And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17

And the Spirit & the bride say, come.... Reveaaltion 22:17
And the Spirit & the bride say, come...Revelation 22:17 - May We One Day Bow Down In The DUST At HIS FEET ...... {click on blog TITLE at top to refresh page}---QUESTION: ...when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? LUKE 18:8

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Jeremiah 23 SERIES: Vs.19-22

 Commentary of Charles Spurgeon, Adam Clarke & Matthew Henry
 
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the
wicked. 
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Vs.19-22
 
 I have not sent these prophets - they never had any mission from God. 
---They were not only not sent by Him on this errand, but they were never sent by Him on any errand; He never had employed them in any service or business for Him; and, as to this matter, whereas they pretended to have instructions from him to assure this people of
peace, he declares that He never gave them any such instructions. Yet they were very forward—they ran; they were very bold—they prophesied without any of that difficulty with which the true prophets sometimes struggled. 
 
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. — The churches which have legal emoluments are ever in danger of being overrun and ruined by worldly and self-interested priests.
 
The prophets themselves must try the spirits by the touchstone of the law and of the testimony, as well as those to whom they prophesy;
--- If they had stood in my counsel, as they pretend,
--- They would have made the scriptures their standard: They would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have conscientiously kept closely to them. But, not speaking according to that rule, it is a plain evidence that there is no light in them
--- They would have made the conversion of souls their business, and would have aimed at that in all their preaching.
 
 Those that are resolved to go on in their evil ways will justly be given up to believe the strong delusions of those who tell them that they shall have peace though they go on.