August 7

Jeremiah 4-6
I find the words in chapter six, verse ten to be very appropriate for our modern times: “To whom can I speak and give warning?  Who will listen to me?  Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.”  When a society gets so caught up in sin that they justify it, saying that it is just natural because we are created that way, they will go to any extreme to continue on in that sinful way of life.  I find this to be particularly true when one speaks against homosexuality.  Very few people will listen to you.  They find such things as the story of Sodom and Gomorrah to be offensive.  They want nothing to do with the warnings found in Romans, the first chapter, or the convicting words found in 1 Timothy 1:8-11.  These reject God’s word, choosing instead to justify a sinful way of life because they are in rebellion and have given themselves over to sin.  Instead of resisting their evil inclinations, they have given in to them.  This is true for the murderer, as well as the sexual offender, to the slanderer, as well as the thief.  None of these want to hear the truth.  I read a saying the other day that is very applicable: For those caught up in sin, the truth becomes hate speech.