Saturday, November 19, 2005
Israel's Reaction to God's Decision
'"As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced--
they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.
They say to wood, 'You are my father,'
and to stone, 'You gave me birth.'
They have turned their backs to me and not their faces;
yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Where then are the gods you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble!
For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD.' (Jeremiah 2:26-29 NIV)
But praise God:
"Yet I [The LORD] reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him." (1 Kings 19:18)
"So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace." (Romans 11:5)
they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.
They say to wood, 'You are my father,'
and to stone, 'You gave me birth.'
They have turned their backs to me and not their faces;
yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!'
Where then are the gods you made for yourselves?
Let them come if they can save you when you are in trouble!
For you have as many gods as you have towns, O Judah.
Why do you bring charges against me?
You have all rebelled against me," declares the LORD.' (Jeremiah 2:26-29 NIV)
But praise God:
"Yet I [The LORD] reserve seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him." (1 Kings 19:18)
"So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace." (Romans 11:5)
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 3:09 PM 
