Two Evils Jeremiah 2:13

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
For my people have committed two evils they
have forsaken me the fountain of living waters,
and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Insisting On Being Told Only What They
  Want to Hear (Jer. 530-31 Isa. 3010 2 Tim.
  42-4)
• People Need Balanced Teaching (Jer. 110 2 Tim.
  42 Ex. 204-17)
• People Need To Be Warned (Col. 128 Ezek. 336
  Isa. 5610)
• Need To Know Their Sins (Isa. 581)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Accepting Only Part Of What God Tells
  Them, And Rejecting The Rest (Jer. 117)
• No Shame When ALL Of Gods Commands Are
  Respected (Ps. 1196)
• Every word of God is pure (Prov. 305)
• Live by every word of God (Matt. 44)
• All Council (Acts 520 2020,26-27)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Mishandling Gods Word (Jer. 28)
• Two Ways To Handle Gods Word
• Right Way (2 Timothy 215, Respects Gods
  Authority, Col. 317)
• Wrong Way (2 Corinthians 42, Twists Scripture
  to Promote Self, Or Personal Views, 2 Peter 316)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Forgetting God (Jer. 232)
• Deuteronomy 811 Lest thou forget
• Hebrews 21-3 Lest we let them slip
• 2 Peter 112,13 31 Stir up pure minds
• John 1426 Disciples to have things brought to
  their remembrance
• 1 Timothy 46 A Good Minister puts brethren into
  remembrance.

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Not Feeling Strongly Enough About The
  Terribleness Of Sin (Jer. 615)
• God Hates Sin and Error (Proverbs 616-19
  Revelation 214-15)
• So Should We (Prov. 813 Psalm 9710
  119104,128 Amos 515 Rom. 129 Jud. 22-23)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How God Is Forsaken

• By People Not Feeling Strongly Enough About The
  Terribleness Of Sin (Jer. 615)
• God Hates Sin and Error (Proverbs 616-19
  Revelation 214-15)
• So Should We (Prov. 813 Psalm 9710
  119104,128 Amos 515 Rom. 129 Jud. 22-23)

Note That In Many OfThese Passages, Our LoveFor
God Is Measured ByThe Degree Of OurHatred Of
Sin!
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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How New Cisterns Are Hewn

• By People Picking The Wrong Path (Jer. 616)
• The Path Of Human Opinion (Jer. 1023 Isa. 652
  Prov. 1412 35-6)
• The Path Of Human Wisdom (1 Corinthians 117-25)
• The Path Of Popularity (Jn. 1242-43 Gal. 110
  Jas. 44)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How New Cisterns Are Hewn

• By People Picking The Wrong Path (Jer. 616)
• The Path of The Majority (Exodus 232 Matthew
  713-14 Acts 1932)
• The Path of Human Creeds (Matthew 157-9
  Colossians 220-23)
• The Path of Human Philosophy (Col. 28 Acts
  1718)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213
How New Cisterns Are Hewn

• By People Picking The Wrong Path (Jer. 616)
• The Path of Cultism (2 Cor. 114)
• The Path of Denominationalism A Spirit of
  Doctrinal Laxity and Compromise Is Not Virtuous
  It is Wrong (2 Jn. 9-11)
• The Path of Institutionalism (Eph. 412 1 Pet.
  52 1 Tim. 315)

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Two Evils Jeremiah 213

• Let Us Seek The Old Paths
• The Way of Christ (Jn. 146)
• The Way of Truth (Jn. 1717)
• The Way of Life (Jn. 1010)
• The Way of His Church (Matthew 1618-19 Acts
  2028)
• The Way of Salvation (Heb. 59)