Randall Johnson

Jeremiah 3:19-25, A Further Appeal to Israel and Judah

God is speaking now to all Israel, Judah and Israel viewed as one nation. Though He has used the metaphor of Israel and Judah as His wives, Yahweh now speaks of the nation as one He would like to give

Jeremiah 3:12-18, God’s Appeal for Exiled Israel’s and Judah’s Repentance

Having said that faithless Israel was more righteous than faithless Judah, Yahweh makes an appeal to the exiled people of Israel in Assyria to repent and return to Him. This is indirectly also an appeal

Jeremiah 3:6-10, Comparison of Judah to Israel

King Josiah had legislated a top-down reform of Judah’s spiritual practices (2 Kings 22,23), removing idolatrous items from the temple, getting rid of idolatrous priests, tearing down the religious shrines

Jeremiah 3:1-5, Judah in Divorce Court

Yahweh is continuing Judah’s day in court, bringing charges against her. And it becomes apparent that this is really divorce court. Yahweh is justifying divorcing His people because they have been unfaithful.

Jeremiah 2:29-37, Blaming God

Yahweh is still picturing this as a court of law in which He has brought charges against His people. They try to bring counter charges. 29 “Why do you bring charges against me? All of you have rebelled

Jeremiah 2:20-28, Metaphors of Unfaithfulness

“A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.”

Jeremiah 2:9-19, Forsaking the Source of Living Water

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/ By Randall Johnson

I was privileged years ago to attend Institutes in Biblical Counseling and hear the late Larry Crabbe do a devotional on this passage. He says of verse 13, Digging leaky wells highlights our desire for

Jeremiah 2:1-8, Yahweh’s Anguish at Israel’s Defection

This is the beginning of a lengthy message to Israel (Judah), Jeremiah’s first message, it appears. 2:1 The word of Yahweh came to me: 2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This

Jeremiah 1:11-19, Jeremiah’s First Visions

In these first two messages, or more properly, visions, Jeremiah is not told to go tell anyone what he sees. It is as if this is a test to see that Jeremiah is actually getting God’s message, and it

Jeremiah 1:4-10, Jeremiah’s Call to Ministry

Stephen, the first Christian martyr, asked his persecutors, “Were there any prophets your ancestors did not persecute?” (Acts 7:52). The seer, the man of God (or woman of God, Exodus 15:20, Judges

Jeremiah 1:1-3, Introduction to Jeremiah’s Prophecy

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/ By Randall Johnson

If you were an Israelite living in Jeremiah’s time you would probably be very focused on international relations. You might be a poli-sci major by necessity. Your country was nestled between two competing

How Do I Have Faith in God and not Worry If It Is True that He Doesn’t Promise to Prevent Bad Things in My Life?

Question: I used to find comfort in verses such as Matthew 6:31-33 and I had faith that everything would work out however God willed it for my betterment. Then I realized God never promised to do what

Why is there such a difference between the Old Testament wrathful God and the New Testament compassionate and forgiving God?

Question: Why is there such a difference between the Old Testament wrathful God and the New Testament compassionate and forgiving God? Answer: I contend that there isn’t such a difference, and that

Glorious and Depraved (20): Redeemed Humanity

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/ By Randall Johnson

Perhaps the most amazing fact about the human race is that the second person of the Trinity, the Son of God, took on human nature and became one of us. 14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he

Glorious and Depraved (19): The Need for Deterrence and Grace

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/ By Randall Johnson

Because humans are inveterate sinners and, if left to themselves will only do evil continually (Genesis 6:5), God has purposed to put roadblocks in our way to delay us in the pursuit of evil. Futility Right

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