July 31, 2022 - The Danger of Forgetting Yesterday - Pastor Paul Vallee

Jeremiah 20:1-6, Jeremiah Series

One of the repeated themes in the Scriptures is the imminent judgment about to occur because of human rebellion against God. Think back to Noah and the flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, the destruction of the Northern Kingdom under the Assyrians, and the destruction of Jerusalem first by the Babylonians and later by the Romans. We are now living in the hour of Christ's return. For the believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ, it will be a day of redemption, but for the lost, a day of judgment. One of the dangers of life is ignoring or recasting the past with the desire to create a different narrative in the future apart from past and even current realities. The problem is that what happened in the past is a tale that must be heard and understood in its context and learned from; otherwise, we will repeat its mistakes and suffer the consequences of unwise decisions. We have been going through the book of Jeremiah and hearing God’s indictment against His own people who are making tragic decisions that will ultimately lead to terrible consequences. In Jeremiah 19 through the first six verses of chapter 20, we see both the most challenging message and the response to that message by those who were in the establishment of both political and religious leadership. They were leading the nation further astray. How does this biblical truth impact the way we live? Or ought to live?