Jeremiah 1:4-10 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,… I. INQUIRE WHAT ARE THE EVILS AGAINST WHICH YOU MUST CONTEND AND THE METHODS YOU ARE TO ADOPT IN THIS OPPOSITION. 1. By your public ministry root out errors in doctrine. 2. By leading the Church, in the exercise of faithful discipline, root out evil-doers. 3. By rendering your pastoral visits subservient to the purposes of conviction and correction. II. WHAT IS THAT GOOD YOU ARE TO ENCOURAGE? 1. As a builder — (1) Be sure you lay a right foundation. (2) See that your materials be fitly framed together. Implying that — (a) They be hewed and squared. (b) They be formed by the same rule. (c) Every one be put in the situation for which he is formed. (3) So frame the whole as that it may be a fit habitation for God. 2. As a planter. (1) Sow "wholly a right seed." (2) Give attention to the plants as you see them grow. (3) Cultivate them by every means. (4) Pray that they may be watered by the Holy Spirit. (Andrew Fuller.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, |
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