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Dirge
(Jeremiah 9:17-22; Luke 6:24-26)
"But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets." - Luke 6:24-26
The characteristic of life to-day is that the gospel of “Cheer up, look on the bright side,” is being preached on all sides. Our Lord says, in effect, that every happiness and peace and well-being that is based on the ignoring of a relationship to God will end in dirges and woes, disasters and terrors. Every now and again God lifts the veil from the eyes of His children and shows us the numbers in our own circle who are absolutely dead to God’s standpoint. It is these revelations that bring distress to the soul before God in intercession, and enable us to understand what Paul means when he says, “I . . . fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ” (Colossians 1:24 rv). We must stand with one camp or the other, we are either with God and the forlorn hope, or with the crowd who are going on without God, whose happiness and joy and prosperity is all fictitious.
Chambers, O. (1999, c1936). Notes on Jeremiah (electronic ed.). London: Oswald Chambers Publication Association, Ltd.
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