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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 148

"He has made the earth by His power"

Text: Jeremiah 10:12

PRESENTING GOD

The idols that the children of Israel and Judah had worshipped were presented as gods. There were many deities. Some were associated with creation, while others were associated with wisdom. Jeremiah presented the LORD as One who possessed all possible supernatural powers!

“Thus you shall say to them:
‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth
shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.’
He has made the earth by His power,
He has established the world by His wisdom,
And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
‘And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain,
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.'”
Jeremiah 10:11-13

1. “Thus you shall say to them: ‘The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens'”

a) The word “gods” was used to describe the wooden idols that were worshiped.
b) These “gods” did not create the heavens and the earth.
c) In fact, they would perish one day!

2. “He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion”

a) Presenting the LORD
i) He was the Creator.
ii) He is omnipotent.
b) He is Omniscient.
i) He has fulness of wisdom.
ii) In His discretion and power, He “stretched out the heavens”.

3. “When He utters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
‘And He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries'”

a) God needs only to speak.
b) He is in full control of the natural elements:
i) The rain
ii) The lightning
iii) The wind
c) The idols that were worshipped.
i) One was supposed to be a god of the rain.
ii) Another a god of the wind etc.

These “gods” could not be compared to the LORD!