Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Jeremiah 22:11-19
by: Michaella Osborn.
Have you ever seen success that is built on unrighteousness? There are times when we might stand to gain earthly things from injustice. This is as true today as it was in the days of Shallum. Maybe it is taking credit for work done by someone else, overlooking the poor, or even benefiting from work that is not compensated fairly. Many of the material things that we own or desire to own were made by people whose working conditions and wages are deplorably unjust. God says that all of our material things are worthless if we gain them through unrighteousness. Ultimately they will only bring us shame and destruction.