October 16 - In The Sight Of The Lord
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I. God watches over and judges the affairs of men.

A. Psalm 50:3 – God is a silent God, but that does not mean he is an unknowing God.

B. Read the list of good and bad kings and what God said about their lives.

1. II Kings 15:1-3 – Jeroboam began to reign over Israel, and did evil in the sight of the Lord.

2. II Kings 17:1,2 – Hoshea reigned nine years in Israel, and did evil in the sight of the Lord.

3. II Kings 18:1-3 – Hezekiah ruled 29 years over Judah and did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.

4. God knows all about what the kings of the earth do, just as he knows what we individually do.

C. Scriptures that teach God watches over everything.

1. Psalms 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD‘S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

2. 2 Kings 20:1 – In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

3. Psalms 34:15 - The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. (Many verses following verse 15.)

4. Proverbs 5:21 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. (Speaking about a man being satisfied with his wife, and not looking at other women.)

5. Proverbs 15:3 - The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

6. 1 Peter 3:12 - For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

II. Jeremiah 44 – God allows men to make decisions that will destroy them.

A. Jeremiah 38:17– Zedekiah was told by Jeremiah if he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar, the city would be spared, and he would live. Jeremiah 39:4 – Zedekiah did not obey the Lord, and paid the consequences as related in verses 6-9.

B. Jeremiah 41:17 – The remnant of the Jews made up their minds to flee to Egypt, seeking safety, but decided to pretend to be interested in God’s will first.

1. Jeremiah 42:5-6 – The people came to Jeremiah and told him they would do whatever God commanded them to do, whether it was good or bad.

2. Jeremiah 42:7-22 – 10 days later, Jeremiah gave them the word of God, but they refused to believe it was God’s word.

3. Jeremiah 43:2 – The proud people believed Jeremiah was following a man called Baruch, not God.

4. Jeremiah 43:7 – They continued into Egypt, because they did not obey the Lord.

5. Jeremiah 44:11-14 – A recapitulation of God’s judgment against these Jews is that they will die in Egypt because of their rebellion.

6. Jeremiah 44:15-19 – The Jews believed their bad fortune came when they refused to worship the queen of heaven, not from God.

7. Jeremiah 44:20-28 – Jeremiah told them God was long-suffering toward them, and allowed them to sin in his sight, but they did not believe him.

III. Conclusion: we need God to open our understanding, because if he does not, we will not have understanding.

A. Luke 24:45 - Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,

B. Note: these disciples could not understand the scriptures before Christ gave them this power, even though they were saved, scripturally baptized and had faithfully followed Christ for three years.

C. We are not different.