Whose Words?

Jeremiah 23, 25; John 19 

“I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. But if they had stood in my council, they would have proclaimed my words to my people and would have turned them from their evil ways and from their evil deeds.”

Jeremiah 23:21, 22

Where God’s servants receive their words will determine whether those words produce good fruit in the lives of those who hear them or not. Jeremiah was entrusted with painful words of correction, discipline, and judgment for Israel and the nations, yet his fellow prophets were announcing dreams and visions of peace and prosperity. God’s question to those supposed spokesmen was ‘where did you get your words?’ Had they stood in God’s council and heard his voice, their words would have aligned with those given to Jeremiah.

From whom are we getting our words each Sunday?

Are we communicating what people want to hear, or the Word of the Lord?

Are people we serve and lead turning from evil deeds to the ways of God?

Our source matters.

“…for your glory.”