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of his servants who heard all these words. 72 The law of Your mouth is better to me
25 Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah Than thousands of coins of gold and
implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he silver.
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would not listen to them. And the king com- Proverbs 27:22
manded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the
son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar
to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the with a pestle along with crushed
prophet, but the LORD hid them. grain,
27 Now after the king had burned the scroll Yet his foolishness will not depart from
with the words which Baruch had written at him.
the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the 1 Timothy 4:1–16
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying: “Take yet
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another scroll, and write on it all the former Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter
words that were in the first scroll which 4 times some will depart from the faith, giv-
Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. And ing heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of
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you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having
‘Thus says the LORD: “You have burned this their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written in it that 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to
the king of Babylon will certainly come and abstain from foods which God created to be
destroy this land, and cause man and beast to received with thanksgiving by those who
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cease from here?’ ” Therefore thus says the
LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He
shall have no one to sit on the throne of David,
and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat 4:1 the Spirit expressly says. Paul repeats to
of the day and the frost of the night. I will pun- Timothy the warning he had given many years
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ish him, his family, and his servants for their earlier to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:29,30).
iniquity; and I will bring on them, on the inhab- The Holy Spirit through the Scriptures has
itants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah repeatedly warned of the danger of apostasy
all the doom that I have pronounced against (Matt. 24:4–12; Acts 20:29,30; 2 Thess. 2:3–12;
them; but they did not heed.” ’ ” Heb. 3:12; 5:11–6:8; 10:26–31; 2 Pet. 3:3; 1 John
32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and 2:18;Jude 18).in latter times.The period from
gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, the First Coming of Christ until His return (Acts
who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah 2:16,17; Heb. 1:1,2; 9:26; 1 Pet. 1:20; 1 John
all the words of the book which Jehoiakim 2:18).Apostasy will exist throughout that peri-
king of Judah had burned in the fire. And od, reaching a climax shortly before Christ
besides, there were added to them many sim- returns (Matt. 24:12). depart from the faith.
ilar words. Those who fall prey to the false teachers will
abandon the Christian faith. The Greek word
Psalm 119:65–72
for “depart” is the source of the English word
TETH “apostatize” and refers to someone moving
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away from an original position.These are pro-
65 You have dealt well with Your servant, fessing or nominal Christians who associate
O LORD, according to Your word.
66 with those who truly believe the gospel but
Teach me good judgment and defect after believing lies and deception, thus
knowledge, revealing their true nature as unconverted.
For I believe Your commandments. deceiving spirits. Those demonic spirits,
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, either directly or through false teachers, who
But now I keep Your word. have wandered away from the truth and lead
68 You are good, and do good; others to do the same. doctrines of demons.
Teach me Your statutes. Not teaching about demons, but false teach-
69 The proud have forged a lie against ing that originates from them. To sit under
me, such teaching is to hear lies from the demon-
But I will keep Your precepts with my ic realm (Eph. 6:12; James 3:15; 2 John 7–11).
whole heart. The influence of demons will reach its peak
Their heart is as fat as grease,
70 during the Tribulation (2 Thess. 2:9; Rev.
But I delight in Your law. 9:2–11; 16:14; 20:2,3,8,10). Satan and demons
71 It is good for me that I have been constantly work the deceptions that corrupt
afflicted, and pervert God’s Word.
That I may learn Your statutes.

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