T he only good news that we ought to know and remember is that Jesus Christ had already won the war against sin and death. He has made it possible for us to join Him in the afterlife. All we need now to do is accept Him as He is. God is alive today and it may be sometimes be difficult to see this. The world and its demonic nature has still made it look like that only worldly things matter and that the ultimate goal of each one is to achieve their own personal happiness. This is the biggest lie of all, that we should do all to make us happy. Individual happiness at the expense of someone else is the biggest deception of all. The truth is, our lives are never really about us. It is ultimately about God and about others. It is about how you can provide and give joy even at our own expense. This is the model of ultimate and genuine love that Jesus shown us at the cross. "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s frie...
Detailed Summary of the Book of Jeremiah The Book of Jeremiah is the second of the Major Prophets in the Old Testament (longest prophetic book after Isaiah). It spans roughly 52 chapters and covers about 40–50 years of ministry (from ~627 BC to after 586 BC). Jeremiah is often called “the weeping prophet of doom” or “the weeping prophet” because of the intense suffering he endured and the heartbreaking message of judgment he had to deliver to a rebellious Judah. Historical Context and Composition Jeremiah dictated most of his prophecies to his secretary, Baruch ben Neriah . The original scroll (containing chapters 1–25 or so) was written around 605 BC, read publicly, then burned by King Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36). Jeremiah and Baruch rewrote it and “many similar words were added to them” (Jer 36:32), which explains why the book feels like it has multiple layers and chronological jumps. The book reached its final form probably during or shortly after the Babylonian exile (post-...