What this in Jeremiah: Can God Inspire and Preserve His Word? Why am I bringing up Jeremiah? What could be so important about what this teaching? I want to show you something about the word of God that was shown to me. Jeremiah was told to write things down with a pen and ink in Jeremiah 36. Notice that this passage is about the word of God as written by the Prophet Jeremiah. God told Jeremiah to write the word of God in a book. These word are the words recorded in the book of Jeremiah. I am trying to help you if you will let me. I realize this first reading of scripture is very long, but if you will take the time to read it, I promise you you will get something good from it. Please keep in mind this is an indepth study of inspiration and preservation and is not for the faint of heart. If you approach this study with a deliberate attitude of attacking Gods word, you are wasting your time. This is written for those who want to know about how God can and will preserve his word. Jeremiah 36:1-23 (KJV) And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORDS house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORDS house. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORDS house, in the ears of all the people. 11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 12 Then he went down into the kings house, into the scribes chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribes chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. Please notice what the King did with the words God inspired Jeremiah to write down for the Bible. The King cut these inspired words with a penknife and cast it into the fire and the roll of this sacred text was consumed in the fire. It was burned up and gone. The story does NOT end here. Notice what else happens in Jeremiah 36. Jeremiah 36:27-32 (KJV) Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. 32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. God gave all these word that were burned up and he gave them again in Jeremiah to write down. Jeremiah wrote the words again and added many more like words that came from God. What does this say about inspiration and preservation? This is not the end of the story with Jeremiah and this word of God. Jeremiah 45:1-3 (KJV) The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. God gives his word to Jeremiah the prophet again in Jeremiah 45 and notice this too in the fourth year of the King. Jeremiah 51:60-64 (KJV) So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; 62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. Notice the words written down by Jeremiah given by God is read again and this time the book is bound to a stone and cast into the midst of the Euphrates River and the Word of God sinks to the bottom of the river. Oh NO! The word is gone. God only inspires and he can’t keep his word right? If you are reading these word right now, what did God do with them? God inspired the words again. God kept the words again. The word of God was destroyed twice in the book of Jeremiah and yet today you have the Word of God from Jeremiah. God kept his word and God has the power to keep his word. The word was destroyed by fire and the word was destroyed by water. Yet that same word was given to us today. Which time was the word inspired? Which time did God give us this word? Was God able to keep his word? Without a doubt God can and will keep his word. God preserved his word twice in Jeremiah and that means he has kept his Word in the King James 1611 Bible. Can God keep a translation? Yes he can. Look at Acts 26. Acts 26:13-18 (KJV) At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. God spoke to Paul in the Hebrew language. This was written down in Greek by Luke. Then it was translated into English. Didn’t God inspire Luke to translate the Hebrew into the Greek? Can God inspire a translation? Yes he can. I believe God inspires and translated the Bible when he has a mind to translate the Bible. God can keep the Bible perfectly preserved through languages and times. Jeremiah and Luke both show us what God can do with his word. I chose the King James 1611 as both inspired and preserved perfectly by the power of the LIVING God. Can you see that God is both willing able to do this for us. Father God, Help those who are reading this to understand it. Help those who need to find this find it. Bless them that do read this message. Help them LORD. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:14:29 +0000
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