But what happens in the end?

A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land;
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and the people love it this way.

But what will you do in the end? (Jeremiah 5:30-31)




I keep re-reading these provocative verses....
Jeremiah's message was preached during the last years of the nation of Judah.

The fatal Babylonian siege of Jerusalem had not yet begun.



Somehow it reminds me of our own nation today.

Just a few lines before Jeremiah had said, "Your sins have deprived you of good" (5:23).


Have our sins deprived us of some of God's good?

I notice the religious leaders were lying and ruling by their own authority, not God's...and the people love
it this way, Jeremiah says.


Back when I was a child there was a common saying,
"It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are sincere."


A few years later we dropped the "sincere" part and just said, "It doesn't matter what you believe."


Still a lie, of course.





Then a few years later we revised it again This time to, "It doesn't matter if you believe."


Still a lie, of course.


Now we seem to say, "No, it doesn't matter if you believe, but you are cooler if you don't believe."


Same lie.





The more things change, the more they remain the same.





But what will you do in the end?





It all reduces down to whether we need a Savior or not.





I think, without a doubt, that when (or if, if you prefer) I stand before God, I will need a Savior.





And in Jesus Christ I have that Savior.





If you don't really think you will need a Savior, then it doesn't matter, does it?

What will you do in the end?





"For Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15).