1 the harvest is past jeremiah 8:18-22. 2 3 “ my sorrow is beyond healing, my heart is faint...
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The Harvest is Past
Jeremiah 8:18-22
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Jeremiah 8:18-22
“My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me! 19 Behold,
listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: …”
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Jeremiah 8:18-22
“…"Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?“ "Why have they
provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign idols?"...”
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Jeremiah 8:18-22
“… 20 "Harvest is past, summer is ended, And we are not saved." 21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay
has taken hold of me. ...”
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Jeremiah 8:18-22
“… 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of
my people been restored?”
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Jeremiah 8:20
“Harvest is past, summer is ended, And
we are not saved”
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Can you imagine a world with no cars, airplanes,
TV, or computers?
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That was the world of Jeremiah’s day!
But there are some similarities
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Similarities to Jeremiah’s World
People living as if God did not exist
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Similarities to Jeremiah’s World
People living as if God did not exist.
People who claimed to know God had forgotten Him
Jeremiah 2:32
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Jeremiah 2:32
“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people
have forgotten Me Days without number.”
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Similarities to Jeremiah’s World
People who were God’s own people had rejected Him
Jeremiah 2:13
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Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The
fountain of living waters, …”
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Similarities to Jeremiah’s World
People who were God’s own people had rejected Him
Religious leaders were serving selfishly
Jeremiah 2:13
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Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The
fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
There are significant similarities in literal & spiritual harvests.
Sow seed and patiently wait – James 5:7
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James 5:7
“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the
soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
Significant similaritiesSow seed and patiently wait • James 5:7
Reap as one has sown• 2 Corinthians 9:6
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2 Corinthians 9:6
“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap
bountifully.”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
Significant similaritiesSow seed and patiently wait• James 5:7
Reap as one has sown• 2 Corinthians 9:6
Time for reaping will pass!
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Jeremiah 8:20
“Harvest is past, summer is ended, And
we are not saved”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
Hosea had used the metaphorHosea 8:7
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Hosea 8:7
“For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain
has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would
swallow it up.”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
Jesus used the idea of sowing and reaping to illustrate the reaction to God’s word
Matthew 13:18-23
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Matthew 13:18-23
“Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 "When anyone hears the word of
the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches
away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was
sown beside the road. …”
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Matthew 13:18-23
“… 20 "The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the
man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; …”
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Matthew 13:18-23
“… 21 yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and
when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he
falls away. …”
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Matthew 13:18-23
“… 22 "And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the
man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the
deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. …”
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Matthew 13:18-23
“… 23 "And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the
man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold,
some sixty, and some thirty.”
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The Sowing/Reaping Metaphor
Paul used the sowing and reaping metaphor
Galatians 6:7-8
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Galatians 6:7-8
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this
he will also reap. …”
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Galatians 6:7-8
“… 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap
corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap
eternal life.”
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The Time for Harvest Will Pass
True of literal harvest.
Jesus’ statement to the apostles
John 4:35,36
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John 4:35,36
“Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are
white for harvest. …”
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John 4:35,36
“… 36 "Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows
and he who reaps may rejoice together.”
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The Time for Harvest Will Pass
We need to be aroused to sow the seed of the kingdom!
Do you know someone lost? Unfaithful?
Now is the time to act!
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The Harvest will pass
The fragile nature of the flesh1 Peter 1:22-25
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1 Peter 1:22-25
“Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one
another from the heart, …”
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1 Peter 1:22-25
“… 23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the
living and enduring word of God. …”
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1 Peter 1:22-25
“… 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers, And the flower falls off, …”
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1 Peter 1:22-25
“… 25 But the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word
which was preached to you.”
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The Harvest will pass
The future is unsureProverbs 27:1
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Proverbs 27:1
“Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may
bring forth.”
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James 4:13,14
“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such
a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a
profit." …”
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James 4:13,14
“… 14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while
and then vanishes away.”
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The Harvest will pass
The future is unsureYoung may reason “I have
plenty of time”
“Trust no future, however present”
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The Harvest will pass
Sin is hardening the heart!Hebrews 4:6
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Hebrews 4:6
“Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to
enter because of disobedience,”
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The Harvest will pass
People do not sense the needUnrealistic comparisons• 2 Corinthians 10:12
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2 Corinthians 10:12
“For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when
they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves
with themselves, they are without understanding.”
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The same day! – Acts 2:41
“So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there
were added about three thousand souls.”
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“Why do you delay?”Acts 22:16
“Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins,
calling on His name.”
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“immediately” – Acts 16:33
“And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he
and all his household.”
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Today! – 2 Corinthians 6:2
“for He says, "At the acceptable time I listened to you, And on the day of
salvation I helped you." Behold, now is "the acceptable time," behold, now
is "the day of salvation”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of
trial in the wilderness, …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voiceToday if you hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of
trial in the wilderness, …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for
forty years. 10 "Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And
they did not know My ways'; …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 11 As I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.‘” 12 Take
care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called
"Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called as long as it is still called "Today,""Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 15 while it is said, "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your
hearts, as when they provoked Me." 16 For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 15 while it is said, "Today if you Today if you hear His voicehear His voice, Do not harden your
hearts, as when they provoked Me." 16 For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His
rest, but to those who were disobedient? …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. 4:1
Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest,
any one of you may seem to have come short of it. …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit
them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "As I swore in My wrath, They shall not
enter My rest," although His works were finished from the foundation of
the world. …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 4 For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: "And
God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 5 and again in this passage, "They shall not enter My rest." 6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good
news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience, …”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 7 He again fixes a certain day, "Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said
before, "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 7 He again fixes a certain day, a certain day, "Today,""Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said
before, "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."”
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Today! – Hebrews 3:7-4:7
“… 7 He again fixes a certain day, a certain day, "Today,""Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said
before, "Today if you hear His voiceToday if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."”
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Hebrews 3:7,8
“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the
day of trial in the wilderness,”
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