Today, I am reading and commenting on  Jeremiah 23-25.

Jeremiah condemned the leaders of the people for scattering the people and driving them away from God.  In particular, he focuses on religious leaders who  commit adultery and live a lie.  He condemns them for encouraging evildoers to continue in their wickedness rather than calling them to turn to righteousness.  They tell people to continue in their sin.  God tells Jeremiah that because of this no one is to say they have “a message from the Lord.”  Jeremiah tells us that true prophets tell us to turn from our evil ways and evil practices.  When God sends a prophet, that prophet does not tell us to keep doing what we are doing.  God sends prophets to tell us to change our ways.  Those who tell us that we can do as we please are false prophets.  If the people you hear speaking for God do not make you uncomfortable, do not make you feel like you need to change things about your life, they are false prophets.  When someone speaks God’s word, it should make you uncomfortable.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.