Jeremiah & Lamentations (LifeChange, Band 45) - Softcover

The Navigators

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615217657 ISBN 13: 9781615217656

Verlag: Tyndale House Publishers, 2013

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"Wrestling with Deep Human Emotions As much as we hope to avoid loneliness, sorrow, and suffering, we must learn how to accept them when they find us. Jeremiah was nicknamed "the weeping prophet" for his profound wrestling with these deep human emotions. The title of his second book, Lamentations, echoes Jeremiah's intimate familiarity with them. By studying "the weeping prophet" and his faithfulness to God's call, you'll see more clearly who or what controls your own life. LifeChange LifeChange Bible studies will help you grow in Christlikeness through a life-changing encounter with God's Word. Filled with a wealth of ideas for going deeper so you can return to this study again and again. Features ¿Cover the books of Jeremiah & Lamentations in 12 lessons ¿Equip yourself to lead a Bible study ¿Imagine the Bible's historical world ¿Study word origins and definitions ¿Explore thoughtful questions on key themes ¿Go deeper with optional projects ¿Add your notes with extra space and wide margins ¿Find the flexibility to fit the time you have "

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Jeremiah, known as the weeping prophet, faithfully and boldly obeyed his calling to proclaim God’s judgment to an unheeding nation, yet the plight of his people affected him deeply. Through lyrical prayers and poems, the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations paint a vivid picture of human loneliness, sorrow, and suffering while revealing the beautiful hope found only in God.

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Jeremiah & Lamentations

As much as we hope to avoid loneliness, sorrow, and suffering, we must learn how to accept them when they find us.

By The Navigators

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Copyright © 2013 The Navigators
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ISBN: 978-1-61521-765-6

Contents

How to Use This Study, 5, 
Introduction — The Book of Jeremiah: Judgment and Hope, 11, 
One — The Prophet's Calling and Message (Jeremiah 1–4), 17, 
Two — The Message of Judgment Intensified (Jeremiah 5–10), 29, 
Three — Dialogues with God (Jeremiah 11–14), 41, 
Four — Potter and Clay (Jeremiah 15–20), 49, 
Five — Prophecies Against Judah (Jeremiah 21–24), 61, 
Six — The Cup of His Wrath (Jeremiah 25–29), 69, 
Seven — From Sorrow to Hope (Jeremiah 30–33), 79, 
Eight — Under Siege (Jeremiah 34–38), 91, 
Nine — Jerusalem's Fall, and Afterward (Jeremiah 39–45), 101, 
Ten — Judgment Against the Nations (Jeremiah 46–49), 113, 
Eleven — Judgment Against Babylon, and an Epilogue (Jeremiah 50–52), 123, 
Twelve — A People's Desolation (The Book of Lamentations), 135, 
Study Aids, 151, 

CHAPTER 1

Lesson One

JEREMIAH 1–4

The Prophet's Calling and Message

1. For getting the most from Jeremiah, one of the best guidelines is found in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, words Paul wrote with the Old Testament first in view. He said that all Scripture is of great benefit to (a) teach us, (b) rebuke us, (c) correct us, and (d) train us in righteousness. Paul added that these Scriptures completely equip the person of God "for every good work." As you think seriously about those guidelines, in which of these areas do you especially want to experience the usefulness of Jeremiah? Express your desire in a written prayer to God. __________________________________________________

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2. Near the middle of this book of Jeremiah — in 23:29 — God says that His Word is like fire and like a hammer. He can use the Scriptures to burn away unclean thoughts and desires in our hearts. He can also use Scripture, with hammer-like hardness, to crush and crumble our spiritual hardness. From your study of Jeremiah, how do you most want to see the "fire-and-hammer" power of God's Word at work in your own life? Again, express this longing in a written prayer to God.

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3. Think about these words of Paul to his younger helper Timothy: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15). As you study God's word of truth in Jeremiah, he calls you to be a "worker." It takes work — concentration and perseverance — to fully appropriate God's blessings for us in this book. Express here your commitment before God to work diligently in this study of Jeremiah.

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4. Glance ahead throughout the pages of Jeremiah. If your Bible includes topic headings, note all of these. Allow your eyes also to take in any particular phrases or sentences in the text that catch your attention. What are your overall impressions of this book?

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5. In one sitting if possible, read attentively through all of Jeremiah 1–4, taking notes and underlining or highlighting as you go. What impresses you overall as the key features and themes of this part of the book?

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The word of the Lord came to me, saying ... (1:4). "This verse is the heart of the prophetic experience."

6. What do chapters 1–4 reveal most about God's heart for His people and His relationship with His people?

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7. What do these chapters identify most clearly and specifically as Israel's wrongdoing? What exactly were God's people most guilty of, and most in need of repentance for?

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8. In particular, how would you summarize what these chapters teach us about the sin of idolatry?

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9. What do these opening chapters of Jeremiah teach us most about repentance, from God's perspective?

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10. Verses 2 and 3 of Jeremiah 1 mention the kings under whose reigns Jeremiah lived and ministered. What are the most important things you already know about these kings and their reigns?

"The three kings named here [in 1:2-3], Josiah the reformer, Jehoiakim the tyrant, and Zedekiah the weathercock, touched three extremes of royal character that created changes in the spiritual climate which were fully as violent as those of the political scene."

In the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah (1:2). This "was one year after the beginning of that king's reformation movement (2 Chronicles 34:3)." This time of Jeremiah's call also "coincided approximately with the death of the last great Assyrian ruler, Ashurbanipal, an event which signaled the disintegration of the Assyrian empire under whose yoke Judah had served for nearly a century. Against the waning power and influence of the Assyrians, Judah asserted its independence under Josiah, and for a time the prospects for a secure national future appeared promising."

11. As the Lord calls Jeremiah to ministry in 1:4-19, what do you see as the most important things the Lord communicates to Jeremiah — and the things that will be most valuable for him to remember throughout his ministry?

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I appoint you ... to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant (1:10). "The prophet's job description includes six tasks, and four of them are negative. Two to one, his words to the nations will be words of judgment. ... This verse is not only Jeremiah's job description, it is also a helpful plot-summary of his book. He lives in such evil days that judgment will outnumber grace two to one."

A pot that is boiling ... tilting toward us from the north (1:13). This "seething cauldron, tilting dangerously as the fire settled, made a terribly appropriate picture of the menace from the north (the old invasion route of Assyria, soon to be that of Babylon); and it remains as apt as ever to the human scene where, from one quarter after another, human aggressiveness lets loose a scalding stream of havoc."

Get yourself ready! ... I have made you a fortified city. ... I am with you and will rescue you (1:17-19). "Jeremiah is given strong encouragement for his hard task, because his message would be neither welcome nor popular with his people. To fulfill his duties, nothing less than utter commitment to God and to his...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Tyndale House Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1615217657
• ISBN 13: 9781615217656
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 162
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