Jeremiah 17:13 — The Lord is the Fountain of Living Water
Just as water is essential for our physical life, Jeremiah points to the Lord as the Essential Source of our Spiritual Life. The prophet contrasts trusting the Lord...
Jeremiah 48, Daniel 4 — Picking Up the Pieces
I have always liked the name of the Christian singing group – Jars of Clay. It is an apt expression of the humility and privilege of serving the majestic King of the...
Jeremiah 1:1-19 — Commissioning, Confirmation and Charge of Jeremiah’s Calling
THE FAITHFUL PROPHET DRAWS COURAGE FROM HIS DIVINE CALLING TO COMMUNICATE ALL THAT GOD HAS REVEALED
Jeremiah 2:1 -3:5 — Indictment for Idolatry, Immorality and Incomprehensible Apostasy
FORSAKING THE LIFE-GIVING FOUNTAIN OF THE ONE TRUE GOD FOR BROKEN CISTERNS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE
Jeremiah 3:6 – 4:4 — Rejected Call to Repentance
TURN OR BURN – BACKSLIDERS NEED TO REPENT AND RESPOND TO GOD’S GRACIOUS INVITATION TO AVOID EXPERIENCING HIS WRATH
Jeremiah 4:5-31 — Things Are Worse Than You Imagine
REPENT FROM SIN BEFORE GOD’S JUDGMENT DEVASTATES YOU
Jeremiah 5:1-30 — Avenging Apostasy
GOD MUST PUNISH THOSE WHO FORSAKE HIM AND REFUSE TO REPENT
Jeremiah 6:1-30 — Rejected Silver
STUBBORN REBELLION YIELDS DEVASTATING DESTRUCTION
Jeremiah 7:1 – 8:3 — Worship God Hates
4 FORMS OF IMPROPER WORSHIP EXPOSED AND CONDEMNED –
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES WITHOUT INWARD RIGHTEOUSNESS (REFLECTED IN OUTWARD ACTIONS) CANNOT SAVE
Jeremiah 8:4-22 — Why Not Repent?
3 EXPLANATIONS OF ISRAEL’S REFUSAL TO REPENT DESPITE PROPHETIC WARNINGS
Jeremiah 9:1-26 — Circumcised Physically But not Spiritually
FALSE CONFIDENCE IN COVENANT IDENTITY PUNCTURED BY THE DESOLATION RESULTING FROM APOSTASY
Jeremiah 19:1-25 — 20/20 Vision Regarding God vs Idols
REJECT THE FUTILITY OF PAGAN IDOLATRY BY FOCUSING ON THE POWER AND MAJESTY OF THE UNIQUE LIVING AND ETERNAL GOD
Jeremiah 11:1-23 — Broken Covenant
PERSISTENT COVENANT BREAKING INVOKES GOD’S CURSE THAT BRINGS INESCAPABLE DISASTER
Jeremiah 12:1-17 — Running With Thoroughbreds and Fulfilling Our Ministry Calling
DIVINE ENCOURAGEMENT PUSHES MINISTERS TO PERSEVERE IN FULFILLING THEIR CALLING
Jeremiah 13:1-27 — Pride Brought Low
PRIDE PERVERTS PRIVILEGED POSITION INTO THE SHAME AND HUMILIATION OF DEGRADING DOMINATION
Jeremiah 14:1-22 — Too Little, Too Late
SOMETIMES GOD DOESN’T COME TO THE RESCUE
Jeremiah 15:1-21 — Reviving a Dejected Minister
MINISTRY DISCOURAGEMENT BOTTOMS OUT IN SELF PITY UNLESS WE FEAST ON GOD’S WORD AND HOPE IN HIS PROMISES
Jeremiah 16:1-21 — Magnifying God’s Name and Power
JUDGMENT AND RESTORATION MAGNIFY THE NAME AND POWER OF THE LORD
Jeremiah 17:1-27 — Major in the Essentials
SPIRITUAL SUCCESS DEPENDS ON THE RIGHT ORIENTATION TOWARDS THE MAJOR THEMES OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Jeremiah 18:1-23 — The Potter and the Clay – Have Thine Own Way, Lord
DON’T BLAME GOD OR HIS PROPHET WHEN THE CLAY GETS SMASHED FOR REFUSING TO YIELD TO ITS POTTER
Jeremiah 19:1 – 20:6 — Vessels of Dishonor – Shattered Beyond Repair
THE OUTPOURING OF GOD’S WRATH EXECUTES HIS JUSTICE AND EVOKES TERROR
Jeremiah 20:7-18 — The Burden of the Call to Ministry
GOD’S MESSENGERS WRESTLE WITH THE SUFFERING AND ABUSE ASSOCIATED WITH FAITHFULLY PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD
Jeremiah 21:1-14 — When God Becomes Your Enemy
DON’T SEEK GOD’S DELIVERANCE IF YOU ARE NOT PRACTICING SOCIAL JUSTICE
Jeremiah 22:1-30 — Oracles Directed to Judah’s Kings – Ruined Reigns
IDOLATRY AND SPIRITUAL ADULTERY PERVERT GOD’S APPOINTED LEADERS FROM THE MANDATED PATH OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Jeremiah 23:1-40 — False Prophets Denounced
COUNTERFEIT SPIRITUAL SHEPHERDS SUBSTITUTE THEIR OWN PEACEFUL IMAGINATIONS FOR GOD’S AUTHENTIC REVELATION OF JUDGMENT
Jeremiah 24:1-10 — 2 Baskets of Figs – Ripe and Rotten
THE BASIS FOR SOVEREIGN BLESSING OR CURSING CANNOT BE HUMANLY DISCERNED
Jeremiah 25:1-38 — Progression of Judgment
JUDGMENT BEGINS WITH THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD AND PROGRESSES AGAINST ALL NATIONS FOR THEIR STUBBORN REBELLION
Jeremiah 26:1-24 — The Dangers of Faithfully Proclaiming God’s Word
IN THE FACE OF SEVERE OPPOSITION AND EVEN THE THREAT OF MARTYRDOM, THE PROPHET OF GOD MUST REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THE WORD OF GOD
Jeremiah 27:1-22 — The Yoke of Submission
SUBMIT TO GOD’S AUTHORITY – EVEN WHEN IT IS ADMINISTERED IN SURPRISING WAYS
Jeremiah 28:1-17 — Dueling Prophets
GOD’S SOVEREIGN PLAN WILL PREVAIL WHEN FALSE PROPHETS OPPOSE TRUE PROPHETS
Jeremiah 29:1-32 — Toughing it Out in Tough Times
OPPRESSED BELIEVERS MUST REJECT FALSE PROMISES AND PURSUE GOD’S WILL WHILE CLINGING TO FUTURE HOPE
Jeremiah 30:1 – 31:1 — Promise of Restoration for Judah and Israel
DESPITE THE GLOOM OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, AND THE TERROR OF THE COMING TRIBULATION, FUTURE RESTORATION WILL HEAL ALL WOUNDS
Jeremiah 31:2-40 — New Covenant Focus — Restoration Blessings and Promises
THE FOCUS ON THE NEW COVENANT DEFINES THE CONTEXT FOR GUARANTEED FUTURE RESTORATION BLESSINGS AND PROMISES
Jeremiah 32:1-44 — Bank on the Future of God’s Redemptive Agenda
THE CURRENT CRISIS AND THE CERTAIN CALAMITY CANNOT NEGATE GOD’S COVENANTAL CARE –
BUY THE LAND AND BURY THE DEED IN LIGHT OF FUTURE RESTORATION
Jeremiah 33:1-26 — Restoration Guarantee
GOD GUARANTEES THE FUTURE RESTORATION OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MESSIAH
Jeremiah 34:1-22 — Obedience Must Be Sustained
FLASH IN THE PAN SPIRITUAL LOYALTY DOESN’T CUT IT
Jeremiah 35:1-19 — The Priority of Obeying God
OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY MUST ALWAYS BE TO OBEY GOD
Jeremiah 36:1-32 — Scroll of Calamity
GOD’S MESSAGE OF JUDGMENT CANNOT BE ERASED OR DENIED
Jeremiah 37:1-21 — Patriot Accused of Treason
THE PUPPET KING CANNOT CONTROL THE FAITHFUL PROPHET OF GOD
Jeremiah 38:1-28 — Truth Telling Can Land You in the Pit
FAITHFUL TESTIMONY DOESN’T DEVIATE IN THE FACE OF POWERFUL PRESSURE
Jeremiah 39:1-18 — Devastation vs Deliverance
FAITH DETERMINES THE OUTCOME OF EITHER DEVASTATION OR DELIVERANCE
Jeremiah 40:1-16 — Remnant Theology
GOD ALWAYS PRESERVES, PROTECTS AND PROVIDES FOR HIS PEOPLE
Jeremiah 41:1-18 — Chaos When Ignoring God’s Counsel
TEMPORARY DELIVERANCE CAN STILL LEAD TO FUTURE CHAOS IF WE IGNORE GOD’S WARNINGS AND FAIL TO SEEK COUNSEL FROM GOD
Jeremiah 42:1-22 — Have My Own Way, Lord
DISSEMBLING IN SEEKING GOD’S WILL REVEALS A HEART SET ON PURSUING ITS OWN DESIRES
Jeremiah 43:1-13 — Exodus Reversed
HUMAN ARROGANCE MUST BOW BEFORE GOD’S ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
Jeremiah 44:1-30 — Your Sins Will Find You Our
MAKE NO MISTAKE – GOD WILL CERTAINLY JUDGE YOUR SIN –
DON’T PICK A FIGHT WITH GOD
Jeremiah 45:1-5 — Caution Against Selfish Ambition in the Ministry
DON’T SERVE GOD TO SEEK GREAT THINGS FOR YOURSELF
Jeremiah 46:1-28 — Oracle Against Egypt
GOD CONTROLS THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THE POWERFUL NATION OF EGYPT
Jeremiah 47:1-7 — Oracle Against the Philistines
GOD CONTROLS THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THE PHILISTINES
Jeremiah 48:1-47 — Oracle Against Moab
PRIDE AND IDOLATRY WILL NOT GO UNJUDGED –
DESPITE SEEMINGLY INVINCIBLE STRENGTH
Jeremiah 49:1-39 — Oracles Against the Surrounding Nations
DIVINE JUDGMENT WILL EXPOSE THE ARROGANCE AND FALSE SECURITY OF NATIONS THAT TRUST IN THEIR OWN RESOURCES
Jeremiah 50:1-46 — Oracle Against Babylon – Part 1
BABYLON HAS BEEN CAPTURED – THE POWERFUL PAGAN WORLD SYSTEM WILL BE DEVASTATED BY DIVINE JUDGMENT
Jeremiah 51:1-64 — Oracle Against Babylon – Part 2
THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON (TO POUR OUT GOD’S WRATH AND SECURE THE RELEASE OF GOD’S REMNANT) IS DESCRIBED IN A SERIES OF GRAPHIC IMAGES
Jeremiah 52:1-34 — Fall of Jerusalem – “I Told You So”
PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM VINDICATES THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD AND THE ACCURATE PREDICTIONS OF JEREMIAH