Aim: To side with God and His servants—resisting temptations to disobey the Lord.
Doctrine: Our entire welfare depends on whom it is we listen to (and follow). The arrogance of our fallen hearts favors God's enemies; the humility of our renewed souls defers to God's friends.
Exegesis: The motives and destinations that drive the proud and the prophet: unbelief sends the proud to Hell (Egypt) (vv. 1-7); faithfulness causes the prophet to continue to do God's work (vv. 8-11); hope encourages the believer to anticipate Christ's triumphs (vv. 12-13).
Further application: How to know if I am with the proud or the prophet: do I sincerely seek God? Do I live by faith, and not by sight?
Key phrases: vv. 2b, 8a '''You speak falsely! The LORD our God has not sent you'...Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes...''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
