Jeremiah 8
Sorrow for Sin!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, March 25.
Sin destroys relationships and brings pain into your life, and into the lives of those you love. Jeremiah 8 is a heartbreaking chapter from a devastating time in Israel’s history. Honestly, it’s a tough chapter to meditate upon as it demonstrates to us the sorrow of sin. In Jeremiah 8:18, the prophet expresses his heartache over Judah’s sin, “My sorrow is beyond healing, my heart is faint within me!” A century prior, in Isaiah 22:4, the prophet expressed the same kind of godly sorrow over the impending judgment of Israel, “Turn your eyes away from me, let me weep bitterly, do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Lament is the right response to the pain and suffering caused by sin. We cannot whitewash the damaging effects sin has on our lives. Furthermore, we should not avoid lamenting over it, because godly sorrow leads to repentance. We even see Jesus, in Luke 19:41-44, respond with the same sorrow for sin as that of the prophets who came before Him:
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
While there is forgiveness for sin through the victory of Jesus Christ, there are still consequences for sin in our everyday lives. Have you experienced godly sorrow for your sin?
God bless you!
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