The Hardshells and the Burden of the Lord

 A Hardshell wrote this to me when I said "one who has no burden for the lost, has no gospel to believe".

Jeremiah 23 warns against religious people claiming that people need a "burden" from the "Lord" and says that it should be spoken of in such a fashion no more. "34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord answered? and, What hath the Lord spoken? 36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken? 38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;" Children of God need no "burden" for the sociopath.

I replied thus;

 Wow. You obviously have no idea how to understand old English, so I suggest you get a modern English bible. Of course you may also be lying, which hardshells have done for decades. The "burden of the Lord" has nothing to do with being burdened for lost souls and preaching the Gospel to sinners. Did not the apostles have a burden to preach to the gentiles? Did not Paul have a burden for the salvation of Israel? Did not the early Baptists have a burden to spread the good news and pray for revival? "Burden" in Jeremiah referred to bad news, judgement, etc. Let me give it to you so you can understand. Here is the verses in modern English "33 When one of the people or one of their “prophets” or priests asks you, “Well, Jeremiah, what is the sad news from the Lord today?” you shall reply, “What sad news? You are the sad news, for the Lord has cast you away!” 34 And as for the false prophets and priests and people who joke about “today’s sad news from God,” I will punish them and their families for saying this. 35 You can ask each other, “What is God’s message? What is he saying?” 36 But stop using this term, “God’s sad news.” For what is sad is you and your lying. You are twisting my words and inventing “messages from God” that I didn’t speak. 37 You may respectfully ask Jeremiah, “What is the Lord’s message? What has he said to you?” 38-39 But if you ask him about “today’s sad news from God,” when I have warned you not to mock like that, then I, the Lord God, will unburden myself of the burden[d] you are to me. I will cast you out of my presence, you and this city I gave to you and your fathers. 40 And I will bring reproach upon you and your name shall be infamous through the ages." ALSO Prophets often spoke of their message as a ‘burden’ from God. It was a responsibility they had to discharge by announcing it to the people. Sometimes people went to prophets, particularly those whom Jeremiah calls false prophets, to ask them for a message, or "burden", that would give them direction or guidance. God tells Jeremiah that if they ask him for a burden, he is to tell them that they ARE the burden. They are a burden so heavy that God will carry them any longer. He will therefore get rid of them by throwing them into captivity (33). The false prophets misused the word ‘burden’, so that no matter what announcement they made, they claimed it to be a burden from God. For this reason God commands the true prophets, such as Jeremiah, not to use the word any more (34-37). When false prophets persist in using the word, they show their defiance of God and their intention to deceive his people. God’s punishment will be to treat them as a burden and throw them away. As those whom God has cast off, they will be taken captives to a distant land (38-40). So we can see from this, that the hardshell PB's have "God’s punishment to treat them as a burden and throw them away. As those whom God has cast off, they will be taken captives to a distant land " and this is EXACTLY what has happened to the hardshell false prophets. God has closed their churches, divided them and driven them into oblivion.

For whatever reason there's been only radio silence since. Was it something I said? (smile)

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