17:1
An iron tool was the means of engraving the most permanents of records. Sin was indelibly engraved in the hearts of the people of Judah, as it is with all people. The heart of man is where the problem lies, and all human methods of dealing with it are useless. Whether they be methods to change the individual, or whether they be methods of changing structures in society. The altars the people made were testament to this as well. The altars a man or a society builds are a symbol of how fallen we are. In our society abortion is the most prominent altar. We are so far gone that we consider it a human right to be allowed to kill life in the womb. We consider it inhuman to seek to stop abortion. We are so far gone.
17:2-4
And it wasn’t just the adults who were involved, even the children were involved as well. Increasingly we seek to involve children in the sexual depravity of our culture. Just look at some of the sort of teaching that is being brought into schools. So God would give all the wealth of the land away as plunder, even His own temple. God would abandon the land. It was the people’s own sin that had brought this about, so they would all be enslaved. The people had kindled the Lord’s anger, and “it would burn forever”. “But God would not do such a thing”, but God did do such a thing.
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