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Jeremiah, chapter 37, verses 14 and 15, it is a lie.

I am not asserting to the caldians, but Ereja would not listen to him and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the Secretary for it had been made a prison.

Here's a picture in Jeremiah 37 of an unjust accusation and arrest.

People are saying Jeremiah is deserting to the caldians, to the Babylonians.

When it's not true, that is a lie.

And yet people won't listen to him there accusing him of wrongdoing.

They won't be convinced otherwise to the point that they beat Jeremiah.

And imprisoned Jeremiah based on a lie.

Does this sound familiar? This is a picture we see at multiple points in the Bible.

Think about Paul in Acts, unjustly accused and arrested, Peter and John the same in the book of Acts.

Ultimately, Jesus, it's really interesting when I think about Acts chapter 4 when the church is starting to experience persecution

and they look back as they're praying and they remember how Jesus was unjustly accused and arrested.

And they realize that this is part of reality in a fallen world that we should not be surprised by unjust accusations or even punishment in this world.

I think about our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world who know this, who are so familiar with this, who are in prison right now, just like Jeremiah was,

because they have been unjustly accused and arrested.

And we have a responsibility to pray for them and at the same time in our lives when we walk with Jesus when we obey Him and all the more so when we proclaim Him and His Word, just like Jeremiah was,

do not be surprised when the adversary attacks you in all kinds of different ways including through people making unjust accusations against you or trying to hurt you in some way.

This is the testimony of followers of Jesus, worshipers of God, prophets of God like Jeremiah throughout history and we shouldn't be surprised when it happens today.

And we should pray for each other in it. And so let's pray right now specifically for our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world but also for our own lives, for boldness to proclaim the gospel even when that leads to cost in this world for us.

God, we pray for that. We praise you for Jeremiah, for His faithfulness to proclaim your Word even when it costs Him.

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