In the 37th chapter of Jeremiah, we read these words in the first two verses of that chapter: “But neither he (King Zedekiah), nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.” So I am not bowled over or surprised by the silence, the nonresponse, I receive from the hundreds of pastors to whom I send some of my articles. I am a bit perplexed by the fact NONE have ever responded correcting me for something I have written – NONE, not one! One would think that if a dedicated Christian pastor discovered error in what he reads that I have written he would respond and, in Christian love, correct me. After all my articles when sent to pastors via the U.S. Mail contain my address, my email address AND my telephone number. Yet not once has some pastor communicated with me showing me how I have erred in something I have written.
I serve the same God as Jeremiah. God says nothing through my “pen” or lips contrary to what He uttered through the pen or lips of Jeremiah, or the apostle Paul, or any other spokesman through whom He ministered His word. Paul warned of that “other Jesus” who would be presented to the world. I do the same. Jeremiah quoted the real Lord as saying, “You shall search for me, and you shall find me, when you search for me with all your heart.” I do the same. The real Jesus said, “If you will enter into life, keep the commandments!” I say the same. The real Jesus warned, “You have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.” I do the same. The real Jesus said, “This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.” I say the same.
“Either make the tree good, and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by his fruit” (Matthew 12:33). Don’t call me a good man and my teaching evil or error. If I am a true follower of the Lord, then my teaching is from the Lord. “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things.” (Matthew 12:35). My mind is filled with the good treasure of God’s Word. That is what I bring forth daily.
Jesus said, “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother.” (Matthew 12:50). Jesus is not only my Creator and Lord, He is also my Elder Brother. We are members of the same family – the God family, not the human family. As He was once human, so am I. During His earthly sojourn, He lived without sin. During my earthly sojourn, I sinned many sins, but my Elder Brother’s blood washed them all away. “If we (younger brethren of the Lord) confess our sins (and abandon the same), He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness!” (I John 1:9). We then stand beside Him as pure and clean as He Himself!! “We are of God. He that knows God hears us. He that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error” (I John 4:6). God help you to understand.
Christ’s Faithful Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley