We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You. Sermons
I. IS THE DISCIPLINE AND JUDGMENTS OF LIFE GOD TEACHES MEN HOW TO PRAY. Thereby they learn in a stern school their own sinfulness; the misery and desolation of the soul that is alienated from the life of God and exposed to his wrath and curse; the incapacity of earthly things to deliver or console, and the power of God to forgive and to save. It is in this estimate of themselves and their resources that the foundation is laid for real spiritual desire. When sin has been felt and acknowledged, a relation is established between the soul and God which is immediately recognized in its claims. II. THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THUS PRODUCED IS ALONE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. There are many prayers which evidently ought not to be, and with due regard to the needs of the sinner and the honor of his heavenly Father could not be, answered. The chief end of prayer is not gained in the obtaining of the objects that are asked for, but in the gradual assumption of a right relation to God and acknowledgment of his character and authority. Thus it is that some prayers sound like wails of despair, whilst others are full of the breathings of resignation, obedience, faith, and love. It is with this filial tone that true prayer begins. And it is only when we have learned that "whom he loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth," that we are able to adapt it. "Thy will be clone" is the burden of every Christ-taught prayer, as it is the outcome of all true spiritual discipline. - M.
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness. Next to the merit of not sinning is confessing sin. A learned man has said, "The three hardest words in the English language are — 'I was mistaken.'" Frederick the Great wrote to the Senate: "I have just lost a great battle, and it was entirely my own fault." Goldsmith said, "This confession displayed more greatness than all his victories." Such a prompt acknowledgment of his fault recalls Bacon's course in more trying circumstances. "I do plainly and ingenuously confess," said the great Chancellor, "that I am guilty of corruption, and so renounce all defence. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed.(A. T. Pierson.) (H. W. Beecher.) People JeremiahPlaces Jerusalem, ZionTopics Acknowledge, Conscious, Evil, Fathers, Guilt, Indeed, Iniquity, O, Sin, Sinned, Wickedness, WrongdoingOutline 1. The grievous famine,7. causes Jeremiah to pray. 10. The Lord will not be entreated for the people. 13. false prophets are no excuse for them. 17. Jeremiah is moved to complain for them. Dictionary of Bible Themes Jeremiah 14:20 6024 sin, effects of 6746 sanctification, means and results Library Triumphant Prayer'O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against Thee. 8. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? 9. Why shouldest Thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet Thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by Thy name; leave us not.'--JER. xiv. 7-9. … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture How Christ is the Way in General, "I am the Way. " The First Commandment Question of the Contemplative Life A Message from the Crowned Christ Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 14:20 NIVJeremiah 14:20 NLT Jeremiah 14:20 ESV Jeremiah 14:20 NASB Jeremiah 14:20 KJV Jeremiah 14:20 Bible Apps Jeremiah 14:20 Parallel Jeremiah 14:20 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 14:20 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 14:20 French Bible Jeremiah 14:20 German Bible Jeremiah 14:20 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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