Jeremiah 5:3

There is no one with greater patience than the Lord God Almighty. If it were up to man we would all be destroyed…. by each other…..nation against nation | state against state | religion against religion | man against man.

Where has the love of God gone? 

Jesus is the very Word of God made manifest to men. We are His hands and His feet for good on this earth.

When did we stop believing in the commands of Jesus to love God above all and to love others as much as we do ourselves. By living this way we fulfill God’s commandments. 

Who are these others?

Everyone…We are all His creation and all God’s people should be saying? Amen…. because we are God’s creation created for His good pleasure not ours.

God always looks for truth and faithfulness. When truth was found lacking in Judah, God punished the people of Jerusalem through foreign invasion. But rather than responding with remorse and repentance, the people reacted in rebellion. The Hebrew term translated correction means “chastisement” or “discipline.” Sometimes it means “instruction.” In the prophets it generally refers to God’s attempt to teach His children faithfulness by means of discipline or punishment. 

But despite the words of Jeremiah and other prophets, Israel refused “correction” and continued down the path of self-destruction. The illustration of faces harder than rock emphasizes the rebellious attitudes of the people.

Jeremiah 5:3

³ O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth?

You have stricken them,

But they have not grieved;

You have consumed them,

But they have refused to receive correction.

They have made their faces harder than rock;

They have refused to return.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.” 

2 Chronicles 16:9

⁵Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints. 

Isaiah 1:5

²She has not obeyed His voice, She has not received correction; She has not trusted in the Lord, She has not drawn near to her God. 

Zephaniah 3:2