Helps for the Pulpit Jeremiah 35:1-19 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,… I. WHAT THE EXHORTATION PRESUPPOSES. 1. That there has been a departure from God. 2. This departure is universal (Romans 3:10, 19-23). 3. This departure is flagrantly wicked. "Evil way." Evil in its nature, in its influence, in its consequences. II. TO WHAT REFORMS THE EXHORTATION POINTS. 1. Deep conviction of the evil and dangerous nature of a wicked career. 2. Contrition of heart, and confession of sin to God. 3. The renunciation of every evil way. 4. Supreme love and loyalty to God. III. COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUEST IS URGENT. 1. Life is short and uncertain. 2. Sin is hardening and deceitful. 3. You will escape the greatest evils and realise the most exalted pleasures. 4. The longer you delay the less probability there is that you will ever return. 5. The present is the only time in which we are authorised to tell you you can be saved. IV. THE HAPPY RESULT OF RETURNING TO GOD. 1. The Israelites entered Canaan — a faint type of heaven to which believers are called. 2. "Ye shall dwell" there in fulness of joy, and at God's right hand. Your "sun shall no more go down." (Helps for the Pulpit.) Parallel Verses KJV: The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, |
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