Jeremiah 26:1-24

Tell them everything I command you; do not omit a word. Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from their evil ways. Then I will relent and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done.

The priests, the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the Lord. But as soon as Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say, the priests, the prophets and all the people seized him and said, “You must die! Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man should be sentenced to death because he has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”

Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you. As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right. Be assured, however, that if you put me to death, you will bring the guilt of innocent blood on yourselves and on this city and on those who live in it, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

Furthermore, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Why?

People rejected the word of the Lord from Jeremiah. Actually, the Lord has mercy and gives chance to the people in Jerusalem the opportunity to repent of their evils. 

But the priests and all the people refused to listen to the word of God through Jeremiah. Sometimes we preach the gospel, but many people refuse to listen. And some people like to listen. Do I listen to the word of the Lord with my own favorite word or fully obey God's word?

Jeremiah has brave to face his death and announced the word of the Lord before priests and prophets, officers.

We have to obey the word of the Lord, sometimes we will be involved in our experience and patriotism.

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傳講者要照實說，一字不可增減，來警告百姓，這是守望者的責任。

祭司、先知、眾民都要來抓他。指責他為何以耶和華說預言！耶利米勸眾人悔改，沒有為自己說一句求情的話，或是辯護，不在乎自己的下場，只在乎以色列人是否悔改，反而引起首領和眾民的重視。最應該為神辯護的是祭司和先知，結果反而是當時政府官員。

烏利亞也說一樣的話結果被處死，約雅敬真的會殺死先知。耶利米知道可能會被殺，他還是繼續傳講，神在他身上仍然有使命，所以存留耶利米的生命。今天我們信主的人是否有像耶利米的信心傳講神的信息?分清楚何方神的話語?

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How?

 But keep my heart and mind beyond this world, for I belong to the Lord and I am people of God's kingdom.