QT 04/06/2025 Wed. Jeremiah 19 Broken Pottery: A Call for Repentance and Reverence 破碎的陶器: 呼吁悔改和敬畏的讯息
QT 04/06/2025 Wed. Jeremiah 19 Broken Pottery: A Call for Repentance and Reverence
READ http://www.esv.org/jer19
Jeremiah used the speech-act of breaking pottery to help the audience visualise the impending judgment if they don’t repent.
📖 Scripture Focus: Jeremiah 19:3–4 (ESV)
"You shall say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle. Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place...’”
🔍 Devotional Reflection
Jeremiah 19 is a powerful and sobering passage in which God commands the prophet to take a clay jar and go to the Valley of Hinnom—a place associated with idolatry and child sacrifice—and deliver a message of judgment. This chapter underscores a crucial evangelical truth: God’s mercy is not permission for sin, and His patience is not approval.
God's people had turned away from Him in the most grievous ways—worshipping other gods, shedding innocent blood, and defiling the land. The valley that once rang with the cries of children offered to Molech would now echo with the consequences of divine judgment. And the broken clay jar? A symbol of the irreversible destruction that comes when a people persist in rebellion.
But even in this message of judgment, we hear God's heartache. Is God too harsh? No! The wrath of God is never arbitrary—it is the just response to the desecration of what is sacred, including human life, true worship, and covenant relationship.
🛠️ Application
(1) The Need for Repentance
Jeremiah’s message reminds us that no one is exempt from God’s call to repentance. In our own lives, we must regularly examine our hearts for idols—whether they are pride, materialism, or the approval of others. God calls us to turn away from anything that dethrones Him in our hearts.
(2) The Power of the Gospel
While Jeremiah’s prophecy is bleak, the gospel offers what the broken pot cannot—restoration. In Christ, God takes broken vessels and remakes them (Jeremiah 18, Romans 9:21). Jesus bore the judgment our sins deserved so that we might become vessels of mercy.
(3) The Urgency of the Mission
Just as Jeremiah was sent to proclaim God’s truth, we too are called to be voices in the wilderness. Evangelism isn't just about spreading good news—it’s also a warning to a world on the edge of spiritual collapse. We must proclaim both truth and grace, judgment and hope.
🛐 Prayer
Lord, break our hearts for what breaks Yours. Help us to see the idols we’ve allowed to take root, and lead us in repentance. May we be bold like Jeremiah, not shrinking from hard truths but proclaiming them in love. And may we never forget that in Christ, no brokenness is beyond Your redemption. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
QT 04/06/2025 星期三. 耶利米书 19 破碎的陶器: 呼吁悔改和敬畏的讯息
阅读 http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Jer/19/
耶利米用打碎陶器的言语行为来帮助听众想象，如果他们不悔改，就会受到迫在眉睫的审判。
📖 经文重点： 耶利米书 19：3-4
3说，犹大君王和耶路撒冷的居民哪，当听耶和华的话。万军之耶和华以色列的神如此说，我必使灾祸临到这地方，凡听见的人都必耳鸣。4 因为他们和他们列祖，并犹大君王离弃我，将这地方看为平常，在这里向素不认识的别神烧香，又使这地方满了无辜人的血，
🔍灵修反思
耶利米书第 19 章是一段震撼人心、发人深省的经文，在这段经文中，上帝命令先知带着一个泥罐子前往欣嫩谷--一个与偶像崇拜和儿童献祭有关的地方--传达审判的信息。这一章强调了一个重要的福音真理：上帝的怜悯不是允许犯罪，他的忍耐也不是认可。
上帝的子民以最悲惨的方式背离了祂--敬拜别神、流无辜的血、玷污土地。山谷里曾经响彻着献给摩利的孩童的哭声，如今却回荡着神圣审判的后果。那破碎的陶罐呢？这象征着当一个民族坚持叛逆时，将带来不可逆转的毁灭。
但即使在这个审判的信息中，我们也能听到上帝的心痛。上帝是否过于严厉？不会！上帝的愤怒从来都不是武断的--它是对亵渎神圣之物（包括人的生命、真正的敬拜和盟约关系）的公正回应。
🛠️ 应用
(1) 悔改的必要性
耶利米的信息提醒我们，没有人可以免于神悔改的呼召。在我们自己的生活中，我们必须定期检查自己的内心是否有偶像--无论是骄傲、物质主义还是他人的认可。上帝呼召我们远离任何在我们心中废黜祂的东西。
(2) 福音的力量
虽然耶利米的预言是暗淡的，但福音提供了破罐子破摔所不能提供的东西--修复。在基督里，上帝取走了破碎的器皿，并将它们重塑（耶利米书 18；罗马书 9：21）。耶稣承受了我们的罪孽应得的审判，使我们成为仁慈的器皿。
(3) 使命的紧迫性
正如耶利米被差遣去宣告上帝的真理，我们也被呼召成为旷野中的声音。传福音不仅仅是传播好消息--它也是对这个濒临属灵崩溃边缘的世界发出的警告。我们必须同时宣告真理与恩典、审判与希望。
🛐 祷告
主啊，让我们的心为祢的心所伤。帮助我们看清我们允许扎根的偶像，引导我们悔改。愿我们像耶利米一样勇敢，不逃避艰难的真理，而是用爱宣告它们。但愿我们永远不要忘记，在基督里，没有任何破碎是你无法救赎的。奉耶稣的名。阿门。
