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Will you select the world or the phrase? – In line with Jeremiah 2:13
Introduction and Assets for Jeremiah Week 1
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Jeremiah 9 and 10
God commanded his folks to not boast in knowledge, energy or wealth, however in figuring out and understanding God and his methods. The phrase “boast” in Hebrew is “halal” and means to reward or worship. What we determine with turns into our object of worship.
In Jeremiah 9 we see that an idol is any object of our worship other than God. Though we might not bow down and pray to bodily idols of gold and silver as in historical occasions, we regularly discover ourselves valuing folks, issues, or actions greater than God.
In Jeremiah 10 he compares idols made by human palms to the Lord God, creator of heaven and earth. He describes these idols as people who have to be carried by the one that worships them, as they don’t have the ability to maneuver on their very own. How completely different are these idols from our almighty God, who created all that we see and can’t see by the ability of his phrase!
Jeremiah additional emphasizes that in distinction to lifeless and powerless idols product of wooden, gold, silver – the almighty God is the one true God who’s alive and everlasting. He’s the one one who can save, shield and heal.
Jesus mentioned in Matthew 6:21 that no matter we worth turns into the seat of our affection and religious life. Placing your belief and hope in anybody or the rest is futile as a result of there isn’t a one who can save, heal or ship however God. He’s for you!
Is there something in your life that you just worth greater than God? What prevents you from spending time with him in his phrases and prayers?
Jeremiah 11 and 12
In Jeremiah 12, we see Jeremiah wrestling with the age-old query: “Why does the best way of the depraved prosper? Why do all traitors thrive?This can be a query that many nonetheless wrestle with at this time. Why would a righteous God permit the depraved to prosper whereas godly folks undergo?
Whereas we discover the reply to this puzzling query in different components of God's Phrase, God selected to not reply it on this chapter. As an alternative, he solutions Jeremiah's query with a query.
God turns to Jeremiah and asks him: “When you’ve got raced with males on foot and so they put on you out, how will you compete with horses??”
If Jeremiah thought it was laborious now, he had no concept what was to return. Jehoahaz is king, Babylon is about to plunder Judah, and Jerusalem can be burned to the bottom. Jeremiah couldn’t afford to run this race on his personal. He would want God's power to proceed.
It’s straightforward to have a look at our tradition at this time and permit ourselves to change into cynical and harsh. We are able to tire ourselves of regularly swimming in opposition to the tide of ungodly and unbiblical philosophies. However we have now to study to be robust now as a result of we don't know what’s in our future. Higher challenges might lie forward. We can not afford to face on our personal. We have to be robust within the Lord and within the energy of his would possibly.
Is one thing discouraging you? What makes you drained at this time? How will remembering that we must be robust now so we’re prepared for the long run encourage you at this time?
Jeremiah 13 and 14
God led Jeremiah to show the folks of Judah two goal classes. The primary was the sherpa, which as soon as signified the Aristocracy and standing however has now been destroyed. The second was bottles of wine. These bottles had a function to carry the wine. Likewise, God had a function for His folks, however from the kings and monks to all who inhabited Jerusalem, all of them misplaced their dignity, their ethical readability, and have become corrupt of their pondering.
Jeremiah asks a rhetorical query:Can a leopard change its spots?” The folks of Judah may no extra change their evil nature than the leopard may change who he was. They wanted a change of coronary heart.
So in Jeremiah 14, a terrific drought got here to the land of Judah, resulting in a famine that affected everybody. Nobody was left untouched, man or beast, outdated or younger, wealthy or poor. The famine was not restricted to a bodily famine, there was additionally a famine of fact. God warned Jeremiah that the prophets had prophesied false visions, divination, nugatory issues, and the deceit of their very own hearts, and that they too can be struck by the sword and famine.
Within the New Testomony, in 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Paul warned Timothy that within the final days males wouldn’t tolerate sound instructing, however as an alternative would flip away their ears from the reality. Jesus mentioned of himself in John 14:5, “I’m the best way, the reality, and the life.” In a world the place the reality is so usually twisted, we are able to say with Jeremiah: “We put our hope in you“.
How do you see the reality being twisted in our world now? Typically the reality is difficult to listen to, but it’s needed for our religious development and maturation. Are you fighting it?
Jeremiah 15 and 16
Jeremiah stood alone within the midst of the corrupt tradition of his time. He mentioned to the Lord: “Your phrases had been discovered, I ate them, and your phrases turned my pleasure and the delight of my coronary heart.” (Jeremiah 15:16).
Psalm 34:8 says, “Style and see that the Lord is sweet. Blessed is the person who hopes in him.” Like Jeremiah, once we select to face for the reality of God's phrase within the face of a tradition that rebels in opposition to God, we discover pleasure and enjoyment of each phrase of God.
From the very starting, God warned his folks that nice tribulation would come if they didn’t preserve his commandments. In Deuteronomy 28 we learn the lists of blessings and curses that God gave to Moses as a promise and warning to the folks concerning his Legislation. God now tells Jeremiah that when he reveals the folks the phrases of this prophecy, the folks is not going to understand how their very own sin has introduced God's judgment upon them.
And so God once more assured Jeremiah that at some point He would redeem the folks from captivity. mentioned: “I’ll make my energy and power identified to them, and they’ll know that my title is the Lord.” They lastly acknowledge the vainness of their idols and switch again to God.
Do you keep in mind the second you realized your rescue makes an attempt had been futile? When did you first flip to the Lord? Take a second to consider what the Lord has carried out in your life since then. How have you ever skilled God's energy and would possibly in your life?
Jeremiah 17 and 18
In Jeremiah 17 the Lord warned that the center is above all deceitful and desperately sick. The Hebrew phrase for “determined” means incurable. There is no such thing as a remedy for our hearts. It can’t be repaired or repaired. It will probably solely be recreated.
The world usually tells us to comply with our hearts, however that’s the most harmful factor we are able to do as God's youngsters. Our hearts are terminally sick and deceitful to the purpose that we don’t perceive. As a result of sin has irrevocably entered it, we want an entire new coronary heart. That’s the reason David mentioned in Psalm 51:Create a pure coronary heart in me, God.”
In Jeremiah 18, God instructed Jeremiah to go to the potter's home and observe his work. As Jeremiah watched, he observed that the vessel the potter was making was spoiled for no matter motive. So the potter took the spoiled vessel, crumpled it again right into a ball, and began once more.
This object lesson illustrated the state of Israel. God made them a nation, however they allowed themselves to be corrupted by their disobedience and idolatry. In an effort to form them, God despatched many prophets to warn them of judgment if they didn’t flip to him, however they had been cussed and wouldn’t pay attention. Now God must take them in His judgment, squish them again right into a ball and begin once more.
We see the illustration of God as potter and man as clay repeatedly all through Scripture. In every case, the potter shapes the clay in accordance with its function and design. God has a function and a plan for you, however issues come up once we permit sin and disobedience to spoil his plan and function and stop God from making us the individual He needs us to be.
Take into consideration what methods you are likely to comply with your coronary heart? Did it lead you astray at occasions? How are you going to stay your life extra surrendered to the potter (God) so that you just (clay) could be molded into the girl God needs you to be?
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