Jesus Famous With Nate Holdridge

"There was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like those of Jeremiah." (Jeremiah 26:20) Jeremiah, like most of the prophets, was a solitary pillar of truth in a wasteland of doctrinal deception. He stood for the truth of God, saying hard things during hard times when no one else would. As truth spilled from his mouth, lies dripped from the lips of many false prophets. When Jeremiah spoke of judgment, they talked of peace. When Jeremiah told Israel of God's certain discipline, they spoke of God's immediate renewal. When Jeremiah prophesied they'd go into captivity for seventy years, the false prophets told them not to worry, they were coming home in just a year or two. At every turn, Jeremiah's words were combatted by soft false prophets who healed the wounds of God's people lightly. These men looked like prophets, dressed like prophets, and talked like prophets, but their words were