We received a comment on a recent post that touched our hearts. Until the commenter read the post, they believed some nations descended from Ham, destined to be permanent slaves. That post clarified it for them and prompted us to spend some time examining the views of religious leaders across all stripes. Speaking to them through Jeremiah, God pronounced a warning. They must take out the precious from the vile.
Let us unpack that warning. That way, if you know a guilty pastor, you will know your prayer point so that they do not debar you from God’s promises. God says in Jeremiah 15.19, “If you return, then I will bring you back. You shall stand before Me. If you take out the precious from the vile, you shall be as My mouth. Let them return to you, but you must not return to them.”
God is not only consistent; He is faithful, the same yesterday, today, and forever; He does not change is the reason we are not consumed. We took that pause to extol His name because in this verse, you see the word “if.” You may recall that it is our first trigger in this series on God’s promises. In our next post, we shall consider the first “if,” but for now, let us focus on the second trigger in this verse.
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Do Not Get Your Trigger Wrong
God has His part, and we have our part in manifesting God’s promises in our lives. He tells us, “If you do this, I will do that.” I understand that that is a computer language. If you have ever sat in front of a computer wondering why it is not obeying your keystrokes, now you know that you are probably getting the trigger wrong. You are missing the “if” part.
God wants pastors to take the precious out from the vile. That means your pastor must separate the good members from the evil ones. Unfortunately, for most religious leaders, the evil or vile ones are rich. The precious souls in the congregation (those who would not put their hands to do evil) tend to be poor. It then becomes a real problem for the priest to treat the precious ones with respect and appear to disrespect the evil ones.
The way Micah 3.5 says that is almost poetic. “Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets, who make my people stray; who chant ‘Peace’ while they chew with their teeth. But they prepare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.” So, unless you put something in the religious leader’s mouth, he prepares a war against you. Many of us know about that!
But as long as they have something from you to chew, they prophesy peace. You see how tough it is for those religious leaders to separate the precious out from the vile. But unless that happens, they will be telling you peace as long as you are rich and ‘blessing’ them.
You Shall Not Return To Them
God knows that, and so he adds a little detail to our main verse. He appreciates that pastors tend to preach soothing sermons for the benefit of their rich members. Unless you are wealthy and filling your pastor’s mouth with food, do not ever try to live like the rich members. 
When, for instance, a rich member commits adultery, the church’s response is vastly different from when the poor does so. I have seen it; this is not conjecture, and our verse suggests that God also knows it. That is why He cautions the pastor not to return to the vile (usually rich) members. “Let them return to you, but you must not return to them.”
God says to our pastors not to preach for the sake of their vile members, as they take the precious out from the vile. Rather, they should return to the leader and godliness, assuming the leader wants to be godly. He must be a teacher of the word, regardless of who is offended. Your pastor must rightly divide the word of truth. That is quite a weighty warning. May God give us such spiritual leaders, in Jesus’ name.
Better For You If They Take The Precious Out From of The Vile
The verse we are considering tells us the result of a prophet or priest doing what God says. Being able to take the precious out from the vile means God will give that leader His word. He will be like Elijah, whose word never fell to the ground. The prophet will speak directly from God, and it will be the truth.
The truth will always make us free, even if it is often unpalatable. God may send His messenger to correct us, even caution us, but that truth will be better for us. How many times has your pastor ‘prophesied’ great things to you and you remain in your state? Only you can answer that question.
But, it may be that your pastor is not able to take the precious out from the vile. He caters to the rich members of his congregation and ignores the poor but precious souks there. Now, you know and you may not love me for pointing out the truth, but it is only as you know that truth that it sets you free. Pray for your pastor accordingly, if you want to stay in your church.
And we advise that you stay, because the next church you attend may have a worse leader. He may be one who cannot take the precious out from the vile. Instead of moving around, pray for the leader you have. And now you know your prayer point. God should help him to take the precious out of the vile. Stay tuned for what God has to say about the members of the church.
Maranatha!
