Stress Test Devotional May 4
May 04, 2024
JEREMIAH 31:34 | 34 No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the Lord," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more.
A final beautiful aspect of Jeremiah’s dream of a new covenant is democratization. Too often the religious life is like the rest of modern life, a realm for specialists. In ancient Israel, there were people officially responsible for the cultic practice, the priests. There were seers and prophets for guidance and later legal experts for interpretation. Today some might see clergy or professors as the necessary experts to whom responsibility for religious life and thought can be passed.
But the new covenant insists “all shall know me.” The experience of devotion can be universal and individual, and so can the knowledge of God.
What is the value of “religious leaders?”
