True Peace is Found in Christ (Jeremiah 6:14)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 10 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Jeremiah 6:14, David Platt tells us that true peace comes through the work of Christ on the cross.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platte is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.2	Jeremiah chapter 6 verse 14,
0:06.7	they have healed the wound of my people lightly saying peace, peace when there is no peace.
0:14.1	What imagery in this verse? I'm going to read it again just just picture this.
0:19.8	It's talking about, again, much like we prayed according to in Jeremiah chapter 5,
0:24.4	the leaders among God's people, the prophets and priests who are not faithfully
0:29.3	representing God to the people not faithfully proclaiming His Word.
0:32.8	God says they've healed the wound of my people lightly.
0:37.2	I've got to say they are not treating the wounds of my people.
0:42.0	How are they not treating the wounds of my people? They're saying peace, peace when there is no peace.
0:48.5	They're basically speaking soothing, comforting words over them.
0:54.3	Instead of speaking directly to their sin and their need for repentance,
1:00.8	they're giving nice talks to people who are caring on in their sin and they're avoiding
1:08.0	themes like judgment and reponishment and the need for repentance.
1:13.1	Can I just say that again and let it soak in like how possible this is for us today to hear,
1:20.7	to give nice talks to people about God while avoiding themes like judgment and punishment
1:29.4	and the need for repentance like it is so easy and possible for leaders in the church for
1:38.2	followers of Jesus to treat wounds, sins, struggles among God's people lightly and say,
1:46.5	peace, peace when the reality is there's no peace. Oh God, we know that peace is found in you
1:53.2	Jesus and what you did on the cross and your resurrection from the grave but we know the pathway
2:00.0	to peace is repentance is turning from sin and if we indulge in sin and continue in sin pursuing
2:07.6	the ways of this world that there is no peace there that that leads to destruction that leads to
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