The Danger of Spiritual Declension

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Speaker: Rich Goswiller
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:9-13
January 19, 2025

Jeremiah 2:9-13: “Therefore I still contend with you, declares the LORD, and with your children’s children I will contend. For cross to the coasts of Cyprus and see, or sent to Kedar and examine with care, see if there has been such a thing. Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the LORD, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.”

Sermon Outline

1. Introduction

2. God’s declaration

• “Therefore...”

• Some measure of judgment

3. God’s indictment

• They exchanged the better for the worse

• Idol factories

4. The two evils committed by Judah

• Evil #1

• Evil #2

5. God’s word for us today

• Why do the faithful turn away from the truth?

• Keep yourself in the love of the God who loves you

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