Simple Thoughts

“If you’re right you don’t need a defense; if you’re wrong, you don’t have one.”

The Prophets were forced to understand this. Jeremiah tried to make things clear. Jeremiah 17: 1-18 if you’d like to read it. Reading it with ears that are open would accomplish much. Read it with a hard heart or the belief that the Bible couldn’t, shouldn’t, can’t, won’t speak through the Holy Spirit who wrote it and the Holy Spirit that takes up residence in our hearts upon repentance, you won’t be able to hear anything anyway.

I would copy and paste the text here but… Proverbs 26:15 comes to mind…

So… Jeremiah 17:1-8

1-3 the problem is obvious

4 What’s lost?

5-6 It’s never been hidden

7-8 The blessings

9 The origin of every single one of our problems. Read a newspaper and see what you think about the nature of humanity

10 Gods not confused about our core.

11-13 Obvious results

14-18 The right response.

If you have ears to hear, you could buck the U2 trend and find what you’re looking for. If you keep stubbing your toe in the darkness…