Jeremiah, the Crazy Old Coot Who Was Right When the World Was Wrong; How God Delivers and How Great it Is; and How to Say "Thanks."

"Well, I don't like to say, 'I told you so', but ..." You've heard the line, maybe used it. You issue your warnings or give your advice. It is not taken. The events that follow fulfill all those warnings you issued, and then you say it or at least feel it. "Well, I don't like to say, 'I told you so' but I did." To be really truthful, there is often a definite feeling of satisfaction to say, "I told you so." Isn't there? Admit it now.

Few people in history had a more delicious opportunity to say that than the prophet Jeremiah. For forty years he had been warning them "You lie, cheat, steal, you run after other gods, you take advantage of the weak, you neglect the…