Sermons on Jeremiah (Page 2)
The Hero we Need
We know that Jeremiah had been given a tough task. Having to declare the coming destruction of Judah did not make him that popular and we have seen that this has taken its toll on him. Well in this encounter we look at today we see the broken Jeremiah pour out his heart to God and in doing so we will see something stunning about how God longs for us to relate to Him.
The Heart of Sin
As we have been following the people of Judah and seeing them dive further and further into the sin of idolatry, I guess we have to ask ourselves: How did things get this bad? How did the children of God abandon their father and embrace the gods of the nations? As Jeremiah continues to weep over the people and wrestle with their imminent demise, we see the heart of the nation’s sin and the heart of our sin as well.
Why do the Wicked Prosper?
Suffering injustice is one of the most burning pains that we can face in life. We feel oppressed, we feel betrayed, we feel like there is nothing we can do… So often we can think that we aren’t supposed to complain about the injustices we suffer… that having faith means putting on a brave face. But Jeremiah teaches us that God actually welcomes our complaints and longs to help us.
The Futility of Idols
Feeling weak, isolated and oppressed, the nation of Judah turned her eyes to the powerful nations around her and began to entertain the idea that maybe their gods and customs were more powerful than Yahweh. So God calls Jeremiah to outline for the people the peril of chasing after these idols and as he lays it out plain we will also be challenged to see what pursuing our own idols has the potential to do to us and how we…
Deceptive Words
There is no doubt that there is something wrong with the world. No matter how much we try to focus on the wonders of the world there is this nagging feeling that it is in some ways broken. I think all of us at some point have asked “why?” It was no different for the people in Jeremiah’s day and so God sends His prophet to the temple to answer their “why” question. But the answer shocked the people and…
The Betraying Bride
So young Jeremiah has been called by God, set apart to be His mouthpiece to a rebellious nation and his first task is daunting to say the least. He is to go to the capital city and proclaim God’s charge against His people. What follows is one of the more brutal passages in Scripture as Jeremiah unpacks exactly what Judah’s sin looked like in the eyes of God. And as Pastor Joe takes us through this series of shocking images we will…
The Daunting Call
The nation of Judah was under the pump. Left isolated and vulnerable by Assyria’s decimation of the larger northern kingdom she felt the external pressure of the Assyrians to the north and the Egyptians to the south. But internally she was sick as well. She had endured a long reign of the evil King Manasseh who driven the nation into idol worship and all kinds of abhorred practices that went along with it… even the priests gave up on Yahweh…
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