of Moses, though they will grant that the ceremonials laws have been abrogated.

Some say that scripture is for the church – while nations need only follow the moral law. Others say that rulers should heed the teaching of scripture.

I’m not going to try to solve all these questions tonight. After all, most of you do not really face those questions from day-to-day.

Rather, most of you face the question, “How does a believer live in the middle of a culture that sort of believes – that thinks of itself as vaguely believing – but does all sorts of stuff that is totally inconsistent with that profession!?”

Because that is where Jeremiah lived.