“God’s Unfaithful Vine”

“God’s Unfaithful Vine”

 

Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people.  For they have chosen crooked paths and have forgotten the LORD their God.  Jeremiah 3:21

 

The Nation of Israel, in the Prophet Jeremiah’s time, was being ANYTHING BUT FAITHFUL to the ALMIGHTY GOD.  They were following FALSE GODS. And they had broken the YOKE that connected them to the ALMIGHTY GOD. 

God had offered them an opportunity to REPENT and RETURN  and to be RESTORED.  They needed to ADMIT the GUILT of their UNFAITHFULNESS to Him.  And in doing these things, the Nations of Israel and Judah would be UNITED in TRUE WORSHIP to the ONE TRUE GOD.

But this was NOT to be in Jeremiah’s time.  God longs to welcome back His WAYWARD PEOPLE.  In verse twenty-two, God repeats His invitation to REPENTANCE. And Jeremiah thinks of the Nation WEEPING and PLEADING for MERCY and REPENTANCE.  However, this REPENTANCE and RESTORATION  will NOT take place until the MESSIAH, JESUS CHRIST, the ONLY SON, of the ONE TRUE GOD, returns and sets up His MILLENNIAL KINGDOM. 

Today, mankind has the OPPORTUNITY to become ONE of God’s CHILDREN, through the ACT of GOD’S MERCY and GRACE.  He OFFERS us the invitation to become a part of His Family, through the REDEEMING ACT of His Son, JESUS, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED (raised) from DEATH and the GRAVE.  He did this so MANKIND could REPENT and RECEIVE His GIFT of SALVATION. 

If you have NOT come to GOD for the FORGIVENESS of YOUR SINS, through the ACCEPTANCE of the DEATH, BURIAL, and RESURRECTION of JESUS, this is what you need to do:  First, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST  CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFE=STYLE and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and become a FAITHFUL SERVANT of the LIVING GOD.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!