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A consideration of the words of Jeremiah chapter 22

Many believe that there is nothing to be gained by studying the moral guidance that was given by God’s servants of old, such as these words here in this chapter 22 of Jeremiah. It is true that these words were uttered some 2600 years ago. But we must remember that the source of these words is JEHOVAH, for such is stated in the opening verse of the chapter.

“‭Thus saith‭‭ the LORD‭; Go down‭‭ to the house‭ of the king‭ of Judah‭, and speak‭‭ there this word‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Jeremiah 22:1. The Lord says of Himself: “‭For I ‭am‭ the LORD‭, I change‭‭ not,‭‭‭‭‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Malachi 3:6. These words have been paraphrased into the well-known couplet:

No change Jehovah knows, glory to His name.
All may change but Jesus never, glory to His name!

This being so, there is no change in the moral standards that the Lord requires of His people today from those of yesterday!

That is why the study of the Bible is essential if we would live to please the Lord. Of course, it is not just a matter of ‘reading and studying’ the Bible. We are required to obey its precepts – from Genesis to Revelation!

I have obtained my title for this article from the opening of the chapter before us.

“‭Thus saith‭‭ the LORD‭; Go down‭‭ to the house‭ of the king‭ of Judah‭, and speak‭‭ there this word‭,‭ ‭And say‭‭, Hear‭‭ the word‭ of the LORD‭, O king‭ of Judah‭, that sittest‭‭ upon the throne‭ of David‭, thou, and thy servants‭, and thy people‭ that enter‭‭ in by these gates‭:‭ ‭Thus saith‭‭ the LORD‭; Execute‭‭ ye judgment‭ and righteousness‭, and deliver‭‭ the spoiled‭‭ out of the hand‭ of the oppressor‭: and do no wrong‭‭, do no violence‭‭ to the stranger‭, the fatherless‭, nor the widow‭, neither shed‭‭ innocent‭ blood‭ in this place‭.‭ ‭For if ye do‭‭ this thing‭ indeed‭‭, then shall there enter in‭‭ by the gates‭ of this house‭ kings‭ sitting‭‭ upon the throne‭ of David‭, riding‭‭ in chariots‭ and on horses‭, he, and his servants‭, and his people‭.‭ ‭But if ye will not hear‭‭ these words‭, I swear‭‭ by myself, saith‭ the LORD‭, that this house‭ shall become a desolation‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Jeremiah 22:1-5.

The fall-out of the wrong political measures adopted by the kings of Judah stemmed from their rejection of God’s Word. The ‘tree’ that produced the woes that overtook Judah, its kings and people, was their rejection of the Lord as their God with the following of idols and the impure and immoral behaviour that sprang from that spiritual rebellion. Their wrong politics was the ‘fruit’ of their apostasy.

The harvest that would most surely follow their wicked rejection of the Lord and His Word could ONLY be avoided by a return to an obedience to the truth of God and the adopting of behaviour that was in keeping with that truth!

What was said of Judah may be said of Ulster today! (more…)

I have copied this article from the ‘Belfast Newsletter’ website. It is a most alarming revealing of how quickly society is spiralling downward under the hegemony of the growing ‘sodomite’ perverted clique!

Society is already, to a large degree, defined according to the deviant thinking of those who have turned from the natural order that God has ordained to the aberrant notions born in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and damned by God for their wickedness.

That our police force should be controlled and compelled to carry out the policies of the Sodomite will but hasten the day when that which the Saviour, in Luke 17:28-30, refers to is upon us.

“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”

Ulster Unionists

The article also reveals that the Ulster Unionist party has been sending their representative to the training courses! See the section highlighted in the article. Here is what is said: ‘Cara-Friend has also provided training to the Ulster Unionist Party too; a PR photo in 2018 showed the entire top team of the party posing with their trainers.’

The DUP need no lesson for they have shown themselves quite ready to embrace the end-time defection from God’s Word with their recent history of being involved in the f=sharing our of government funds to sodomite organisations and also endorsing one who openly flaunts her ‘lesbianism’. It is widely reported that there are that those within the party who are sodomites or who support such a perverted and abominable lifestyle.

Let all be aware that this burgeoning moral ‘cancer’ is the direct result of the abandoning of the Word of God in the pulpits of the main churches and their embracing of the conduct of those ancient nations which God destroyed because of their wickedness.

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them,” Romans 1:25-32.

That which follows on from sodomy is listed here. It is that which springs from the ‘reprobate mind’ to which God gives such rebels over to. (more…)

I am sure that it is superfluous to say that ‘The Burning Bush’ is opposed to Roman Catholicism. We have many articles and sermons posted here which denounce the teaching of that organisation and that SOLELY on the basis of what the Bible teaches.

Our witness is one exclusively given over to setting forth the TRUTH of the BIBLE in opposition to all the base inventions of men, new and old!

However, I believe I can say that we have striven to say to our Roman Catholic neighbours that our denunciations of Roman Catholicism is not to be seen as a personal attack on them. I have often said that the actions of the surgeon when he cuts into a patient is not an evidence of any animosity toward that patient on his part but rather it is a kind and helpful attempt to remove from the suffering one that which likely will kill them.

False doctrine damns souls! That is what the Lord Jesus taught us. If we BELIEVE the Bible we shall enjoy eternal life in glory. If we REJECT the Bible, and embrace an alternative to its truth, we will be lost forever under God’s judgment.

Listen to what the Saviour said on this matter.

“That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved,” John 3:15-17.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him,” John 3:36. (more…)