In Days of Opposition

This morning we want to examine what unbelief does to a nation. What is it that the opposition of unbelief leads to, in a nation like ours, and how should we conduct ourselves in days when the Lord is bringing His judgments upon our land? I believe that there are 4 very practical things which the Lord would have us to do in these days of judgment and opposition. 1st – When many people have forgotten God, we must remember Him. (chapter 18, verses 13-17) 2nd – When many people are devising plans against God’s ministers we must strongly stand with them and support them in their efforts to declare God’s truth. (chapter 18, verses 19-23) 3rd – When God brings His heaviest judgments, we must justify Him in bringing them, and yet we must also study to keep a tender heart before Him. (chapter 19) And 4th – When those in authority put God’s preachers in the stocks or in prison, we must remember that the Lord will deal with them in His time. (chapter 20, verses 1-6) I pray that the Lord will give us the grace to see the parallels between the nation of Israel in Jeremiah’s day, and our nation in our own day.