Aim: To faithfully bear Christ's word everywhere we go.
Doctrine: God's word accompanies His people—even when they are being chastised. The Lord goes with His covenant community and delivers (through them) messages of redemption and damnation.
Exegesis: The bases on which the church conveys the word of God: through prophetic (and apostolic) authority (vv. 59-60); through divine inspiration (and sovereignty) (vv. 61-62); through Christ's sure (and total) victory (vv. 63-64).
Further application: The difference God's word is to make in us: we are to be encouraged by it—even in dark times; and we are to faithfully preach Christ—even when opposed.
Key verse: v. 61 ''And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, 'When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words...'''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (BA) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter. He has been...