Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Sean Kilgo, pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Jeremiah 36:1-32. Four years into the reign of King Jehoiakim, Jeremiah has been preaching for more than twenty years. The LORD now commands His faithful prophet to write down those words, which are not Jeremiah’s, but the LORD’s. Jeremiah does so by dictating to his faithful scribe, Baruch. Because Jeremiah has been banned from the temple, he sends Baruch to read the scroll at a time when a large crowd is gathered for a fast. One of the king’s servants hears the word of the LORD and, with the help of others, provides for the scroll to be read before King Jehoiakim. Rather than hearing in repentance and faith, as his father Josiah had once done, Jehoiakim burns the scroll one piece at a time and threatens Jeremiah and Baruch with death. The LORD keeps them safe, however, and provides that His Word be written faithfully a second time, in order to preserve it not only during the coming exile, but even to