Jeremiah 15:15 O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your long-suffering… I. DIVINE KNOWLEDGE IS NO HINDRANCE TO PRAYER. 1. "Thou knowest" — (1) My character. (2) My condition. (3) My need. 2. Yet, though Thou knowest, yea, because Thou knowest, I pray to Thee. II. DIVINE CONDESCENSION AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER. 1. Remember me. 2. Visit me. 3. Vindicate me. III. HUMAN NEED A STIMULUS TO PRAYER. Poor, persecuted, and in peril, where could he go for help? He is driven to God by trouble, and drawn by loving kindness. IV. THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE SUGGEST TOPICS FOR PRAYER. Poverty, weakness, affliction, persecution, temptation — the sins and sorrows of others. V. CONSCIOUS SINCERITY GIVES FREEDOM IN PRAYER. "I have suffered for Thy sake." VI. THE MEDIATION OF CHRIST GIVES EFFICACY TO OUR PRAYER. (W. Whale.) Parallel Verses KJV: O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. |
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