“God’s Warnings & Jeremiah” (Jeremiah 6 & 9)
Published 9 Dec. 2025
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⚠️ Lessons Learned – Warnings
- 1️⃣ God warns before He judges, but His warnings must be heard and obeyed (Jer 6:17).
- 2️⃣ Ignoring God’s trumpet blast leads inevitably to disaster (Jer 6:1).
- 3️⃣ Nations that reject God’s truth will experience the fruit of their own schemes (Jer 6:19).
- 4️⃣ Returning to “the sins of our ancestors” guarantees repeated judgment (Jer 11:10).
- 5️⃣ When warnings are continually rejected, disaster becomes inescapable (Jer 11:11).
💥 Lessons Learned – Failures
- 1️⃣ Judah refused to walk in God’s “good way,” even when shown clearly (Jer 6:16).
- 2️⃣ They refused to listen to watchmen who sounded God’s trumpet (Jer 6:17).
- 3️⃣ They rejected God’s Word and despised His law (Jer 6:19).
- 4️⃣ They chose attractive but destructive alternatives to God’s ways (Jer 9:23–24).
- 5️⃣ Their leaders conspired to turn the nation back toward idolatry (Jer 11:9–10).
🚫 Lessons Learned – Sins
- 1️⃣ They broke the covenant God made with their ancestors (Jer 11:10).
- 2️⃣ They followed and worshiped other gods that cannot save (Jer 11:10).
- 3️⃣ They openly returned to the sins of previous generations (Jer 11:10).
- 4️⃣ They rejected God’s truth and preferred self-made beliefs (Jer 6:19).
- 5️⃣ They silenced and persecuted God’s prophet Jeremiah (Jer 20:1–2).
🏆 Lessons Learned – Successes
- 1️⃣ Jeremiah faithfully spoke truth even when rejected (Jer 1:17).
- 2️⃣ God consistently sent watchmen before judgment (Jer 6:17).
- 3️⃣ God revealed the path of life—“the good way”—for all who seek Him (Jer 6:16).
- 4️⃣ God declared what He delights in: kindness, justice, and righteousness (Jer 9:24).
- 5️⃣ God remained sovereign and just even as He allowed judgment to come (Jer 11:11).
🌱 Lessons Learned – Spiritual Growth
- 1️⃣ True wisdom is not in strength, wealth, or intellect but in knowing God Himself (Jer 9:23–24).
- 2️⃣ God’s warnings are gifts meant to rescue us before disaster arrives (Jer 6:17).
- 3️⃣ Repentance is always the right response to God’s conviction (Joel 2:12–13).
- 4️⃣ God calls every generation to learn from the failures of those before them (1 Cor 10:11).
- 5️⃣ Hearing God’s warnings requires humility, attentiveness, and obedience (Jas 1:22).
🧭 Lessons Learned – Leadership Principles
- 1️⃣ Leaders must deliver truth even when people do not want to hear it (Jer 1:7–8).
- 2️⃣ Ignoring God’s warnings endangers every level of leadership—from home to nation (Jer 6:19).
- 3️⃣ The courage of one faithful leader can preserve truth for an entire generation (Jer 1:17).
- 4️⃣ Leaders must judge by God’s standards, not cultural trends (Jer 9:24).
- 5️⃣ Leadership collapses when God’s covenant is abandoned (Jer 11:10–11).