Tough Teaching
"As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. Is it I whom they provoke? declares the Lord. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?"
Jeremiah 7:16-19 (ESV)
When was the last time you were told not to pray for someone? You would think whoever would say that would be heretical. Often, we talk of prayer as something we do to unleash the power of God, but in this instance, it seems that the absence of God will make the statement.
There are passages that "preach" easier than this one, yet all of the Scriptures are profitable for teaching, and none should be avoided.
Jeremiah 7:16-19 (ESV)
When was the last time you were told not to pray for someone? You would think whoever would say that would be heretical. Often, we talk of prayer as something we do to unleash the power of God, but in this instance, it seems that the absence of God will make the statement.
There are passages that "preach" easier than this one, yet all of the Scriptures are profitable for teaching, and none should be avoided.
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