The people of Judah had chosen their own way after many warnings. Here they are in the middle of their consequences (again). They did not believe that those terrible things would really happen to them. God knew they would get to this place. He knew they would not turn to him before they were defeated. Yet He never stopped caring for them. He still had an ultimate plan of salvation.In every Christian’s life there is a moment just before salvation that they realize that they truly and desperately need a savior. It is a place of brokenness about the life they lead. The saddest thing is when we as Christians choose to return to those old flesh habits and sinful desires. We know better! We have the knowledge of the awesome Savior but choose our selfish ways.
“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD” 3:40
I am not sure who to give credit to for this quote but it is a good one.
“Sin will always take you farther than you wanted to go, keep you longer than you wanted to stay, and cost you more than you intended to pay.”
I believe the people of Judah would agree with this statement. These chapters describe horrible things that happened to them because of their rebellion against the Lord. It was even the spiritual leaders that lead them into sin. We must be very careful to seek the ways of Almighty God through his word. There is NO substitute!
