In Jeremiah, chapter nine, verse twenty-four, “But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.” Believers must not boast in worldly knowledge, human abilities, and worldly riches, as in verse twenty-three; Instead, we must exult and rejoice only in our personal relationship with the Lord and HIs grace, which enables us to live righteously. All earthly values pale in significance when compared to a knowledge of God. True worth consists in committing ourselves to the Lord God and His standards and in allowing Him to fill us with the Holy Spirit.
In this world of sin and sorrow, ending soon in death and judgement. How foolish for people to glory in their knowledge, health, strength, riches, or in anything which leaves them under the dominion of sin and the wrath of God! And of which an account must hereafter be rendered; it will but increase their misery. Those are the true Israel who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Let us prize the distinction which comes from God and will last forever. Let us seek it diligently.
This is the prophet’s remedy for the healing of the nation. It is the true understanding and knowledge of God, of which the first means the spiritual enlightenment of the mind, as in First Corinthians two, verses thirteen to fourteen, the other the training of the heart unto obedience is inJohn eight, verses thirty-one to thirty-two. This knowledge of God is further said to find in Him three chief attributes,
lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness. Unless people believe that God’s dealings with them in life and death are right and just, they can neither love nor reverence him.