The Model

Jeremiah 18:19-21&23 "Listen to what my enemies are saying. 20  Should they repay evil for good?They have dug a pit to kill me,though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger. 21  So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword!Let their wives become childless widows. Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle! 23 Lord, you know all about their murderous plots against me. Don’t forgive their crimes and blot out their sins. Let them die before you. Deal with them in your anger."

Jeremiah was called and anointed, but he wasn't perfect. Our model for life and ministry is Jesus. Jeremiah ask God to judge his people when they rejected him, he asked God to not forgive their sins because they plotted against him. But Jesus asked God to show the people mercy that crucified him and he ask God to forgive them because they did not know what they were doing.

We can learn from everyone one but Jesus is the model for our lives. Jeremiah was a great prophet, but we were created to be like Jesus. Paul was a great teacher but we were created to be like Jesus. John was a great apostle but we were created to be like Jesus. We learn from all of those who have gone before us, but when in doubt on what to do or how to handle a situation, Jesus's words and actions trump everything and everyone else. He is the model for life and godliness.