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July 1 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year
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Today's reading will cover Jeremiah Chapters 21, 22:1-9, and 34:1-7. Today we will read about King Zedekiah sending messengers to Jeremiah asking if God would do a miracle to save Judah from Babylon. God's answer is to remind the people that they are in this situation because of their sin, and if they want to live then they need to do what is right and good as well as surrender to the king of Babylon, otherwise they will die. In our discussion for daily application we will talk about doing God's will: doing what is right and fair, and not using God like a performer, whom we can look to for miracles while behaving however we want. We will look at Matthew 12:38-40. Some of the Torah Scholars and Pharisees told Jesus that they wanted to see a sign from Him. Jesus responded that it was an evil and adulterous generation that asks for a sign, and they would only receive the sign of Jonah. The king was asking for God to save Judah but his heart was not honoring or obeying God or looking to God for his salvation from Babylon. He only wanted God to save them by way of one of His miracles. We need to make sure that when we ask God about performing a miracle that we are coming to Him and asking for HIS will to be done, not our own.
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Transcript
Introduction and Resources
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Well, here we are again. It's July 1st, and you are here with Robin at In the Family Way Coaching. And we're here for our daily Bible reading as we go through the Day by Day Kids Bible, written by Karen Henley.
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Thank you so much for joining me today, whether you are following along on your podcast or whether you're watching the video. I'm so glad that you're here. And welcome to Stevie. Thank you, Stevie, for joining this event.
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It was so awesome to see that you are now following the channel on YouTube. Thank you very much for being here. I'm so thankful that God has led you to be here.
00:00:40
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If you are following along on your commitment calendar, it's time to get that out and however you're marking that off because you're about to hear the Bible today.
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I do have July's calendar posted up there on the website, so if you are looking to download your own copy of the commitment calendar, feel free to head over there and do that because I've got it right up there and ready to go for you.
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You do not have to ah subscribe to anything or sign up for anything or enter your email address. Nothing. It's just there for you to download. I hope that you are, ah at least somebody is using that calendar and that you are enjoying it this year, even if you just need a calendar for your refrigerator.
Warnings to King Zedekiah
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Well, we are going to be picking up in the book of Jeremiah today. We are going to be covering Jeremiah chapter 21, a little bit of chapter 22, and a tiny bit of chapter 34.
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And today, our first section is entitled, A Way to Live, a Way to Die.
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Back in Jerusalem, King Zedekiah sent two men to Jeremiah. They said, Babylon is fighting us. Ask God about this, and maybe he will do something to make Babylon stop fighting.
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Jeremiah said to tell King Zedekiah these words from God. I am turning this fight against you. The people are fighting you outside the city walls, but i will bring them inside.
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I myself will fight against you with my anger, says God. I will kill people and animals in the city. They will die of sickness.
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Then I will give the people who are left to Babylon. I will give King Zedekiah to Babylon, says God. The king of Babylon will kill them.
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He won't feel sorry for them at all. I am showing you two ways, says God. One way is a way to live.
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The other way is a way to die. If you stay in the city, you'll die. But if you give up to Babylon, you will live.
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I have planned bad things for this city. says God. The king of Babylon will burn it down. These are my words for the king and his family, says God.
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Do what is fair every morning. Save people from others who are bringing them trouble. Help people who have been robbed.
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If you don't, I will be angry with you. And it's all because you have done what is wrong. I will bring you trouble because of your sins. the king's palace God told Jeremiah to go to the palace and give them this message.
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Hear what God says. Do what is right and fair. Don't do wrong. Be careful to obey my rules. Then your kings will come through the palace gates, says God.
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They will ride their chariots and horses. Their leaders and people will be with them. If you don't obey, i promise this, says God.
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The palace will turn into a pile of sticks and stones. You may be like the top of a mountain to me, but I will make you like a desert.
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Nobody will live in the towns. I'll send my people to get rid of you.
Consequences of Idolatry
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They'll bring their swords. They'll cut down your beautiful wooden posts.
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They'll burn them in the fire. People from many nations will pass this city. They'll ask why God did this to the great city. The answer will be that it's because they turned against God.
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They worshipped idols.
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Then God said to give King Zedekiah this message from God. I am getting ready to give this city to King babylon now king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
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He will burn it down. You won't get away from him. He will catch you. You will see him with your own eyes. He will talk to you.
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Then you will have to go to Babylon. But hear what God promises you, Zedekiah. You won't be killed. You will die in peace.
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The people will say good things about you. They will cry for you. So Jeremiah told this to King Zedekiah. All this time, Babylon was fighting Jerusalem.
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Only two other forts were left in Judah. And the people there were fighting too.
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That's the end of our reading today.
Call for Genuine Change
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So it sounds a little bit like what we've heard before, where God has warned the people that they need to surrender. And this was in response to their request for God to do some miraculous works to save them from Babylon.
00:06:25
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And God told them that this was being brought on because of their sins. He was not going to be doing any miraculous work for them. But more than that, we're going to look at the the wording in the Big Bible today for what they were asking him.
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They were not simply asking him if they would if he would save them. It's the way in which they worded it. You can tell how their hearts were. It says in verse 2 of Jeremiah chapter 21, where they have sent the messengers to Jeremiah,
00:07:04
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They are asking to deal with them according to all his wondrous miracles. They're miracles.
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the lord would deal with us and to wondrous miracles so that he would withdraw from us
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they are skin god to deal with them according to all his wondrous miracles they're hoping for miracles They are not choosing to do what God has been giving them a chance to do, to turn their hearts and do the right thing.
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They don't want to change what they are doing. They simply want God to send them miracles. So we're going to look also at Jesus when the people were asking him for signs.
Faith and Miracles: A Lesson from Jesus
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And this is going to come to us from the book of Matthew. chapter 12 and this is verse 38 through 39 through 40 rather so Matthew chapter 12 verses 38 and 39 and 40 it says then some of the Torah scholars and Pharisees answered Jesus
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Teacher, we want to see a sign from you. But Jesus replied to them, An evil and adulterous generation clamors for a sign, yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
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They are asking Jesus to prove that he is who he is by performing a miracle, a sign. And Jesus tells them that this is a bad thing for them to be asking for.
00:09:11
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His fruit was already showing that he was who he said he was. He had been doing miraculous things, but they want him to do them on command.
00:09:23
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Like he was a sideshow. And that's what the people are asking for for Babylon today. They're asking to be saved like God is simply there for them to simply dole out miracles all the time. And if they were trying to live off of the good graces that he had been showing to their ancestors for their righteousness, which we talked about the other day, is now the people will be held accountable, each person, for their own sins.
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that in the same way that a son will not bear the consequences for his father's sins, neither will the son be able to benefit from his father's righteousness.
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So we're seeing here that the the king is sending the messengers to go talk to Jeremiah. And as we mentioned, they don't want to change what they are doing. They simply want God to perform miraculous signs for them, to perform wonders, to deal with them as he had before with their miraculous with his miraculous wonders.
00:10:27
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but in the past when they called upon god to save them they were asking god and calling out god only you alone can save us and this is our this is your town your your country we are your people please nobody else can save us but you And here, their heart is not doing that.
00:10:48
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Their heart is simply saying, maybe God will give us some miraculous wonders and save us. We don't have anything else to ask for. We're in dire straits. We're big need here. Maybe he can just throw some miracles out there.
00:11:03
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So their hearts were not in the right place. And so for our daily application, we want to make sure that we don't treat God... as one who is simply there to do miraculous things for us.
Righteousness Over Superficiality
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We need to be sure that we are obeying God and that we are serving God and doing what we are supposed to be doing and looking for his will to be done, not simply doing things as we please and then asking him to bail us out with miracles.
00:11:33
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because that is not in accordance with his will. And here he has once again reminded them that they need to do right. They need to uphold the people who are being treated poorly.
00:11:44
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They need to help the people who are being robbed. They need to do what is right and good and fair. That is what God is looking for. And we've said it many, and many a time throughout this year.
Closing and Encouragement
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But that is what we are seeing in today's reading is that the people were still not doing that. They just wanted him to perform and take care of them. So I hope that you feel that God has lit your light today as we have read today's reading.
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Thank you for lighting the world to point the way to Jesus so that we can spread the word about reading God's word. And whether you are watching on video or listening on your favorite podcast, I will be here for everyone again tomorrow.
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I hope you have a fantastic rest of your day.