Jeremiah 9: 17-26, Jeremiah 10, Jeremiah 11: 1-17, Colossians
1: 24-29, Colossians 2: 1-5, Psalm 148: 1-6
Jeremiah 10: 1-4 (ESV)
“Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O house of
Israel. Thus says the Lord: “Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed
at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them for the
customs of the peoples are vanity. A
tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a
craftsman. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer
and nails so that it cannot move.”
Verses 1 through 4 from Jeremiah 10 shows God speaking through
the prophet Jeremiah telling his people not to follow the ways of other
nations. The people who do not believe in God believed in signs they saw in
astrology and were in fear of the bad signs they sometimes saw. These people made
their God out of a tree that was cut down, and then decorated with silver and
gold and hammered down so it cannot move. These verses are also a reminder to
us that if we do not have faith in God and Jesus Christ, we will worship a God
of our own making. This “God” will only have the power we give it, but not true
power like our God, the God of Abrahm.
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