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JEREMIAH Our brother Wayne
Jackson wrote: “There are
many things about heaven that I do not understand. I therefore hope that I am not speaking
irreverently when I suggest that in our final abode, it would be a supreme
thrill to embrace Jeremiah and heartily thank him for the encouragement he has
lent to my life.” Our brother Robert
Harkrider wrote: “All
disappointed, unappreciated, misunderstood, misrepresented, and persecuted
workers for Christ should turn aside again and again to consider the life and
work of Jeremiah. It may seem
unthinkable that such a great prophet as Jeremiah would ever become so
discouraged that he would contemplate not speaking God’s word. Yet when one reads the book and sees the
attitudes he faced for 40 years, it then becomes a marvel that he was able to
persevere! Many a preacher of today has
quit for less cause. Many a soldier in
the Lord’s army has ceased fighting with fewer reasons for discouragement. One of the great values of this book is to
help us realize that our times are not unique.
The dark clouds of materialism, false religious, and ungodliness which
have caused so many to become indifferent and unconcerned about God’s word were
the same sort of problems Jeremiah faced.” Our brother Homer
Hailey wrote: “Let the
student of this book look beyond Jeremiah’s work and times and see the man
himself and his God, for he will become an inspiration and a source of
encouragement in the trying period of one’s own life. God needs such men today: men who will stand
in the midst of all obstacles. Become
such a one.” Our brother Roy
Deaver wrote: “May God help
us always to have the concern, the compassion, the courage of Jeremiah. May God help us to be faithful—as was
Jeremiah—in the discharge of our duties.
May God help us and bless us that we may truly have the heart of
Jeremiah the Prophet, faithful servant of God.” Our brother Jerry
Fite wrote: “The world,
just a heartbeat away from eternal destruction, does not need a preacher who
offers false peace and tolerates sin. Sinners need the preacher who condemns
sin with sound reasoning, sets before all the good way of the Lord and warns of
imminent judgment with tears. If God were to come in judgment tomorrow, the
world would need preaching like Jeremiah's today.” Our brother James
Burton Coffman wrote: “Jeremiah
certainly opened his [mouth]; and his complaints, protestations, remonstrances
[that is, objections], and vehement denunciations of the sins and sinners of
his day rise like a mighty chorus throughout his writings. […] it is one of the
most interesting books ever written;
and the study of it reveals many glorious helpful teachings.” Our brother Robert R.
Taylor Jr. wrote: “Perhaps the
greatest tribute ever given Jeremiah is when some looked at Jesus and said he
was Jeremiah (Matthew 16:13ff). They
were wrong in their assessment but what an exalted tribute to the maligned
prophet in his own era. Judgment scales
will even up the matter and fullness of reward will be his in the heavenly
hereafter.” And my old teacher,
our brother James Meadows, quotes someone named Raymond Calkins as saying: “There is no
nobler, more militant or morally more splendid character to be found in the
whole range of Scripture. Moses and Paul
of Tarsus are the only men who can stand beside him.” |