Slippery Path

Jeremiah 23:11-12



11 “Even the priests and prophets are ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple,” says the Lord. 12 “Therefore, the paths they take will become slippery.


Here God says that these religious leaders will walk on a slippery path. Why? They are listed as being ungodly and wicked. They are also accused of doing despicable acts in the temple of Jehovah.

What were these men specific actions?

The prophets committed adultery and loved dishonesty. They encouraged those who were doing evil so that no one turned away from their sins. These prophets were as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.

Jehovah goes on to say that it is because Jerusalem's prophets that the land was filled with wickedness. THIS IS A SCARY THOUGHT. The thought that the religious leaders of a land determine whether a people act righteously or wickedly.

What could have these prophets of Jerusalem done? Jeremiah 23:22 Says that if these men would have stood before the LORD and listened to Him then he would have spoken to them and the people would have turned from their wicked ways.

Thus, we sin that the slippery path is what God gives people -- when they are wicked and speak their own words to justify themselves and they don't stand before God to get a word from Him.