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I hate going to the doctor or the dentist!
It is not some much being poked, prodded or pricked, but being subjected to daytime TV!
I don’t really want to hear the sordid details of relationships in meltdown.
One of these shows is a show entitled “Divorce Court.”
As the title suggest, this show parades the tragic breaking of the most intimate union two people can experience--marriage.
While it may lack the drama of these shows, the prophetic books of the Old Testament tell a simpler story.
The story of a marriage in meltdown.
The book of Jeremiah opens with God and Judah in divorce court.
Let us hear God’s Word...
Read Jeremiah 2:1-13.
As in any court, the first thing that must be presented are the charges.
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The Charge
God begins his case by recalling the honeymoon years of his marriage to Israel.
At that time Israel was fully devoted to God.
It was literally...
A Marriage Made in Heaven
As we will be discovering throughout this series from the book of Jeremiah, the book of Deuteronomy played a prominent role in Jeremiah's theology and preaching.
The book of Deuteronomy had recently been rediscovered during the renovations of the temple.
Second Kings 22 describes what happened:
King Josiah tore his clothes because he realized that Judah was under God's curse--they had broken their covenantal vows.
Deuteronomy was a sermon preached by Moses at the end of his life and at the end of Israel's 40 years in the desert.
The generation that had rebelled against God had died and now a new faithful generation was about to begin the conquest of the Promised Land.
Before they begin this epic quest and before Moses turned the reigns of leadership over to Joshua, Moses wanted to renew the covenant between God and Israel.
Here are Israel's vows:
Here are God's vows:
God was faithful to his vows.
In fact...
God Was a Faultless Husband!
God asks this very pointed question.
Of course, there was no fault with God.
He brought them into the land just as he had promised (Jer 2:7) and he was with them (Jer 2:8).
The problems in this relationship, lay wholly in the lap of Israel and Judah.
Israel and Judah Were Unfaithful Brides
Even by the standards of the pagan nations, Israel and Judah's actions were unheard of!
No other nation had exchanged their gods for new ones.
Israel and Judah had exchanged the living God for "worthlessness".
Having laid out the charges a verdict must now be reached.
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The Verdict
The Verdict is Based on the Divorce Laws Found in Deut.
24:1-4
It Would be Unlawful for God to Take Judah Back
People imagine that God can just overlook sin, but to do so would make God unrighteous, this in turn would “pollute” the whole of creation.
God would become a devil and heaven would become hell!
In the book of Jeremiah, God divorces Judah and Israel, but in this book God also promises to take her back.
How can this be?The answer to this question is hinted at in the prophets, but it is not made clear until the coming of Christ.
At the cross, Jesus made it possible for reconciliation to happen between God and sinners.
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The Reconciliation
Christ Himself Bore the Punishment of Adultery
In This Way God Was Able to Forgive and Remain Just
Can't you see how masterfully God tells us the story of redemption?
In the Old Testament, the conflict between our sin and God's love and justice is set up, in the New Testament this conflict is resolved at the cross of Christ!
The drama of God's divorce court has what no sordid daytime T.V. show ever has--A Reconciliation!
This is why the Lord's Supper is so important to our Christian life.
It is a Wedding Feast!
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Conclusion: The Lord's Supper is a Wedding Feast
The Lord’s Supper is a wedding feast at which the Lord invites us to remember his vows to us.
No husband has every loved his bride more than Christ has loved his church.
His love forever changes our love.
There is no way for a person to truly believe and not be changed by the love of Christ.
As you hold the bread in your hand, see the body of Jesus hanging on the cross for you.
As you hold the cup in your hand, see the blood of Jesus flowing down for you.
But don’t just look at it, take it!
By eating and drinking we are relying by faith on Christ for life itself!
As we prepare to come to the Lord's Table, let us sing of Christ's amazing love for us by singing Hymn #203 "And Can It Be?"
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