Jeremiah 15:1-9 - Homilies By S. Conway

Fearful aspects of the Divine character.

These verses and this whole discourse reveal to us an implacable God. He will not turn away from his wrath nor be moved:

1. By the spectacle of misery presented ( Jeremiah 14:1-22 .).

2. By the remembrance of former love ( Jeremiah 14:8 ).

3. By the earnest prayers of his faithful servant ( Jeremiah 15:1 ).

4. By the prospect of more terrible miseries yet to come (Je 14:17—15:9). Therefore—

I. INQUIRE . Why is God thus? The answer is, he will not change, because the sinner will not. "To the froward he will ever show himself froward."

II. LEARN . That while God's mercy is infinite to those who turn to him, for those who refuse there is no mercy at all.—C.