The LORD alone is God and King over all the nations, and He will rightly judge those who will not trust in Him but will save those who love Him.
Understanding the sources of their superstitions and recognizing the force they wielded in shaping their lives will keep us from walking the same course to destruction.
Faithlessness produces fear and results in great loss, but faith produces fearlessness and results in great gain.
Due to their sin, the people’s condition was incurable, and their reaction to the LORD’s correction was incorrigible, but His grace is incomprehensible.
Apart from grace, our hearts are in an incurable condition; and apart from Christ, we would face a terrifying conclusion.
Profound judgment came upon Judah, but an even more profound display of power and mercy has come in the extension of God’s redemption to the ends of the earth.
Apart from grace, people will seek after selfish desires and will accumulate for themselves prophets and priests to support and validate their selfishness, and this to their own harm.
Idolatry is dangerously deceptive and powerfully alluring, but it is detestable to God and amazingly foolish.
Understanding idolatry and knowing the shape of our idols is essential for overcoming temptation and for finding peace in this evil age.