Posts by Josh Moody

Jeremiah 49, Song of Solomon 3, John 6:1-15, 1 Peter 2:18-25  Jeremiah 49: If this were all the Bible you ever read, you would leave with a very skewed picture of God. Here we read God, through his prophet Jeremiah, pronouncing judgment on all peoples, without favor or fear, and the litany of judgment on these nations is…

Jeremiah 47-48, Song of Solomon 2, John 5:31-47, 1 Peter 2:9-17 Jeremiah 47-48: More judgment on the nations. First on Philistia (chapter 47), and then on Moab (chapter 48). For Moab, there is a final respite: “Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days” (48:47). But still, this whole section is a litany of…

Jeremiah 44-46, Song of Solomon 1, John 5:16-30, 1 Peter 2:1-8 Jeremiah 44-46: Our section today has three “words” from God given to Jeremiah. The first, in chapter 44, is regarding the Judeans who had gone to live in Egypt. You will remember that Jeremiah had already warned them not to rely on Egypt, but instead to rely…

Jeremiah 35-38,  Ecclesiastes 11,  John 4:43-54,  1 Peter 1:10-16   Jeremiah 35-38:   Jeremiah receives word from God to ask the Rechabites to come to God’s house and there offer them wine to drink (35:2). They refuse to drink wine because their forefather had commanded them not to do so and given them other rules by which…

Jeremiah 32-34,  Ecclesiastes 10,  John 4:27-42,  1 Peter 1:1-9   Jeremiah 32-34:   Jeremiah, like many a faithful preacher since (cf. Paul and John Bunyan), was in prison for faithfully proclaiming God’s word (32:2-3). His message has been that Jerusalem will fall to the Babylonians. But now, surprise, surprise, God tells Jeremiah to buy a field (32:6-8).…

Jeremiah 30-31,  Ecclesiastes 9,  John 4:15-26,  James 5:13-20  Jeremiah 30-31:   Jeremiah is now told that God will restore Israel (30:3). So certain is this restoration to come that he is to make sure that he writes the words of his prophecy “in a book” (30:2). The words of God’s prophets were meant to be recorded…

Jeremiah 26-29,  Ecclesiastes 8,  John 4:1-14,  James 5:7-12   Jeremiah 26-29:   Speaking truth in love—tough words, however gently delivered—is no easy task. But it is one to which Jeremiah is called. But he must stand in the court of the LORD’s house (26:2), in a public place, right in the holy realm, and declare God’s judgment…

Jeremiah 23-25,  Ecclesiastes 7:15-29,  John 3:22-36,  James 5:1-6   Jeremiah 23-25:   Jeremiah begins this section by exposing the immorality, hypocrisy, and downright laziness of the false shepherds and false prophets at the time. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! (23:1). Instead, he will, in the future, set over them…

Jeremiah 19-22,  Ecclesiastes 7:1-14,  John 3:16-21,  James 4:11-17   Jeremiah 19-22:   Jeremiah has a sermon with a visual aid—a “potter’s earthenware flask” (19:1). As he preaches against the idolatry of God’s people, including human sacrifice of their children (19:5), he is commanded to “break the flask” (19:10). The point is that in the same way the…