Morning Light - Jeremiah 36

Today: [Jeremiah 36] Consequences of Rejecting the Prophetic. In this chapter Jeremiah continues to remonstrate with king Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah. He is held imprisoned in the king’s house yet commands his words to be declared before the people, the elders and the king himself. The king acting in contempt burns the scroll of Jeremiah’s words and considers that the end of the matter. Jeremiah, however commissions a second, longer scroll and declares that Jehoiakim will die in shame and not be buried with his fathers. Such is the fate of those who reject the words of the prophets. What of today? The prophetic is very little accepted in churches today. Pastors contend they are merely looking out for the well being of their flocks by excluding the prophetic from their pulpits. Is this the true motive? What are the consequences of rejecting the ministry of the prophets and the other 5-fold office gifts of Eph. 4:11-12?