INCURABLE

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many. Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.’”

Jeremiah 30:12-15

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Do you know that you are afflicted with a disease with which there is no cure?

You are and don’t feel alone because you have lots of company, a company of more than 7 billion people.

Here’s the kicker. Although this is the widest spread epidemic ever, one that has existed more than 2,000 years, you have never heard any worldwide health agency like the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ever mention it and that’s sad because there would be a chance to warn a multitude of people of their ailment and show them the way to hope from the certain destruction they face.

More on that in a moment but I want to now look at our scripture passage as we continue our study of Jeremiah 30. In it, we find clues about the affliction that not only impacts every man and woman today but the Old Testament Israelites in Jeremiah’s day. Look again at these words spoken by the Lord:

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Your wound is incurable, your injury beyond healing. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you. All your allies have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. I have struck you as an enemy would and punished you as would the cruel, because your guilt is so great and your sins so many. Why do you cry out over your wound, your pain that has no cure? Because of your great guilt and many sins I have done these things to you.’”  Jeremiah 30:12-15

The people of God, who had been commanded by Him to not worship and bow down to false gods and idols (Exodus 20:2-3), chose to do so anyways. As a result of their actions, God sent His judgment upon them, inflicting a wound upon them that could not be healed. There would be no one who would come to their aid when the Babylonians attacked and took them away into a captivity that would last seventy years. No one would care about them as God struck them down as He would one of His enemies.

How did a people who were once God’s pride and joy suddenly become His enemy?

The answer lies in the incurable affliction they suffered from, the affliction of sin.

You see, God hates sin. We know it because over and over again, He imparted His judgment upon people who would willfully and intentionally commit it. This is why there are so many scripture verses that command believers to turn away from different transgressions. To not do so would place someone in enmity with God and that’s no place anyone should want to be. Just ask the Old Testament Israelites.

Coming back to current times, here’s just one more reason God hates the sin that afflicts us:

It led to Him offering up His only Son, Jesus, as a living sacrifice.

You see, God saw that His people were without hope because of their sin affliction without intervention and atonement. And so out of His great love for every man and woman, God allowed His Son Jesus, the unblemished Lamb, to shed His blood on Calvary’s cross to pay the price for sin once and for all. After Jesus, there would be no other sacrifice ever needed and anyone who place their faith and trust in Him would gain the promise and hope of salvation, liberated from the destruction of death and ushered into an everlasting life where there would be no more sin ever again.

Friends, this is the good news we all should be hearing every day but don’t. Yes, we are all infected with a disease that is incurable but through Jesus, we can look forward to what lies ahead with excitement and anticipation because we will be saved. God promised it and He never fails to keep His promises. Hallelujah!

If you are in Christ, revel in celebration that your future is secure. The best is yet to come, no matter what this earthly life brings.

If you have yet to receive Jesus as Savior and are destined for destruction from your sin affliction, now is the time to change your life forever. For:

“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.” Romans 10:9-10

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark
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