What If They Took Away The Things You Ministered With?

Justin Baker • October 5, 2024

I just finished reading the book of Jeremiah and this is one of the verses in the last chapter and there is one phrase that stood out to me notice it:

Jeremiah 52:18: .....wherewith they ministered, took they away.

The thought came to my mind what if they took everything away in this day and hour? Could we still minister to people, could we still do what God called us to do?

This is a sad thought but a true one that if captivity and communism ever reaches America there will be alot of "professing Christians" that will stop ministering and serving because of the regime we will be under. Friend it don't matter what regime we are under we have the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS told us what to do. We must give the gospel out. They can never take our testimony away. They cannot take away and steal what has Bible has been placed in our hearts. They cannot steal the JOY I have in Jesus.

They made sure they could not minister in the house of the Lord but what if that were today? What if your family had to go to a concentration camp and live under a cruel regime? Would you still be serving Jesus? I finished reading a book on Wednesday night about a woman by the name of Corrie ten Boom. This lady was placed in the concentration camp for harboring Jews in her house. Don't tell me you will die for your faith if you won't go to church for it.

This lady ended up in prison on a lice infected, straw bed. She was beat, she had to eat the poorest of food yet she still gave the gospel to the most cruel people that ever was. And by the way, as far as we know Adolph Hitler is in Hell and all his host is there to burning till the great White throne judgment and then will be thrown into the lake of Fire one day.

This lady shared Jesus when everything was taken away from her. I wonder today, would you still be ministering when everything is taken away that you use to minister?

What if they took your Bible away from you? Do you have enough Bible in you to minister to people around you? Thy word have i hid in mine heart..... it's been said sin will keep you from the Bible or the Bible will keep you from sin.

What do I need to do today? What do you need to do today? We must have a resolve we are going to minister when the tools of ministry have been taken away.

Some of us need to resolve this morning to read our Bibles once again, pray once again before God allows a regime in America to take our Bibles away.

You say your Bible is the most precious thing you have but your TV takes the place of it, then it ain't that precious to you. You say my prayer life is the greatest blessing I enjoy yet you spend more time on the telephone talking to people about people instead of talking to God about people. Something is wrong my friend. We must have a resolve to minister with what we have.

By the way, a good start of ministry in our country is by putting people in office that are close to the Bible not some wicked, baby killing, illegal promotion above citizens, Bible hating, Jews hating, and God hating people.

Half of our government probably don't even open the Bible. We need people in office that will.

.... Took they away.

Jeremiah 52:18 KJV
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 

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