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“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Jeremiah 15:19 — KJV
If thou return. This implies a rebuke of the prophet’s attitude. The Lord assures Jeremiah that if he resumes his right attitude, “then will I bring thee again.” The prophet would be permitted to “stand before” the Lord in the full meaning of that term. He would be directed to continue his office as God’s spokesman (see 1 Kings 17:1; 18:15).
If thou take forth. As God’s spokesman, Jeremiah must know how to distinguish between “the precious” and “the vile,” between the gold and the dross, not only in the people to whom he ministers, but also in himself.
Let them return. While some of the people would hearken to Jeremiah, and so “return unto” him by obeying his instruction and ascending to his plane of spiritual experience, the prophet must not allow any godless opposition or any thought of failure to tempt him to “return” to the people by compromising his mission in order to secure their favor.
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