> [!title|noicon] **Jeremiah 43 Notes**
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> [Jeremiah 43:1](Jeremiah%2043.md#^1), [2](Jeremiah%2043.md#^2) note
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> Now Azariah and Johanan, very trusted men and friends of Jeremiah, replied against Jeremiah. And the secret comes out here -- they are *proud* men. They don't want to listen to God, they know better. And this is the same thing when the churches no longer listen to the Bible but continue on their own path. They think they know more than God even as they claim to love the Lord. When we come to the Lord we are to come broken, we should not trust our own thinking at all but pray for the Lord to show us Truth through His Word.
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> So in their pride they accuse Jeremiah of speaking falsely. They're effectively calling him a liar. Jeremiah has been ministering to these people for 40 years, and he has repeatedly and faithfully declared what God has said. And everything he warned them about has come to pass. The Babylonians have destroyed Jerusalem. They have conquered Judah and slaughtered many who remained, they have taken many captive. Everything has been accurate. And now, these proud men, just to show how locked into the world they have become, are ready to call this prophet a liar and a deceiver.
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> This is where it comes to when you become so wrapped up in your own deception, in your own hypocrisy, that you think you have the Truth. When this happens then the Truth itself sounds like strange ideas because you have become so blind. Then you are locked in. And this is the nature of the visible churches today. You may come 100% just with the Bible concerning God's judgment and so on but they are completely indifferent to it. Their minds are made up because they are so locked in to their love for the world (their love for Egypt) and to the safety of their religion. It has taken over their lives and they don't realize it. ^jer43-1-2
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> [Jeremiah 43:3](Jeremiah%2043.md#^3) note
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> Now they make an accusation. Remember, Jeremiah has this very faithful secretary, Baruch. He would write down the words as Jeremiah got them from the LORD. And now they are showing Jeremiah where he got off, where he got mislead, by blaming Baruch.
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> One lesson we can learn from this is that if someone doesn't like what the Bible says, if someone is declaring it accurately, they can always pin the blame on the messenger. And Baruch was a scribe, he simply wrote down the words God gave to Jeremiah. He wasn't changing anything or altering the interpretation. People can easily say, "Oh no, that's just what *you* read." But this is how God sifts the wheat from the tares. Although a healthy criticism can indeed be helpful to anyone who brings the Word to check and double-check to make sure they are being faithful to the Bible. But here they are blaming Baruch falsely. Additionally, they are trying to create trouble between Jeremiah and Baruch, to bring division.
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> Study in progress 8.2026.
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> ^jer43-3
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Tags: #Old_Testament #Jeremiah #Gods_judgment_on_His_people #FSI