Jeremiah 3-4
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INTRODUCTION:

A. Two stages of our journey of growth in Christ

1. Salvation - God in us

2. Service - God through us

B. Are you as excited today about God being in you as you were when He first saved you?

C. Are you allowing God to work through you in the life of others?

D. Do you have an inward "pressure" as Jeremiah had for the salavtion of others?

E. Are you so burdened for the salvation of others that there is a "fire in your bones" that you can't keep it in?

F. Take time to pray right now that God would give you this in your life before going any further in this study.

I. Chapter 3 - Second Message by Jeremiah

A. Are you "chipping stones", "building a wall", or "building a cathedral " for the sake of the Gospel

B. Those that fial to learn from history are doomed to relive it.

C. How has God demonstrated this in this passage?

D. What ought Judah to have done? Why didn't they?

E. Look at your life. Are you learning from the Scripture and "turning to God with your whole heart, or in pretense" ?

F. God only asks Israel to do to things Confess and repent (Prov 28)

G. Notice that God is saying this to His people not the gentiles. Think of the church in Ephesus in Revelation (Repent and Redo)

H. When God brings conviction of sin it is important that at that very moment we ask God to forgive us or we may become calloused in our heart and thereby unable to hear the Spirit's conviction.

I. National Restitution and Restoration of Israel

J. Two Principles (v14,15)

1. Relational covenant of God not a Religious covenant

2. God cares for his people by giving care givers to His people (Ephesians 4 - gifted people)

K. Notice the transition from the OT to the NT

1. Father of the Nation vs Our Father to

2. My Father and your Father

L. Verse 22b to end of the chapter is a prayer by...

1. The future Israel repenting during the tribulation period (National Repentance - Rom 10 & 11)?

2. Jeremiah (as a priest) on behalf of his people?

3. The people of Jeremiah's day with mere words and not a change of lifestyle or heart? (Probably this one refer to Jeremiah 4:1)

II. Chapter 4

A. Does your speech reflect your heart In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness?

B. What is fallow ground? What is being stated in this passage?

C. God is not interested in the ritual "circumcision" but in the relational

D. Read verse 19 to the end and reflect.

III.Remember our Committment to the Lord Renew our Committment to the Lord

APPLICATION:

A. Confess your sins

B. Repent of them

MEMORY VERSE - Jeremiah 3:12-13

^"12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say:

        "Return, backsliding Israel,' says the LORD;
        "I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
        For I am merciful,' says the LORD;
        "I will not remain angry forever.
        ¹³Only acknowledge your iniquity,
        That you have transgressed against the LORD your God,
        And have scattered your charms
        To alien deities under every green tree,
        And you have not obeyed My voice,' says the LORD. "

MEMORY VERSE - Jeremiah 3:17-18

¹⁷"At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts.¹⁸"In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.