Baptist City Blog

The confidence that sin takes from an individual who has sinned is one of the greatest contributors that keeps them from recovering. Many people who sin has knocked down sit on the sidelines for the rest of their lives because they don't believe that they could ever do anything for the LORD again. The verse above disagrees with that mentality when it says, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise…” This verse makes it clear that God is not done with a person who has been knocked down by sin. So you fell! What next? Five steps are prescribed to help the fallen make a complete recovery.

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Two times in this chapter God tells His people to “seek” something. The first time is found in the verse above when He says, “Seek ye me, and ye shall live:” The second time is in verse 14 when He says, “Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live…” The result of seeking in both verses was life. God was giving Israel a chance to turn things around. They were facing God’s judgment, and He told them that if they would seek Him and good, they could turn things around and live.

Everyone has had someone say to them at some time, “It’s all in your head.” In other words, they are saying that what you say is going to happen is only something that you imagined. They want you to think that you are letting your imagination run wild. Most of the time this is true, but it is never true when it comes to sin.

Have you ever had a car that you keep repairing because you don't want to have to make those monthly payments on a new car? I’m the type of person that holds on to a car as long as I can because I hate having to make monthly payments on a newer car. There have been a couple of cars I have owned that I kept too long. When I started looking at the expense of the repairs I was consistently paying out, I realized these cars just kept on taking and were not saving me any money.

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Throughout the years of my travels as an evangelist, I have had the privilege of going to towns that used to be thriving communities. It is not an uncommon thing for the pastor to drive me through a town and tell me the story as to how the city used to be a center of business. Sadly, while I’m being driven through the city, buildings are vacant and run down; buildings that have great stories of usefulness in history have become tales because the city is a ghost town.

Anybody who has ever done anything for the LORD has gone through a season like Jeremiah when they entertained the thought of quitting. When you look throughout the Scriptures, some of the greatest Christians thought about quitting or even quit for a short season. Elijah quit after the great victory of praying fire down from Heaven. Peter quit at Jesus’ trial. John Mark quit and went back home for a season. Jeremiah, in the verse above, quit on the LORD, but it was only for a short time.

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The verse above may be one of the most misused verses in the Scriptures. We often hear because of the verse above how the Scriptures teach that we should go to the “great men.” The problem with this statement is that the rest of the verse has been completely ignored. Certainly, this statement may sound great, but the verse above simply isn't teaching us to run to the great men.

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Have you ever felt like no one ever listens to you? That must have been how our LORD felt. He says in the verse above, “Who hath believed our report?” After everything the LORD has done for us through creation, history, and our own lives, He still doesn't get the respect He deserves. It doesn't matter that He wrote a Book to give us instructions on how to live, and that Book has never failed one time. It doesn't matter that He has been there for us for time and time again when others have forsaken us. The LORD has revealed His mighty arm to us over and over again, and yet He is ignored and disrespected. The response of the Saviour to being ignored and disrespected is the response you should have when others ignore and totally disrespect you.

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Every parent would love to have a failsafe plan on training their children to turn out right. The problem is that children have their own will, and the parent cannot control it. However, a parent can instill certain training methods that will give them the best chance for their children to turn out right for the LORD. In Proverbs 29:15-18, God gives the parent five things they must do to help raise children who “give delight” unto their soul.

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I have had the privilege of traveling abroad to preach in foreign countries. One of the main things that stands out in my mind about some of the countries is the poor quality of air. Many of these countries have smog that has polluted the air. In some of these countries, it is not safe to drink the water because of the pollutants that have contaminated their drinking water. It is sad that these people live have to this way.