Listen Only to the Truth
Being careful to ascertain what is true and refusing to believe error is as important as simply believing the truth. In our lives, as in the lives of the people of Judah, untruths may sound far more appealing than the facts. Hope that is not based on truth is false hope and must be rejected. The temptation is great to believe lies, to receive false encouragement, and act on it.
The only safeguard against this is the truth, accepting and acting on it. God’s truth, now complete, was delivered through such true prophets as Jeremiah. Only as it is accepted as our only direction will we be safe and bring honor to Him. Truth is always available and must be followed in the presence of error, even when the truth is harsh and error is what we want to hear.
Taken from The Devotional Daily Bible
“Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, “Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Behold, the vessels of the LORD ’ S house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon’; for they are prophesying a lie to you. Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin? But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now entreat the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. For thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. Yes, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem, ‘They will be carried to Babylon and they will be there until the day I visit them,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’ ””
Jeremiah 27:16-22
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