Jeremiah 39

God protects those who place their trust in Him. He is always close to the poor who have nothing to give Him but their love, trusting Him to protect them, and those who have compassion on them.

Ebed-Melech, who had carefully rescued Jeremiah from the muddy cistern in the prison court, was promised safety and deliverance by the Lord because of his assistance to Jeremiah and because he had put his trust in God.

Jeremiah 39:9-10

⁹ Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained. ¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 39:15-18

¹⁵ Meanwhile the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, ¹⁶ “Go and speak to Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for adversity and not for good, and they shall be performed in that day before you. ¹⁷ But I will deliver you in that day,” says the Lord, “and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. ¹⁸ For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’ ”

¹² But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. 

2 Kings 25:12

⁷ And when all the captains of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and the poorest of the land who had not been carried away captive to Babylon, 

Jeremiah 40:7

^7 iNow Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the ⁵eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, 

Jeremiah 38:7

²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him. 

1 Chronicles 5:20

⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, Because they trust in Him. 

Psalm 37:40

⁷“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 

Jeremiah 17:7

Jeremiah 44:8-10

Do not believe that because we are believers it gives us a free pass to act anyway we want….Remember God corrects those He loves and who does He love…everyone!

What does the Triune Godhead require of you? Micah 6:8

Be fair and provide justice for ALL

Be forgiving, compassionate and merciful to ALL His creation

and be smart, remain humble….

it has NOTHING to do with your goodness and everything to do with His!

The present generation of Jews had learned nothing from the past failures of the nation. The people were not broken in heart, only more stubborn.

Jeremiah 44:8-10

 ⁹ Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? ¹⁰ They have not been humbled, to this day, nor have they feared; they have not walked in My law or in My statutes that I set before you and your fathers.’

¹² He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 

2 Chronicles 36:12

²² “But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 

Daniel 5:22

¹⁴Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. 

Proverbs 28:14

Mark 5:18-20

Jesus knows and understands mental illness and has compassion for the multitudes of people who suffer silently from within. There is hope and healing in His wings and He can take the broken pieces of your life and use them for His good to benefit others. We are witnesses of His love, compassion and mercy.

Spread the word Jesus is the “Great Physician” and there is power in His name.

Jesus was not well received in this region. His presence had cost financial loss to some, although it meant liberation to the demoniac. Jesus could have healed and saved in that region, but He was turned away by its fearful citizens. Yet He left a solid witness behind. All the people marveled when they heard what Jesus had done for him.

Mark 5:18-20

¹⁸ And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. ¹⁹ However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” ²⁰ And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all marveled.

³⁹ “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. 

Luke 8:39

⁸ Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men. 

Matthew 9:8

¹³ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 

Acts 4:13

Acts 16:14

The Lord opens peoples hearts to Him…..Pray that the Lord and Creator of this world opens our hearts and the hearts of those we love to the truth of the Gospel and the salvation that awaits in Jesus Christ. 

The prayers of believers are heard and our Mediator sits at the right hand of the Father with power.

Purple dye had to be gathered drop by drop from a certain shellfish. Because it was so expensive, purple dye was used on garments worn by royalty. As an artisan in purple dyes, Lydia was a wealthy woman who had come to Philippi to practice her trade. Paul preached the gospel, but the Lord opened Lydia’s heart to it.

Acts 16:14

¹⁴ Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul.

⁴⁵ And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. 

Luke 24:45

Daniel 7:13-14

Satan 0 | God 100 

Just BELIEVE!

Jesus has overcome death and the evil of this world with His birth, death and resurrection…. because He lives | we live!

Son of Man is Semitic for “human being.” Daniel saw One like the “Son of Man,” indicating that He is not a man in the strict sense, but rather the perfect representation of humanity. Jewish and Christian expositors have identified this individual as the Messiah. 

Jesus Himself used this name to emphasize His humanity as the incarnate Son of God who will reign over all things as the regent of Almighty God .

Daniel 7:13-14

¹³ “I was watching in the night visions,

And behold, One like the Son of Man,

Coming with the clouds of heaven!

He came to the Ancient of Days,

And they brought Him near before Him.

¹⁴ Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,

That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion,

Which shall not pass away,

And His kingdom the one

Which shall not be destroyed.

⁷ Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 

Revelation 1:7

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 

Matthew 28:18

³⁶ He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” 

John 3:36

⁹ Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 

Philippians 2:9–11

Nahum 1:7

Joy in the Lord, in the salvation that He gives in Christ Jesus, is our strength! In Him you find rest.

Because we know that the Lord is good, we can endure the tribulations of life.

The answer to every question |spiritual | mental | physical is in Him.

Nahum 1:7

⁷ The Lord is good,

A stronghold in the day of trouble;

And He knows those who trust in Him.

⁸Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way. 

Psalm 25:8

³⁹But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. 

Psalm 37:39

⁵For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. 

Psalm 100:5

²⁵The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. 

Lamentations 3:25

¹⁹ Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” 

2 Timothy 2:19

Luke 12:1-3

We need to be real. Our lives should reflect His love for all of His creation in our Churches with the ultimate goal of reflecting His love into our society. 

We cannot preach love while our actions reflect hate.

Leaven here represents the presence of corruption. Unleavened bread is what the Jews ate at Passover. The corruption in view here is hypocrisy. Practicing hypocrisy is senseless because eventually all deeds—both good and evil—will be exposed.

hypocrisy |hiˈpäkrisē|

noun (pl. hypocrisies)

the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.

Luke 12:1-3

12 In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to say to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ² For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known. ³ Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

⁶ Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” 

Matthew 16:6

¹⁵ Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 

Mark 8:15

¹² Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

Matthew 16:12

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God. 

1 Corinthians 4:5

Luke 8:50

Just B.E.L.I.E.V.E in Him and in His power to accomplish what we cannot. 

Remembering always faith alone pleases God. 

In the measure that we believe and trust in Him is the measure that He can perform miracles in our life and in those around us.

This miracle highlights not only the authority of Jesus, but also the response of faith that God honors.

Luke 8:50

⁵⁰ But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.”

²² So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. ²³ For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. ²⁴ Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. 

Mark 11:22–24

John 8:31-36

Jesus came to this world because of the Father’s great love for His creation. What does He require of us? To abide in His Word made flesh in fairness, forgiveness and humility. You must love God above all and others as much as you do yourself. Sounds simple but obviously requires much.

We need to be doers of good, examples, of His great and abiding love through which gave His only begotten Son that we could be made free!

Jesus was speaking of spiritual slavery. Such a slave cannot break away from his bondage. He must have someone else set him free. A slave was not a permanent resident of a house. A son remained a family member with family privileges forever. 

abide |əˈbīd|

verb

1 [ no obj. ] (abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation)

2 [ with obj. ] (can/could not abide) informal be unable to tolerate (someone or something)

3 [ no obj. ] (of a feeling or a memory) continue without fading or being lost.

• archaic live; dwell.

John 8:31-36

³¹ Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. ³² And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

³³ They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. ³⁵ And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. ³⁶ Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

¹⁵“If you love Me, keep My commandments. 

John 14:15

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 

John 1:14

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 

John 1:17

²⁵ But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. 

James 1:25

5 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 

Galatians 5:1

John 8:1-11

Jesus was not talking to a group of unbelievers He was talking to believers. We can safely conclude that He was talking to all of us.

We are ALL sinners….we are ALL in need of a Savior…..Jesus came to save sinners!

Judge not for in the manner you judge you will be judged. Above all Christ taught us a New Covenant of Love for God first and then for all of His creation. His love covers a multitude of sins…ours. Those who have been forgiven the most should have even more love, forgiveness and compassion for others.

Stoning was specified in certain cases of adultery, though not all. (It is not clear why the authorities intended to punish the woman but not the man.) In the Greek text, the pronoun You is emphatic. The religious leaders were trying to trap Jesus into saying something that was contrary to the Law.

Sin no more implies that Jesus forgave her. He did not condemn her, but neither did He condone her sin.

John 8:1-11

8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. ² Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. ³ Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, ⁴ they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. ⁵ Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” ⁶ This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

⁷ So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰ When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ She said, “No one, Lord.”

And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”

¹⁰ ‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death. 

Leviticus 20:10

⁵⁶ For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village. 

Luke 9:56

¹⁷For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 

John 3:17

Luke 21:25-28

Look to the Lord for our salvation draws nearer.

No one knows the exact time but the signs are  becoming more and more evident…..pray that we, through Christ Jesus, can enter into His eternal rest! Keep the faith.

Jesus shifts His focus to the end times with His second mention of cosmic turmoil.

Luke 21:25-28

²⁵ “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; ²⁶ men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

¹³“I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. 

Daniel 7:13

²⁹ “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 

Matthew 24:29

²³ Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 

Romans 8:23

⁷ Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen. 

Revelation 1:7

1 Timothy 4:10-11

God is the Creator of all mankind

God loves all of His creation

What we do to the least of us we do either for Him or against Him

How we treat others is a direct reflection of who we believe…God or Man.

Savior of all men describes God as the One who gives life, breath, and existence to all.

Especially of those who believe draws a contrast between God’s common grace to all and His special saving grace to those who trust Him as their Savior.

1 Timothy 4:10-11

10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe. 11 These things command and teach.

⁶Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Lord, You preserve man and beast. 

Psalm 36:6

John 14:22-31

Ask and it will be given; seek and you will find; knock and the door of life in Christ Jesus will be opened. What were the commandments that Jesus gave to us? Love God above all and love your neighbor as yourself. We overcome sin and the evil of this world with the power of the Holy Spirit to share the love of God to all His creation. Just believe!

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

~Saint Francis of Assisi

believe (Gk. pisteuō) Strong’s #4100: The Greek word for believe literally means “to place one’s trust in another”; it occurs over 90 times in the Gospel of John alone. To believe in Jesus is to believe in His person and to trust in Him completely for salvation (3:15, 16). Many of Jesus’ contemporaries believed in Jesus’ miraculous powers, but they would not believe in Jesus Himself (6:23–26). Others wanted to believe in a political Messiah, but would not believe in the One who suffered for their sins (Mark 15:32). But we must be careful to believe and trust in the Jesus presented in the Scriptures, in the Son of God who sacrificed His life for our sins (Gal. 1:3, 4; Phil. 2:5–8).

John 14:22-31

²² Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?”

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. ²⁴ He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. ²⁶ But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸ You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

²⁹ “And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. ³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: ^t“I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” 

2 Corinthians 6:16

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 

Ephesians 3:17

⁷⁹To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.” 

Luke 1:79

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” 

John 16:33

⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

Philippians 4:7

³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 

Revelation 21:3