Boasting in the Knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:23–24)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 13 July 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
| 0:03.8 | Jeremiah chapter 9, verses 23 and 24, thus says the Lord, |
| 0:08.8 | let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, |
| 0:13.6 | let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, |
| 0:19.1 | that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices |
| 0:23.7 | steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, declares |
| 0:30.8 | the Lord. |
| 0:32.2 | Can I just encourage you to memorize these two verses, to hide these verses in your heart. I just say it again, |
| 0:40.0 | just to soak it in and then to pray very simply and directly according to it. Thus says the Lord. |
| 0:49.3 | And just to help you memorize, go from wisdom to might to riches. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom. |
| 0:57.0 | Let not the mighty man boast in his might. |
| 1:00.0 | Let not the rich man boasts in his riches. |
| 1:03.0 | Don't boast in your wisdom, don't boast in your might. |
| 1:07.0 | Don't boast in your riches. |
| 1:09.0 | And anyone else's wisdom or might or riches for for that matter, let him who boast, boast in this. |
| 1:14.9 | One thing that he understands and knows me. |
| 1:19.2 | God says, this is your boast in your life. |
| 1:22.2 | Boast in one thing that you know and understand God. |
| 1:27.4 | The Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness |
| 1:33.0 | in the earth, live to boast in Him and knowing and understanding Him, knowing that He delights |
| 1:42.8 | in these things. Steadfast love, justice, and righteousness. |
| 1:47.9 | You want your life to count in this world for what matters, then live for this one thing. |
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